Category: Health

Speaking from Kinshasa, Dr. Jorge Castilla, WHO’s Senior Emergency Officer, told journalists at the regular briefing in Geneva there had been a major increase in displacement due to ongoing violence fuelled by armed groups, leaving around 7.4 million in need of health assistance. Disease and displacement Since March 2022, almost three million people have been […]

Postpartum depression (PPD) – a form of serious emotional melancholy that occurs in an average of 15% of woman after having a baby, causes frequent crying, guilt, anxiety, emotional highs and lows, frequent crying, fatigue, guilt, anxiety and difficulty caring for the baby. It can even happen to the fathers, but much more rarely. Giving […]

Finding new drugs – called “drug discovery” – is an expensive and time-consuming task. But a type of artificial intelligence called machine learning can massively accelerate the process and do the job for a fraction of the price. My colleagues and I recently used this technology to find three promising candidates for senolytic drugs – […]

“Aggressive and pervasive marketing of foods and beverages high in fats, sugars, and salt to children is responsible for unhealthy dietary choices,” said Dr. Francesco Branca, Director of the UN health agency’s Department of Nutrition and Food Safety. “Calls to responsible marketing practices have not had a meaningful impact.” As such, he said governments should […]

Artificial intelligence has been a hot topic lately, with tech experts and government officials around the world warning that, if left unchecked, AI could pose serious threats to society and be used as a tool for disseminating disinformation. On the other hand, AI is already being used today in Israel to save lives by two […]

The stories of Asterix and his friend Obelix introduced us to a magic potion that comes in a small bottle and doesn’t taste good, but dramatically increases strength and fitness. Sports nutrition scientists have been trying to find or develop a compound with such characteristics for a long while. Many supplements have been proposed, but […]

The RTS,S vaccine has been administered to more than 1.6 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi since 2019 and has been shown to be safe and effective. It has resulted in a substantial reduction in severe malaria and a fall in child deaths. A top killer WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said malaria remains […]

A cream that treats the severe side effects of targeted treatment in cancer patients and can significantly improve their quality of life has been developed by researchers at the Hebrew University (HU) and Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem. Today’s cancer treatments are highly effective in prolonging patients’ lives, and many of them continue to live […]

Thirty-three percent of students suffering from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have improved and remained so even four months after treatment with “computerized progressive attention training (CPAT) developed at Tel Aviv University (TAU).  ADHD is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood, and it persists into adulthood. Sufferers may show impulsiveness, poor planning, low […]

If dog is man’s best friend then other dogs are dog’s best friend, according to new research.  In the largest study of its kind to date, which looked at more than 21,000 dog owners, researchers found that social factors play a significant role in healthy aging for pet dogs. For example, the amount of a […]