Medicine
Dripping acid: My battle with chronic bladder pain after cancer treatment - opinion
Would I have preferred to be knocked out by general anesthesia so I wouldn’t feel a thing? Sure, but total body sedation for such a short procedure would have been both overkill and dangerous.
Taking too many medications may harm older adults, study warns
10 common medications that cause men to develop female breasts
Majority of Israeli healthcare workers use Whatsapp professionally despite privacy risks - study
Woman mistakenly declared dead wakes up in her coffin in Czech Republic
The mistake was reportedly made after the woman’s husband failed to wake her and called emergency services.
Dozens of Israeli children develop malignant tumors from sperm donor
The Health Ministry issued an unusual warning following the discovery of a sperm donor who carried a rare syndrome that increases the risk of many types of cancer in offspring.
Grapevine, May 16, 2025: Generous gift to the University of Haifa
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
British scientists find treatment for disease that contributed to Pope Francis’s death
The drug is manufactured by the US firm Insmed and made possible after 15 years of research by scientists from the University of Dundee.
Blackstone president Jonathan Gray donates $125 million to Tel Aviv University
This donation, the largest in the history of the university, will fund the development of new facilities and scholarships for the School of Health and Medical Sciences.
Israeli breakthrough identifies key defective gene in common heart disease
This discovery is predicted to transform genetic screening and treatment protocols for patients worldwide.
Sham doctor tells authorities, ‘I panicked’ after New York mom dies in botched plastic surgery
Felipe Hoyos Foronda was arrested before he could board a flight at JFK.
KKL-JNF rehabilitates injured forest dormouse after rare daytime sighting
A rare forest dormouse spotted at a Galilee factory was rescued, treated, and released back into the wild by KKL-JNF.
Einnahme von Vitaminen kann Krebs-Risiko erhöhen – Studie
Antioxidantien können Krebstumoren helfen, neue Blutgefäße zu bilden, was das Wachstum und die Ausbreitung des Krebses fördert.
New study finds only 10% of nonsurgical treatments for lower back pain are effective
The analysis found NSAIDs effective for acute low back pain vs. placebo, while non-drug treatments showed no significant benefit.
