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Health&Science 47% of Israelis will not get vaccinated against swine flu About half of the population is not planning on getting vaccinated against the swine flu, according to a poll conducted by the Geocartography Institute on 500 respondents ... Full story Meital Yasur-Beir Or Israel falls behind on physical education in schools The Knesset Information and Research Center has reported that physical education in Israel falls far beneath global standards, with just 90 minutes a week being taught to ... Full story Tamar Trabelsi-Hadad Shoah survivors more likely to develop cancer Holocaust survivors have a greater chance of developing cancer, a new study by Haifa University has found. Throughout the study, which was published in the National ... Full story Sarit Rosenblum New 'genius program' launched in Israel Fifteen high school students are currently undergoing strict training in a program designed to groom Israel's first "team of geniuses". The tenth and eleventh ... Full story Tamar Trabelsi-Hadad 47% of youth say they're overweight Nearly half of Israeli adolescents define themselves as fat regardless of their weight, a study conducted at the Western Galilee College reveals. The survey was ... Full story Yaffa Shir-Raz Israel to get swine flu vaccines in November Israel will begin vaccinating against the swine flu in November, the Health Ministry announced on Monday. The ministry added that 350,000 doses of the vaccine would ... Full story Meital Yasur Beit-Or Israeli physicist heads Nobel Prize candidate list Israeli physicist Yakir Aharonov, 77, has been nominated as one of the three final candidates to be awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. The winner will be announced ... Full story Avital Lahav A world first: Vaccine helps prevent HIV infection For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures ... Full story Associated Press Circumcision doesn't protect gay men from AIDS Circumcision, which has helped prevent AIDS among heterosexual men in Africa, doesn't help protect gay men from the virus, according to the largest US study to look at ... Full story Associated Press Stop. You've left the kid in the car Trying to prevent the next tragedy. Two Israeli innovators recently developed a new system for preventing parents from accidentally locking their kids in the car. The ... Full story Benny Barak Report: Cancer leading cause of death in Israel The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) released a report probing the leading causes of death in Israel Wednesday, revealing that cancer, diabetes and renal ... Full story Meital Yasur-Beit Or Health Ministry warns of grave shortage in doctors, nurses A Health Ministry report released Wednesday says Israel is experiencing a grave shortage in healthcare professionals. The report said that there has been an 8% drop ... Full story Meital Yasur-Beit Or Prognosis: 14,000 to die of swine flu This is the scenario that hospital administrators have been instructed to prepare for this winter in light of the spreading H1N1 virus epidemic: 14,000 dead, an equal ... Full story Meital Yasur-Beit Or Survey: 25% of Israelis suffering from mental distress About a quarter of the population in Israel had suffered from mental distress in 2007, but only about half of those who experienced problems reported seeking professional ... Full story Meital Yasur-Beit Or Teva recalls drug following Jackson death probe A maker of the potent anesthetic propofol found in Michael Jackson's home has been contacted by federal officials investigating the pop star's death and has recalled tens ... Full story Associated Press More H&S

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