Health and Medicine
"AID is not care and is the ultimate abandonment of a patient. Forcing the nurse to facilitate AID makes the nurse complicit in such abandonment"
A report from the University of California states the most dangerous myth is that falling is an inevitable part of aging
A new membrane could help periodontaal tissue regenerate when implanted into the gums.
Our political system often lacks good old-fashioned horse sense
Detecting Parkinson’s disease through smell compounds is now one step closer
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disease
Innovation and acceleration centers in several Israeli medical centers are finding technological cures for global healthcare ills
Devolving control to states and ultimately individuals is the right solution, not more centralized Washington control
Modified cells in the liquid could potentially deliver vaccines, fix birth defects or provide proteins that some babies can’t make on their own.
A bacteria from seawater provides leads for treating melanoma
Getting probiotics from food products, such as yogurt, to the digestive tract could become easier with bacterial biofilms on nanofiber sheets
New research shows a “microdose” of psychedelic drugs could treat depression and anxiety
Sometimes in life you win, sometimes lose. So, after trying many types of treatments, including marijuana, it’s back to a 5 o’clock rum or a glass of Chardonnay for me. Worse fates can happen to you!
New Israeli study finds white blood cells related to allergies and asthma may also be harnessed to destroy cancer cells.
Kadimastem aims to render needles a thing of the past for diabetes patients by developing a stem-cell mechanism that creates insulin in the body.
Red Skeleton, a clown for decades experienced tragedies in life, one when his young son died of leukemia. But he always returned to the stage. And before he died, he said that if he’d made people laugh, his life had been worthwhile
Commends members who have worked to promote the proposed legislation
A small, flexible device can power a pacemaker with energy from heartbeats
A new biosensor could someday detect fetal Down syndrome DNA in pregnant women's blood
Simple emergency solution from an Israeli physician-inventor redirects blood to core organs from limbs in case of hemorrhagic shock or cardiac arrest
The human antibodies are to be tested on human and canine tumors in a mouse-model to assess dose safety and how well they work
So, keep an open mind about robotic doctors. They could save us all from self-inflicted disease
The brains of hibernating hamsters could suggest new therapies for Alzheimer's disease
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I hope I’ve not been a kill-joy on Valentine’s day, putting a damper on a little amour. After all, remember, a healthy lifestyle does not mean you must be good all of the time. Just make sure that being a little bad never becomes a habit
BMI is one of the most widely used measures of obesity
To help patients avoid shots, researchers have developed a micromotor-powered oral vaccine
Youngest burn victims benefit from Israel’s pioneering expertise in CO2 lasers at Sheba Medical Center’s new I-PEARLS Center of Excellence.
It’s taken years for people to learn that alcohol and driving kills. Now young and old have to learn that the use of marijuana and driving can also kill. Humans rarely learn from history
Purified, activated immune cells from a healthy donor are injected into the recipient until the immune system can hunt down cancer cells on its own
