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![Wikimedia Commons Cinnamon ‘Inhibits Alzheimer’s’]() Cinnamon ‘Inhibits Alzheimer’s’Studies were inspired by Biblical passage describing a preparation used by High Priests. Caution: too much raw cinnamon is dangerous. Gil Ronen, 6/13/2011, 9:23 PM
![US govt, Wikicommons Some Success in War on AIDS]() Some Success in War on AIDSUN reports some success in global war on AIDS, but more than 50% of sufferers in “third world” remain without treatment.Maayana Miskin, 6/3/2011, 2:13 PM
![Israel news photo; Flash 90 E. Coli Spreading in Europe]() E. Coli Spreading in EuropeThe largest outbreak of E. coli in the world has killed 14 people in Germany. More than 300 are seriously ill. And it's spreading.Chana Ya'ar, 5/31/2011, 1:14 AM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 New Lymphoma Cure Passes Phase 2]() New Lymphoma Cure Passes Phase 2A new treatment for lymphoma, a type of cancer, has passed its Phase II clinical trial. CT-011 is produced by CureTech, a Teva company.Hana Levi Julian, MSW, LCSW-R, 5/26/2011, 2:35 PM
![Flash 90 'We Strike for the Sick']() 'We Strike for the Sick'Israel's doctors demonstrated outside the Knesset after talks with the Finance Ministry ended with no agreement being reached.Elad Benari & Yoni Kempinski, 4/28/2011, 1:14 AM
![Israel news photo: Wikipedia Japan's Radiation Woes Persist]() Japan's Radiation Woes PersistA radioactive water leak in Japan has been plugged, but problems persist as scientists fight to keep a nuclear plant stable. Chana Ya'ar, 4/6/2011, 2:38 PM
![Bikur Cholim New Hope for Bikur Cholim]() New Hope for Bikur CholimDeputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman has approved a recovery plan for Bikur Cholim Hospital following Jerusalem terror attack.Maayana Miskin, 4/1/2011, 1:58 PM
![IDF Spokesman's Unit Japan: IDF Treats Baby]() Japan: IDF Treats BabyBaby Sanae, whose home was destroyed by tsunami, among the first treated at IDF clinic in Minami Sanriku.Gil Ronen, 3/30/2011, 8:03 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 'Facebook' Linked to Anorexia]() 'Facebook' Linked to AnorexiaHaifa U study: the more time adolescent girls spend in front of Facebook, the greater the risk of negative body image and eating disorders.Gil Ronen, 2/9/2011, 5:38 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 Green Light for OTC Ritalin]() Green Light for OTC RitalinCriticism of decision by Ethics Committee of Medical Federation to allow purchase of Ritalin without a prescription. Gil Ronen, 2/8/2011, 2:31 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 Smoking Causes ‘Instant Damage’]() Smoking Causes ‘Instant Damage’Smokers beware: Inhalation of tobacco results in cancer-causing chemicals entering the body almost immediately, according to a new study.Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, 1/17/2011, 6:24 PM
![Israel news photo: Ray Nata FDA Limits Acetaminophen Amounts]() FDA Limits Acetaminophen AmountsThe FDA has reduced the maximum allowable amount of acetaminophen in combination pain medication, and added a boxed warning for good measure.Hana Levi Julian, MSW, LCSW-R, 1/16/2011, 1:33 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 Expert: Get Your Flu Shot Now!]() Expert: Get Your Flu Shot Now!This year's flu is mild, compared to last year's H1N1 pandemic - but that doesn't mean that the current risk is any smaller, says a top expert.David Lev, 1/9/2011, 9:00 AM
![Flash 90 Hospitals Dangerously Full]() Hospitals Dangerously FullHospital are dangerously full; wards could be closed to new patients in just two weeks, the Nurses' Union warns.Maayana Miskin, 1/4/2011, 7:31 PM
![Flash 90 Three Killed in Haifa Gas Mishap]() Three Killed in Haifa Gas MishapThe victims carried out maintenance work on a hydrogen sulfide gas line at the Haifa refining complex. Ten other men were hurt.Gil Ronen, 11/24/2010, 10:09 PM
![Yoni Kempinski Biological Warfare Drill Held]() Biological Warfare Drill HeldArutz7 visits Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, where a drill in biological warfare took place, involving combined emergency forces.Elad Benari & Yoni Kempinski, 11/10/2010, 3:15 AM
