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Israeli scientists say they cured mice of Alzheimer’s using newly developed molecule

Israeli scientists gave an artificial molecule they invented to 30 mice suffering from Alzheimer’s — and found that all of them recovered,...

21.02.2023 10

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Anguished by loss of daughter, a rabbi brings suicide prevention out of the shadows

The moment is etched into Shalom Hammer’s mind. As they pulled up at the hospital, his wife Gabi said: “Brace yourself, I’m telling you that...

20.02.2023 50

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From cockpit to cataract ops: Israeli flight headsets adapted, approved for surgery

Israeli innovators have turned tech made for fighter pilots into an augmented reality headset to help eye surgeons. The Beyeonics One is now being...

14.02.2023 10

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Israeli lab teaches rats to detect lung cancer with 93% accuracy by sniffing urine

Rats are being taught to detect cancer by smell-testing urine samples, and are doing so with 93 percent accuracy, an Israeli startup said. The startup...

14.02.2023 60

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How old do you look? Israeli experts find humans still outguess AI, and suggest why

Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT may be doing a good job at imitating human verbal expression, but they cannot rival our ability for...

12.02.2023 10

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Some hair-straightening products can cause kidney failure, Israeli study finds

Some salon hair-straightening treatments can cause kidney failure, according to recent research by Jerusalem doctors which has already prompted...

10.02.2023 60

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Haredi men three times as likely to be nearsighted, likely due to Talmud study

Reading religious texts like the Talmud at close distance is likely to explain sky-high rates of nearsightedness among Haredi men, according to the...

08.02.2023 30

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Israel’s richest areas have 20% lower cancer death rate than middle-income ones

Israelis living in the richest localities have far less chance of dying from cancer than those who live in the rest of the country, according to new...

05.02.2023 50

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Israeli study: Rightist, leftist brains perceive world differently on a basic level

Political differences don’t just emerge when it comes to how we interpret reality around us, our brains actually ‘see’ different things...

02.02.2023 10

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Nixing sugar tax, Israeli government dealt ‘grievous blow to health’ – world experts

The new government’s decision to abolish the tax on soft drinks “seriously tarnishes Israel’s international standing” in the medical...

02.02.2023 20

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Week after his appointment, acting health minister hasn’t shown up for work – report

The new health minister hasn’t reported for work, despite being in the job for a week, according to a Hebrew media report. Aryeh Deri, chairman of...

31.01.2023 30

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Autism intensifies experience of pain, Israeli study finds, challenging assumptions

People with autism feel pain more intensely than others, according to a recent Israeli study that turns on its head the long-held notion that they...

31.01.2023 10

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Israeli find shown to combat antibiotic resistance by ‘poking bacteria to death’

Israeli scientists have developed a substance that overcomes antibiotic resistance by “poking bacteria to death,” researchers at Ben Gurion...

27.01.2023 80

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FDA adviser: Israel’s fast actions, big data, gave US a ‘window to future of COVID’

Israeli research has given US health policymakers a “window to the future” that helped shape policy on COVID shots and “convinced everybody that...

27.01.2023 30

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Activist who took Israeli disaster aid global wins humanitarian prize

An activist who has led the way for civilian Israeli aid work around the globe is set to receive a prestigious humanitarian prize. Yotam Polizer...

25.01.2023 10

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Israelis should get annual COVID shots when virus cases low, vaccine panel advises

COVID shots should become an annual norm if coronavirus infection rates reach low levels, according to a recommendation from the Health Ministry’s...

25.01.2023 20

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Tooth decay more widespread among obese and underweight, huge Israeli study finds

Obese and underweight people have significantly more decayed teeth than the rest of the population, according to a first-of-its kind Israeli study....

24.01.2023 20

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New ALS drug headed to Israel, in first distribution deal outside North America

Israel is poised to become the first country outside North America to use a new ALS drug, which is believed to extend patients’ lives by almost a...

20.01.2023 20

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Israeli robot fitted with locust antenna gains scent superpowers

Israeli scientists have created a robot with a sense of smell stronger than any other electronic device, by wiring it with a locust’s antenna. The...

18.01.2023 20

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Science of silliness: Israeli study deconstructs medical clowning so MDs use it more

Israeli researchers have documented the method behind the madness of hospital clowning, in the hope that it will enable doctors to better integrate...

17.01.2023 10

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Israeli scientists say substance prevents cancer’s spread in mice with 90% success

Israeli scientists are aiming to produce the world’s first preventative drug designed to stop tumors causing secondary cancer, and say the active...

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Battling kids’ eye cancer in Nigeria, Israeli doctors introduce pinpointed chemo

Israeli doctors on a week-long humanitarian mission to Nigeria said Friday that they had introduced pinpointed chemotherapy, in a move expected to...

13.01.2023 30

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Israeli researchers able to build enzymes ‘like Lego,’ in potential boon for drugs

Israeli scientists say they have developed a new method to construct enzymes “that’s like building Lego,” in the hope that they could eventually...

12.01.2023 10

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Doctors union takes aim at minister who claimed faith is grounds to deny treatment

The central doctors’ union in Israel has initiated a national advertising campaign to oppose what it views as a government minister’s assault on...

11.01.2023 20

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Israel to trim med student internships in bid to tackle ‘dire’ doctor shortage

The government will speed up the process for medical school graduates to start practicing medicine, in a move that is expected to ease the national...

10.01.2023 20

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Israeli study: Omicron-fighting boosters cuts hospitalization in over-65s by 81%

New Omicron-fighting COVID boosters have delivered an 81 percent reduction in COVID hospitalization to Israelis aged 65-plus, according to recently...

