Health and Medicine

Israeli startup repurposes discarded kidney dialysis filters to make pure water in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Israeli-American study pinpoints a structural brain difference that accounts for the ability of some people with dyslexia to read well

Novel enzyme treatment may reduce inflammation and scarring that prevent neuronal regeneration, Israeli researchers say

An Israeli company has developed a sweet protein that can replace sugar in food and won’t raise your blood sugar or insulin levels.

A new device could help explain why babies are born prematurely.

Some people are convinced the PSA test saves lives. Others are not so sure and believe the PSA test leads to biopsies, potential treatment and complications

Despite these promising results, Cannabidiol is no miracle cure

Artificial enzymes can perform reactions on the surfaces of living cells

A new sensor could detect early-stage Parkinson's disease from a patient's breat

The new technique, developed by Israeli researchers, may improve survival rates and allow surgeons to remove more cancer cells than ever before.

I will be eternally grateful to the family doctor who saved my father’s life. And George will never know how close he was to a needless operation

My advice. Buy a bathroom scale and step on it every day. This will help to keep you a moderate consumer of food, alcohol, and exercise. But, if the scale continues to show increasing weight?

A new method for whitening teeth is safer but just as effective as current approaches

Untangling the CRISPR cancer scare

Cleaned-out pollen grains could someday deliver medicines into the human body.

History shows that more money, more social workers, and injections sites will end in failure

I wish I knew why Bourdain, who had fame and fortune, was so depressed

Blood clot, Thrombosis, that occurs in the heart, brain or legs

Harvard Medical School is educating more students who become professors and researchers. But family physicians must still have a major role

Shark skin inspires antimicrobial surfaces

A low-cost sensor made from modified frosted glass could help doctors diagnose and monitor prostate cancer.

A new sensor could detect bad breath.

Hormone Replacement Therapy

A newly developed film could prevent bacteria from growing on dental retainers and aligners

Congestive heart failure, hypertension

In the future, a new imaging pill might eliminate the need for annual mammograms

Do large doses of vitamin C increase the risk of kidney stones?

Reactions explains the chemistry of this popular sleep aid:

A fungus from the Red Sea shows promise in developing anti-seizure drugs

Israeli scientist Rony Dahan thinks he knows why immunotherapy hasn’t reached its full potential, and he aims to do something about that