Waking up from nightmares not only disturbs sleep and causes fatigue; having hallucinations during the day is not only scary. Both could herald the onset of autoimmune diseases such as lupus erythematosus (SLE), according to an international team led by researchers at the University of Cambridge and King’s College London. The importance of recognizing […]
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HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections continue as significant public health challenges globally and cause 2.5 million deaths each year: New syphilis cases among adults aged 15-49 increased by over one million in 2022, reaching eight million, and there were 230,000 syphilis-related deaths. The highest increases occurred in the Americas and Africa. Health targets […]
Continue ReadingThe hillside Upper Galilee town of Meron will be closed on Lag Ba’Omer on Saturday night and Sunday to the usual huge crowd of celebrants due to security risks from Hezbollah terrorists on Lag Ba’Omer – the 33rd day of the counting between Passover and Shavuot. But celebrations will nevertheless be marked around the […]
Continue ReadingChanges in the environment around the world that are caused by man could negatively impact a variety of brain disorders including stroke, epilepsy, and nervous-system infections, as well as disruptions in sleep that worsen a number of neurological conditions. This disturbing discovery has just been published in the prestigious journal The Lancet Neurology by researchers […]
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Lives are at risk, and “the cost of inaction is simply too high”, Dr. Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said in a statement on Saturday after concluding a five-day visit to Syria. She expressed grave concern over the complexities and challenges facing the population and humanitarian operations on the ground. “The […]
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Philip Morris International (PMI) – considered the largest tobacco company in the world (excluding the Chinese National Tobacco Corporation) is gaining trust in industry-funded science by “posing as a generous supporter and concealing its involvement through third parties,” according to a new peer-reviewed published study. The research has just appeared in the journal Frontiers in […]
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So we are already coming up on the next season. You told yourself that after the holidays it would be different. This time you were going to watch what you ate and you were going to do some form of physical fitness every day. Somewhere along the way you got distracted, uninspired, and lazy. So […]
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Women and men think they can look younger than their age by injecting Botox or skin fillers like hyaluronic acid – but they’re wrong. A new study by skin experts in Tallinn, Estonia shows that human chronological age can be assessed with artificial intelligence (AI) examination of the dorsal part of the hand. They have […]
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After the first Omicron wave, many of the risks of Covid infection changed. Before February 2022, wearing face masks and being over 70 were credited with a reduced risk of being infected by others – but not after that, according to a new study at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, the UK. […]
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The number of women medical professionals who are seen in hospital operating theaters has not increased in decades. Men still rule in the field. In fact, in most countries, female anesthesiologists and surgeons have increased by only about five percent over 10 years. Now, researchers writing in the British Journal of Surgery published by Oxford […]
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