![US Embassy Shaare Zedek in Korman Race]() Shaare Zedek in Korman RaceShaare Tzedek Hospital, leading facility for breast cancer care in Jerusalem, took part in inaugural event of the Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure.INN Staff, 10/29/2010, 2:59 PM
![Israel news photo: Technion University Simple Blood Test for Cancer]() Simple Blood Test for CancerTechnion researchers have come up with a new and simple blood test that may be able to detect cancer.Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, 10/27/2010, 12:09 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 Haifa 'Has 30% More Cancer']() Haifa 'Has 30% More Cancer'A Knesset committee received worrisome data regarding the incidence of cancer in the northern port city.Gil Ronen, 10/18/2010, 10:31 PM
![Flash 90 Israel's Underground Hospital]() Israel's Underground HospitalAll concrete equipment north of Jerusalem pulled to Haifa as Israel builds the world's largest underground hospital, used in case of air attacks.Maayana Miskin, 10/18/2010, 1:19 AM
![WikiMedia Commons African Doctors Learn in Israel]() African Doctors Learn in IsraelIsraeli medical knowledge and advances shared with African HIV/AIDS experts. Israel suggested as medical hub for East Africa.Elad Benari, 10/14/2010, 5:05 AM
![Flash 90 Plan: An MRI in Every Hospital]() Plan: An MRI in Every HospitalDeputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman wins approval for more MRI equipment. Shaarei Tzedek, Barzilai to benefit.Maayana Miskin, 9/25/2010, 7:04 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 New Meds Could Stop Cancer]() New Meds Could Stop Cancer Tel Aviv U researchers developing new medicines that could prevent cancer and make existing cancer a manageable chronic illness.Gil Ronen, 8/11/2010, 8:03 PM
![Anders Bjurnemark West Nile Virus Alert]() West Nile Virus AlertThe Health Ministry warns citizens to beware of West Nile Virus and take action against mosquitoes.Maayana Miskin, 8/10/2010, 7:28 AM
![HMC Humanitarian Med Meet]() Humanitarian Med MeetSixty medical students from around the world learned from the IDF about humanitarian medicine in disaster zones.Gil Ronen, 7/27/2010, 9:56 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 Twins Born to Heart Recipient]() Twins Born to Heart Recipient A heart transplant recipient has given birth to healthy twins, in what is thought to be the first case in Israel and the fifth worldwide.Maayana Miskin, 7/26/2010, 9:58 PM
![Israel news photo: Wikimedia Commons Saudis 'High on Speed']() Saudis 'High on Speed'The lion's share of amphetamines being consumed in the Middle East are seized in Saudi Arabia, according to the latest global drug abuse report.Hana Levi Julian, 7/25/2010, 12:35 PM
![Israel news photo: Wikimedia Commons Israel Eases Chile’s Trauma]() Israel Eases Chile’s TraumaA team from Rambam Medical Center’s trauma team helps train Chile medics how to cope with mass casualty events such as this year’s massive quake.Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, 7/21/2010, 9:55 AM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 High Court Overturns Dental Plan]() High Court Overturns Dental PlanThe High Court has overturned a plan for free dental care to young children by reallocating funds, saying the Knesset should have been consulted.Maayana Miskin, 5/21/2010, 1:00 PM
![Israel news photo Four Children Get New Organs]() Four Children Get New OrgansAfter teen suffers brain death, family donates his organs, saving four youths aged 13 to 17 and one adult.Maayana Miskin, 5/20/2010, 10:08 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 Good OECD Report Card for Israel]() Good OECD Report Card for IsraelIsrael has a good report card in the health sector in comparison with other OECD nations, as seen in data just released by the Ministry of Health.Hana Levi Julian, 5/11/2010, 5:04 PM
![aftau.org Multiple Sclerosis Breakthrough]() Multiple Sclerosis BreakthroughTel Aviv University finds that multiple sclerosis biomarkers appear almost a decade before symptoms.