10.01.2023 40

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Israel on alert for strep A, which has killed 151 in the UK since September

Israel’s Health Ministry has raised concerns about the spread of strep A, a bacteria that has recently caused 29 child deaths in the UK. The...

06.01.2023 50

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Backlash from top international obesity experts after Israel scraps soft drink tax

Israeli health experts have been livid over the new government’s decision to cancel the so-called soft drink tax, and leading obesity scholars from...

05.01.2023 20

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After demonstrating 57% remission rate, Israeli immunotherapy licensed by US firm

An Israeli immunotherapy has successfully “reprogrammed the immune systems” of cancer patients, with a US-based pharma company licensing it for...

04.01.2023 40

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‘A hell of a variant’: Ultra fast-spreading strain could shake Israel’s COVID calm

COVID-19 experts around the world are watching with concern as the XBB.1.5 subvariant spreads like wildfire in the United States. There aren’t yet...

04.01.2023 80

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No-knife procedure to avoid some open heart surgeries is now in Israel

Jerusalem doctors have delivered the life-saving effect of open heart surgery without needing to perform the invasive, risk-prone procedure. Michael...

03.01.2023 10

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Israel’s medical big data deployed for autoimmune research at ambitious new center

A new research center at Tel Aviv University is aiming to harness Israel’s trailblazing medical record-keeping to develop new drugs and treatments...

22.12.2022 50

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Israeli doctors remove brain tissue from toddler’s nose to avert ‘catastrophe’

An Israeli toddler is recovering from a rare operation that was performed after doctors found that some of her brain tissue had slid to her nose,...

21.12.2022 10

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Poorer people are getting a double dose of long COVID symptoms — Israeli research

Long COVID hits poorer people far more widely than those who are wealthier, new Israeli research has found. A study counted the number of long COVID...

21.12.2022 60

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Power of 4th vaccine doses is in keeping COVID mild, Israeli study finds

The fourth vaccine shot is powerful in minimizing COVID symptoms but doesn’t provide much stronger protection against catching the virus than a...

20.12.2022 30

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Israelis produced some 15% of world’s top COVID vaccine studies, analysis shows

Some 15 percent of the world’s most influential studies on COVID-19 vaccines were written by Israeli scientists, according to new research that...

16.12.2022 40

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Reducing stress can be life-changer for women with high cancer risk — Israeli study

An Israeli study has shone a spotlight on the major benefits of stress reduction measures for women who are at elevated risk of cancer. Reducing...

15.12.2022 10

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‘New era of treatment’: Israelis among first to receive ‘game-changing’ ALS medicine

Israeli patients have become some of the first in the world to begin receiving a new ALS drug intended to slow the progress of the degenerative...

15.12.2022 100

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Israeli AI predicts heart failure in muscle inflammation patients with 80% accuracy

Israeli researchers have built an artificial intelligence tool that analyzes ECG tests and predicts heart failure with high accuracy weeks before it...

14.12.2022 40

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Israeli gel boosts ability of bones to heal themselves, mice trial finds

Israeli scientists say they have found a way to boost the ability of bones to heal themselves, so they can self-repair in the event of big defects and...

13.12.2022 20

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RSV hospitalizations jump 31% in a week, stoking ‘tripledemic’ fear

A trio of viruses is on the rise, causing some experts to warn of a “tripledemic” of COVID-19, flu and the far lesser known RSV. Respiratory...

09.12.2022 40

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2 common drugs may help protect against secondary cancer, small Israeli study finds

Taking two common drugs just before cancer operations may significantly reduce the chance of a secondary tumor, new Israeli research suggests....

08.12.2022 30

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Jerusalem doctors deliver baby while simultaneously saving mom from stroke

With two lives hanging in the balance, doctors in Jerusalem successfully delivered a baby while treating the mother for a stroke. The woman was nine...

06.12.2022 10

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Israeli study suggests mothers’ bonding with their babies unharmed by pandemic

The pandemic didn’t harm emotional bonds between mother and baby, Israeli psychologists suggest in new research. The psychologists studied...

06.12.2022 30

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Side effects of COVID vaccines often ‘psychosomatic’: Israeli peer-reviewed study

New Israeli research suggests that side effects from COVID vaccines are frequently psychosomatic — a self-fulfilling prophecy of sorts. The more...

05.12.2022 80

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Study predicts 48% jump in Israelis over 75 by 2030, straining healthcare system

Israel’s 75-plus population will increase by 48 percent by 2030, creating an urgent need to bolster the health system, according to new research....

02.12.2022 20

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Gynecology research neglects women after onset of menopause — Israeli study

Gynecology research is overlooking women who are going through menopause or who have finished menopause, according to a new peer-reviewed Israeli...

02.12.2022 20

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In scooter-crazed Tel Aviv, 70% of injured rode helmet-less, 20% were drunk

A Tel Aviv hospital inundated with scooter injuries has revealed that 70 percent of riders who crashed weren’t wearing helmets and some 20% were...

01.12.2022 10

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In world first, Israeli lab derives male and female stem cells from same person

In a world first, Israeli scientists have derived male and female stem cells from the same person. The researchers say they’ve successfully grown...

29.11.2022 30

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Israeli data provides ‘safety assurances’ to world on fourth COVID shots — study

Israeli data provides “safety assurances to the global population” regarding fourth COVID-19 shots, according to a new peer-reviewed study. As...

28.11.2022 50

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