Health and Medicine

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

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

CF is a progressive and multisystem genetic disease that commonly affects the lungs and digestive system

Glyceryl Phosphoryl choline (GPC) which is sold as a pharmaceutical drug

Fidget spinners can be used to separate blood plasma for diagnostic tests

New assays and biomarkers are bringing the decades-long quest to develop a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease closer to the finish line

Analyzing the proteins in blister fluids could help doctors determine the best course of treatment for burn patients

Bones from dry-cured ham could contain cardioprotective peptides

A device tested in pigs can absorb chemotherapy drugs (delivered by syringe) from the bloodstream after they have done their job in a tumor

Discovery could allow enhanced activity of the immune system to attack cancer cells, in particular in cases of lung cancer and melanoma.

As more doctors retire, less students study medicine due to its difficult, long, expensive training, nurse practitioners’ and physician assistants’ roles expand, more doctors are brought from third world countries. Could pharmacists’ fill the void?

Vitamin C daily

Now going into clinical trials for specific types of cancer, Alpha Tau’s technology shows potential for treating any solid tumor

Drs. Linus Pauling and Dr. Sydney Bush, had more effect on my understanding of cardiovascular disease than any other person

Israeli scientists show how this basic component of body cells can become ‘bad’ and cause hardening of the arteries

A wound covered by an electric bandage on a rat's skin (top left) healed faster than a wound under a control bandage (right).