Category: Health

Children can be exposed to lead in various places – from chewing on furniture or flaky walls coated with lead paint to consumer products including food cans, spices, cosmetics, toys, food, water pipes, food cans, spices, cosmetics, and traditional medicines, as well as “invisible” exposures such as contaminated air, water, and even the mud children […]

About a year ago, at a friend’s wedding, a fellow guest asked whether I knew that modern sanitary towels owe their origins to resourceful World War I field nurses who discovered the efficacy of repurposing military bandages as period pads. I did not. As a historian interested in the relationship between technology and the body […]

Speaking in Geneva, WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis said that a new altitude record for the freezing point had been set a day earlier, climbing to 5,298 metres (17,381 feet) – well above Europe’s very highest peaks including Mont Blanc, at 4,811 metres (15,784 feet).  WMO figures show that this is 115 metres above the previous record […]

Adults tend to develop biases that they hold dearly and do not easily abandon them even when the facts prove otherwise. But can children be saved from developing prejudices? How do Israeli youngsters who are part of the majority feel about Arabs, former immigrants from Russia or Ethiopia or ultra-Orthodox and how do the religiously […]

Medical terminology evolves alongside our understanding of medicine. As time goes by, new terms are adopted while others are abandoned. In midwifery, there should always be a strong emphasis on the language we use, particularly in pregnancy. In 2020, the Royal College of Midwives launched an initiative to discover the impact language has on women. […]

The High Court of Justice is now reviewing an appeal against several government ministries for not acting to prevent harmful second-hand smoke (SHS) caused by neighbors who smoke in balconies, houses, yards, or next to windows. The ministries are required to present their sides on this prickly issue to the court by the end of […]

I should know better, but I admit that I do it too. I’ve just pulled some sliced chicken out of the fridge, as I set out to make up some sandwiches. I notice the chicken is within its use-by date, but I’m still suspicious. Another member of the family has unlovingly ripped open the packaging […]

The Health Ministry, which over the years has been very lax in fighting conventional tobacco and electronic cigarettes, issued on Monday a request for public comments on an “action plan for all tobacco and smoking products.” It included plans to eventually prohibit smoking under the age of 21 and not just under 18 as it […]

Everything needs energy. Every time we use our smartphones, send a text message, or watch a video, some of the energy stored in the battery is depleted. Living cells also store energy in “currencies” they can cash in when needed to fuel life processes.  The main energy “currency” of all living things on Earth – […]

Phthalates – a type of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) – are everywhere. They are commonly found in hundreds of products we encounter in our homes and elsewhere every day, including personal care products like soaps, shampoos, hair sprays; vinyl flooring; lubricating oils; polyvinyl chloride plastics used to plastic packaging, medical tubing, and garden hoses.  These chemicals […]