Tag: Health
Hundreds hear from experts, see film premiere on Gaucher disease at patient event
Timed to coincide with National Gaucher Awareness month, the National Gaucher Foundation hosted its annual event in New York City on Oct. 27. Attended by nearly 200 patients, family members and physicians, the event featured a question-and-answer session...
Artificial sweeteners turn gut bacteria toxic, says joint study
Giving new meaning to the phrase “sickly sweet,” researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have found that artificial sweeteners are toxic to digestive gut microbes.
Published in the journal Molecules, the joint study with Nanyang...
Israeli study shows maternal depression impacts physiology of young children
A new Israeli-led study found that children of mothers suffering from depression may be at greater risk for psychological disorders and altered immune responses.
“If you grow up with a clinically depressed mother, your body’s...
Israel reports West Nile virus, 67 people hospitalized
Israel’s Environmental Protection Ministry is warning Israelis to protect themselves from insect bites after reporting that 67 people have been hospitalized with West Nile virus.
An 18-year-old resident of Israel’s south is in critical condition,...
10,000 Israelis swabbed to be possible bone-marrow match for bride with leukemia
Thousands of Israelis from across the country have been giving saliva samples in hopes of becoming a match for an Israeli bride fighting to beat leukemia.
The family of Roni Cohen, 27, and her fiancé,...
Plate size won’t help you lose weight, divulges Israeli study
If you’re still struggling to fit into a swimsuit, using smaller plate size to eat less and shed some weight is not going to help, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of...
Officials warn not to enter certain Golan Heights rivers, due to bacterial infection
Israel’s Ministry of Health warned the public not to enter several streams in the Golan Heights after nearly 30 people were hospitalized with bacterial infections after spending time in the water.
The Israel Nature and...
Pilot program offers free genetic testing for Ashkenazi Jews to detect cancer risk
Cancer touches us all. But it’s no secret, at least in the medical community, that elevated genetic risk of several cancers disproportionately afflicts one community: Ashkenazi Jews.
Jews of Eastern European ancestry, commonly known as...
Miami Jewish Health receives $15M gift from philanthropist
Miami Jewish Health announced a $15 million gift from financier and philanthropist S. Donald Sussman during the recent groundbreaking of the EmpathiCare Village, a revolutionary residential community for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other...
Are Jews at Risk for Parkinson’s Disease?
“My mother had always been haunted by Parkinson’s because her aunt had suffered from it,” Sergey Brin, one of the two Jewish co-founders of Google, wrote in a 2008 blog post. “For more than...