Health and Medicine

Look into my eyes: Do you see early signs of Alzheimer’s? By | August 30, 2017
Israeli startup RetiSpec plans to build and begin testing its unique Alzheimer’s ocular scanner in the next 12 months
Is It Prudent To Increase The Dose of Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs? By | August 28, 2017
Look for cardiovascular disease on my web site and see photos of how vitamin C affects arteries
In world first, Israeli man gets lab-grown bone tissue injected in arm By | August 23, 2017
Procedure was part of early clinical trial of human bone tissue grown in the lab from stem cells of the patient, so there’s no risk of rejection
Is It Nuclear War, Viral Epidemic or Azoospermia? By | August 21, 2017
Sperm count on the decline?
Spider peptides battle superbugs and cancer By | August 16, 2017
Antibiotics are increasingly losing effectiveness against certain pathogens; now scientists have found a bacteria-killing spider peptide that could help remedy this trend.
House dust spurs growth of fat cells in lab tests By | August 16, 2017
A study has found that small amounts of house dust containing environmental pollutants can promote the accumulation of fat in certain cells
The Fart Pill: Could It Get The Nobel Prize? By | August 14, 2017
Finally, although farts can be embarrassing, hypertension and heart attacks can kill
New sensors could enable more affordable detection of pollution and diseases By | August 10, 2017
Detecting disease could become simpler with a new pressure-based sensor.
Israeli scientist develops early diagnostic test for Parkinson’s By | August 9, 2017
Suaad Abd-Elhadi’s new assay could pave the way for early diagnosis and improved treatment of the debilitating neurodegenerative disorder
Exposure to toxins in e-cig vapor varies depending on scenario By | August 9, 2017
A study has found that toxins in e-cig vapor can exceed set limits, but secondhand exposure under certain circumstances is likely to cause less harm than breathing in others' cigarette smoke.
An end to cavities for people with sensitive teeth? By | August 9, 2017
The fight against sensitive teeth and cavities could get a boost from a material containing green tea extract.
Puritanical Lies about Alcohol By | August 7, 2017
Medical benefits of alcohol
Synthesizing the human genome from scratch By | August 4, 2017
Writing the human genome
Indoor air in schools could add to children’s exposure to PCBs By | August 4, 2017
In some schools, indoor air can increase children's exposure to PCBs
Surgery More Effective Than Drano for Stroke By | August 2, 2017
It’s tragic that the medical establishment ignores this medical discovery, particularly when the epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes is causing so many blocked arteries.
Radical new drug-testing tech could dramatically cut animal testing By | August 2, 2017
Israeli human-on-a-chip platform has the unique ability to predict risk of toxicity in pharma and cosmetic product candidates without animal testing
NanoVelcro microchips could someday noninvasively diagnose prenatal conditions By | July 27, 2017
New prenatal testing methods could noninvasively diagnose a fetus' genetic conditions
The $1,000,000 Surgical Error By | July 24, 2017
Laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery
Orthopedic surgery in Canada: Most had positive outcomes, but one-in-four found the wait too long By | July 24, 2017
In B.C., the number of patients reporting 'unreasonable' wait times jumps to one-in-three
Need Cataract Surgery? So What Should You Know? By | July 17, 2017
Measuring a patient’s vital signs without any contact By | July 12, 2017
Israeli startup offers revolutionary way to monitor heartbeat, blood pressure, respiration rate, lung sounds, muscle activity and blood glucose.
Swimming In 20 Gallons of Pee! By | July 10, 2017
Pool chemistry
Israeli doctors find link between Alzheimer’s and bedsores By | July 5, 2017
Abnormal cell density in the skin of dementia patients is the likely reason that they are more susceptible to wounds such as pressure ulcers.
Damn It, I was born too soon By | July 3, 2017
67th reunion at The Harvard Medical School (HMS)
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What Are You Doing To Grandma? By | June 27, 2017
High doses of C also increase immunity, decrease the risk of arthritis, cataracts and even wrinkles, Alzheimer’s Disease, Hyper tension
First dual-targeting nanoparticles lower cancer’s defenses and attack tumors By | June 21, 2017
A two-in-one approach to immunotherapy involves both blocking cancer cells' (red) ability to hide and prompting T cells (gray) to attack them.
Multiple sclerosis study reveals possible trigger By | June 21, 2017
Israeli scientists discover an abnormality in neurons’ protective membrane may enable the immune system to launch a mistaken attack
Over the Edge: An Experience I‘ll Never Forget By | June 19, 2017
Bacteria from cystic fibrosis patient could help thwart antibiotic-resistant TB By | June 15, 2017
The fight against multi-drug resistant tuberculosis could get a boost from a newly discovered antibiotic
Israeli scientists find vital key to fixing damaged heart tissue By | June 14, 2017
Injecting a molecule called Agrin into damaged mouse hearts leads to muscle repair. Studies on larger animals are beginning soon