Category Archives: Health Sciences

promoting individual and community health through mutual cooperation

Another Weizmann breakthrough

Israeli Medical Breakthroughs Offer Hope to Auto-Immune Patients A team of Israeli scientists offer hope in treating autoimmune diseases, such as Crohn’s, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis. Rachel Hirshfeld, May 10, 2012 A team of Israeli scientists from the Weizmann Institute in … Continue reading

Posted in Health Sciences, Middle East Report, Recent Posts, Science and Technology | Comments Off

Arabs recognize Israeli physicians

Israelis at Dubai conference were ‘well treated’ By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH 30/04/2012, Jerusalem Post Despite visa rejections, three cardiologists lecturing at Dubai conference say they were treated well. The three Israeli cardiologists who lectured at a Dubai conference of the World … Continue reading

Posted in Education Report, Health Sciences, Middle East Report, Recent Posts | Comments Off

Israel helps the world

Entire World Benefits from Israeli Knowledge Reprinted from Daily Alert, Friday, April 20, 2012 Teachers from Rural U.S. on Educational Journey to Poland and Israel – Corinne Lestch 17 teachers from schools across the U.S. are still processing an emotionally … Continue reading

Posted in Alternative Energy, Education, Health Sciences, Middle East Report, News Articles, Recent Posts, Science and Technology | Comments Off

Israeli donates marrow to Turkish patient

Israeli donor saves Turkish patient’s life ANKARA – Anatolia News Agency Everybody should learn a lesson from this donation made without any discrimination, patient Mehmet Burhan Gül says. AA photo A Turkish leukemia patient, out of treatment options after 22 … Continue reading

Posted in Health Sciences, Middle East Report, News Articles, Recent Posts | Comments Off

Sleep habits linked to metabolism

Disrupted Sleep May Raise Risk for Obesity, Diabetes: Study Researchers found altering amount, timing of rest raised blood sugar levels, slowed metabolism April 11, 2012 RSS Feed Print By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) — Sleep … Continue reading

Posted in Health Sciences, Nutrition & Fitness, Recent Posts | Comments Off

Human brain is orderly

Brain Wired in an ‘Astonishingly’ Simple Grid Structure Megan Brooks April 5, 2012 — A new brain imaging study shows that the human brain is wired in a simple and orderly 3-dimensional grid, akin to a checkerboard, with no diagonal … Continue reading

Posted in Health Sciences, Mental Health, Recent Posts, Science | Comments Off

ASCO identifies unnecessary procedures

Five Cancer Practices That Must Stop Zosia Chustecka April 5, 2012 — Five common cancer procedures and tests have been identified that are not supported by evidence and should no longer be used, according to the American Society of Clinical … Continue reading

Posted in Health Sciences, Recent Posts, Women's Health | Comments Off

Genetic marker for Crohn’s Disease

Mount Sinai Researchers Discover Five Biomarkers of Increased Risk for Crohn’s Disease in Jews of Eastern European Descent   In the largest study of its kind, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered five new genetic mutations associated … Continue reading

Posted in Health Sciences, Judaism, Middle East Report, News Articles, Recent Posts | Comments Off