Health and Medicine
Artificial sweeteners could someday treat cancer with fewer side effects
Sanaa Mahameed, the first female Muslim volunteer in United Hatzalah, now is being joined by 13 Bedouin Muslim women fresh out of training
US biotech company BioMarin enlists aid of Sheba Medical Center to take part in international trials of a ‘magic bullet’ treatment for hemophilia A.
Israeli researchers discover survival rates in pancreatic cancer linked to inverse correlation between specific oncogene and tumor suppressant
Israeli company has FDA approval to begin marketing the NeuGuide minimally invasive surgical system
Do Ketogenic Diets Really Work?
Football players and others who experience concussions could have changes in molecules involved in a key signaling pathway, according to a rodent study
An extract from Strophanthus gratus, an African plant, could someday be the basis of a male oral contraceptive.
Chemotherapy could someday have fewer side effects if loaded into a "protocell" nanoparticle that specifically burrows into the deepest tumor regions
The first company-sponsored clinical trials of the gene editing system will treat genetic blood diseases
It’s ironic that the Canadian government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on opioid addiction. Yet it fails to comprehend the health benefits of an insulin pill
The swimming power of sperm could deliver cancer drugs directly to cervical tumors
Blueberry vinegar could restore cognitive function in mice
Procedure was part of a clinical trial of human bone tissue grown in a bioreactor from fat cells of the same patient, eliminating risk of rejection
There’s little controversy that pets are helpful to children with autism, developmental disorders and to those who have been abused.
This is the 42nd year I’ve had the pleasure of wishing readers a happy and healthy Christmas. And my thanks for sending along your comments this past year
Vanillin someday could be used to prevent or reduce psoriatic skin inflammation
Remember, diagnosing whether it’s heartburn or a coronary attack can be difficult at times. If there’s any doubt, go immediately to the emergency.
Dealing with Anxiety
Cancer patients dying in needless agony
Facial fractures among older adults are on the rise. And taking arsenic in some activities would seem to be a safer option for some seniors
Corn muffins and other foods made with biofortified maize and eggs retain vitamin A after being cooked
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Overdose deaths from heroin, fentanyl and misused prescription painkillers have tripled in the past 15 years
We are headed to a single payer socialized medical insurance which will limit doctor visits and access to procedures based on rationed care.
Giving needle-free flu vaccines a sho