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Mental abuse and infectious diseases: Medical condition of returned Israeli captives worrying, report says

Report by the Health Ministry set to be given to ICRC president indicates Israeli captives are held in extremely poor hygienic conditions, and that there is evidence of starvation, physical and mental abuse, and sexual abuse

Adir Yanko | 12.14.23

פוסטרים עם תמונות החטופים הישראלים שנמצאים בעזה ברחבי ברצלונה, ספרד

Health Ministry guides hospitals ahead of captive release

Medical staff instructed to allow hostages full control of process, respect privacy, adhere to requests on all matters including medical tests, access to visits, contact with other hostages freed

Adir Yanko | 11.23.23

The first meal Israeli captives will eat after they are released

Health Ministry issues guidelines to all hospitals in Israel preparing to admit hostages returning from Gaza in attempt to prevent refeeding syndrome

Adir Yanko | 11.23.23

Fibromyalgia: the aching muscles condition

Fibromyalgia presents a diagnostic challenge, with its elusive nature stemming from both its symptoms and stigmas that exist among doctors regarding the disease

Davidson Institute of Science/Johnatan Nissan | 11.18.23

Can biofortification solve world hunger?

Biofortification offers a potential solution for malnutrition by enhancement of the nutrient, mineral or vitamin content of food crops

Anna Uzonyi/Davidson Institute of Science | 11.17.23

Doctors worry for patients held captive 'Don't forget them, they are dying without treatment'

Alma's needs heart treatment to survive', 12-year-old Yagil is allergic to peanuts; Watch: Prof. Hagai Levin, chief doctor for families of abductees

Hadar Gil-Ad, Adir Yanko | 11.16.23

During wartime: The connection between stress and nutrition

Israelis are finding themselves in stressful situations these days: It's important to know how proper nutrition can help manage stress properly

Einat Mazor Becker | 11.12.23

Health Ministry braces for flu season but more concerned with COVID

Ministry monitors high rates of pediatric hospitalization from flu in the southern hemisphere but says expectations locally are for usual morbidity after the population recovers its immunity lost during the COVID pandemic

Adir Yanko | 10.01.23

Ensuring fertilization by a single sperm

A sticky protein matrix helps the 1st sperm cell that manages to cross it, latch onto the egg and reach the membrane of the egg thereby wining the race and fertilizes it.

Maayan Ilon-Ashkenazi/Davidson Institute of Science | 10.01.23

Israel approves a trial using MDMA, for therapists

Ministry of Health greenlights experiment in mental care facility to study the effects of the psychoactive substance in psychotherapy for healthy subjects to prepare them for administering drug to patients suffering from PTSD

Adir Yanko | 09.28.23

How to treat scorpion stings?

Scorpion season is still upon us and the creepy crawler stung 2 children in 24 hours in the south; annually some 270 children arrive at hospital annually, suffering from the painful sting

Dr. Itay Gal, Attila Somfalvi | 09.28.23

Prepare chicken-apple salad for Sukkot

Enjoy this rich, healthy, economical and easy to make salad for Sukkot and for all year round

Zachi Bukshester | 09.28.23

Are all hairs created equal?

What determines the length of a hair, why do men tend to go bald more than women, and why do women grow hair more easily than men?

Erez Bibi/Davidson Institute of Science | 09.28.23

מימין לשמאל : הנערה מעזה ואמה, ד"ר אלונה ראוכר מנהלת היחידה לקרדיולוגיית ילדים במרכז הרפואי וולפסון, ד"ר מיכאל גייסט מנהל היחידה לאלקטרופיזיולוגיה וקוצבים במרכז הרפואי וולפסון

From Gaza to hospital in Israel: Palestinian teen gets second chance at life after receiving pacemaker like Netanyahu's

A 18-year-old Gaza resident received a pacemaker at Wolfson hospital in central Israel, placed via the jugular vein; director of the electrophysiological unit Dr. Michael Geist: 'She received the most expensive pacemaker, just like the prime minister got

Dr. Itay Gal | 09.26.23

Daughter of Alzheimer's disease patient: 'Dad is disappearing little by little'

On international Alzheimer's day, Nitzan writes that she struggled for years to accept that her smart, funny, intelligent father is sick with this cursed disease; 'only in the last 3 years can I say it, feel it, cry it'

Nitzan Amitzur | 09.21.23

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