As Kate, a participant in our research on birth experiences, struggled with the pain she was experiencing during labour, the midwife was stern. She referred to Kate as a “silly girl” and told her she needed to calm down. Finally, the anaesthetist arrived to give Kate an epidural. He asked if this was “the silly […]
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Ido Rosenblatt, Information Systems Director of Magen David Adom and MDA Paramedic Menachem Blumenthal discussed the organization’s lifesaving activities on October 7 when Hamas attacked Israel, at Joint Perspectives, a conference hosted by the German newspaper WELT and The Jerusalem Post in Berlin on Wednesday. Rosenblatt said that Magen David Adom deployed state-of-the-art systems with […]
Continue ReadingIdo Rosenblatt, Information Systems Director of Magen David Adom, Israel’s National EMS and Blood Services Organization, will address attendees at the Jerusalem Post German-Israeli Summit conference on Wednesday afternoon in Berlin. The event will be streamed on Thursday on jpost.com. Rosenblatt will discuss the organization’s lifesaving activities on October 7, when it rapidly placed all […]
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As interest in psychedelics has grown, so has interest in ways to end a bad trip. Recent research reveals that people are giving potentially dangerous advice on social media on how to stop a trip that is less than pleasurable. Psychedelics cause changes in a person’s perception of reality. One of the earliest descriptions of […]
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Actor Boris Karloff. Famous for his role in the film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Mr. Karloff also acted in 130 movies, playing, as he called it, many “spine-chilling roles”. Stepping out of those roles and into his “real self”, Mr. Karloff worked with UN Radio in 1959 to record a feature on how […]
Continue ReadingIDF officer R suffered a severe head and limb wounds while serving on the northern border, from a missile attack. He was urgently transferred to Rambam Health Care Camus in Haifa for intensive treatment, with both of his legs completely crushed. Despite his condition stabilizing, he remained in his bed with his head bandaged […]
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Sweden has consistently reported some of the lowest rates of maternal and child mortality in the world. Unfortunately, these achievements don’t extend to foreign-born mothers who face higher risks for all forms of negative pregnancy outcomes. The COVID pandemic was a strong reminder of the gaping health inequities when providing care to these women. Foreign-born […]
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Coping with the traumatic loss of a loved one is an agonizing challenge for years, and Israelis certainly have had more than their share for decades and especially since October 7. Given the current lack of psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychotrauma experts in Israel, helping oneself could ease the pain. A new study from North Carolina […]
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Have you ever wondered how penile erection works but never dared to ask? Well, imagine a dry sponge in a condom. Now pour water on the sponge (that’s the blood flowing in). There you have it. This penis “sponge” is scientifically termed corpora cavernosa. Erections depend on the influx and trapping of blood. Smooth muscle […]
Continue ReadingThe attacks of Iran-backed Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea have wreaked havoc on imports to countries passing through the body of water, and among those Israeli organizations that have suffered is the voluntary organization, Yad Sarah. The medical-equipment loan organization, which also carries out numerous services to the ill, elderly, and […]
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