Category: Health

A 57-year-old man in serious condition with advanced lung cancer has been treated successfully for the first time for acute hypoglycemia at the Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem. The “scientific breakthrough” will be good news for patients worldwide, according to Prof. Gil Leibowitz of the hospital’s Diabetes Research Center. The man, who suffered […]

If you have access to it, it’s easy to take today’s contraception for granted. But key discoveries over the last century or so changed the lives of women. Before the invention of modern intra-uterine devices (IUDs) or hormonal contraception, most products had low effectiveness, and were more useful for delaying pregnancy than preventing it. When […]

Five pregnant women at Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem who were supposed to get a routine “anti-D” vaccination were mistakenly given rabies shots.  Anti-D prophylaxis involves giving anti-D immunoglobulin to prevent a woman from producing antibodies against rhesus-positive blood cells and so to prevent the development of HDN in an unborn baby.  If […]

Imagine a steamy sex scene involving a woman and a man from your favourite television show or movie. It’s likely that both parties orgasm. But this doesn’t reflect reality. Because during heterosexual sexual encounters, women have far fewer orgasms than men. This is called the orgasm gap. And it has been documented in the scientific […]

Our hair is exposed to various damages due to changes in the weather, frequent friction with clothes, and the use of perms, straighteners and hair dyes. All these, and more, cause its edges to split, which requires cutting them once in a while. Hair grows at a rate of one centimeter per month, or 12 […]

In a recent development, the health insurance predicament faced by Ukrainian refugees in Israel is on the verge of being resolved. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dimitri Kuleba confirmed in a tweet on Monday, “I’ve had a conversation with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who assured me that health insurance for Ukrainians in Israel will remain in […]

Meeting a stranger in a social encounter – at work, for a blind date, or at a family event – often makes people nervous and have false expectations. People tend to evaluate themselves as better than they actually are. Such enhanced positive evaluation occurs not only for the self, but also for others.  Self-enhancement is […]

Between 25 and 30 players have missed out on the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup due to an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. While ACL injuries are reasonably common in athletes, the rate of this type of injury is almost twice as high in females than in males. Yet this problem isn’t just restricted to […]

A simple blood test developed by the University of Haifa neurobiologists can identify people coping with bipolar disorder (formerly known as manic depression) and predict the efficacy of lithium – the drug given to patients with this disorder. It is quite common, with one in every 100 adults diagnosed with it at some point in […]

Summer is at its peak, and with it comes a variety of delicious and refreshing fruits. One fruit that’s particularly popular is the melon, enjoyed by both kids and adults. And it’s not just a tasty treat on hot days; this juicy fruit also has many health benefits. Belonging to the same family as cucumbers, […]