Baruch Gordon, 4/29/2010, 9:27 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 Study Links Rocket Attacks, PTSD]() Study Links Rocket Attacks, PTSDA study conducted in Israel links rocket attacks to depression, post-traumatic stress. Warning systems found to reduce trauma.Maayana Miskin, 4/15/2010, 9:00 PM
![Israel news photo: file High-Carb Diets a Risk for Women]() High-Carb Diets a Risk for WomenA diet too high in refined carbohydrates can put women at risk for heart disease, an Italian study finds.Maayana Miskin, 4/15/2010, 6:31 PM
![Israel news photo: file PM: Barzilai ER Won't Move]() PM: Barzilai ER Won't MoveUTJ wanted fortified ER built at different location because of ancient graves found beneath the intended site. Gil Ronen, 4/12/2010, 9:33 PM
![www.aftau.org Happier Marriage Means Health]() Happier Marriage Means HealthA new Tel Aviv University study suggests that happiness in marriage may help prevent fatal strokes in men.Baruch Gordon, 4/11/2010, 4:26 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 PM: ER Won't be Moved]() PM: ER Won't be MovedDeputy Health Minister wanted emergency room relocated because of graves uncovered beneath it. UTJ not expected to leave coalition.Gil Ronen, 4/6/2010, 10:58 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 In-Vitro Use on the Rise]() In-Vitro Use on the RiseStatistics gathered over the past decade show that the use of in-vitro fertilization is on the rise in Israel. Maayana Miskin, 3/26/2010, 10:37 AM
![Israel news photo: IDF Isracare: Preparing for Disaster]() Isracare: Preparing for DisasterIsracare's Eli Stone: "Israel has the most experience of anyone in the field of disaster management and preparedness"Israel National Radio, 3/17/2010, 5:28 PM
![Greyson Orlando Israel Develops Bionic Retina]() Israel Develops Bionic RetinaAn Israeli company is restoring the sight of patients who have lost vision due to disease.Malkah Fleisher, 3/16/2010, 10:13 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 No Room in Emergency Ward]() No Room in Emergency WardOnce again, a major hospital in Israel is filled past capacity and temporarily closed to Magen David Adom ambulances: Rambam Hospital in Haifa.Hillel Fendel, 3/9/2010, 4:24 PM
![Israel news photo: Flash 90 MKs Push Bone Marrow Bill]() MKs Push Bone Marrow BillMKs Bielsky and Orlev say the government should fund a national bone marrow registry.Maayana Miskin, 3/1/2010, 10:47 PM
![JHeuser Test Warns of Heart Attacks]() Test Warns of Heart AttacksThe PLAC test will serve as an early warning system for seemingly healthy patients who may be on the verge of having a heart attack or stroke.Malkah Fleisher, 2/24/2010, 10:19 PM
![Israel newsphoto Keep Purim Happy for Toddlers]() Keep Purim Happy for ToddlersForcing babies and small children to wear unwanted costumes on Purim can ruin their holiday, advises a psychologist. Keep Purim Happy.Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, 2/24/2010, 1:57 PM
![Israel news photo: (illustrative) Congo Surgeon Training at Rambam]() Congo Surgeon Training at RambamRambam Hospital is training a Congolese surgeon in plastic surgery for burn treatment. He will be the first such specialist in his country.Hana Levi Julian, 2/14/2010, 11:24 PM
![Israel news photo Medical Update: Mumps Vaccine]() Medical Update: Mumps Vaccine Stopping current outbreak of mumps is balanced, in the public mind, against fears of the vaccine. Dr. Rabin sets the record straight.Douglas S. Rabin, MD, 2/7/2010, 5:25 PM
![Israel news photo: NIMH Israeli: Prevent Schizophrenia]() Israeli: Prevent SchizophreniaDrugs to prevent schizophrenia might be better than trying to cure it, according to a Tel Aviv University professor. So far, it works on rats. Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, 1/30/2010, 10:00 PM
![Jonathan Cardy The Almond's Seductive Poison]() The Almond's Seductive PoisonResearchers at the University of Haifa-Oranim investigate why almond trees produce poison, when the purpose of flower nectar is to attract bees.Malkah Fleisher, 1/27/2010, 10:13 PM
![Israel news photo Mass Bio Drill at TA Conference]() Mass Bio Drill at TA ConferenceThe first international conference for emergency preparedness and response features a mass biological attack drill in Tel Aviv. Hillel Fendel and Yoni Kempinski, 1/13/2010, 12:20 PM
![Israel news photo: Tel Aviv University Mozart Music Soothes ‘Preemies’]() Mozart Music Soothes ‘Preemies’New music therapy for premature babies: Playing Mozart helps them gain weight faster, according to Tel Aviv University researchers. How about rap? Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, 1/11/2010, 4:04 PM
![Israel news photo: Yoni Kempinski Pre-birth Genetic Tests]() Pre-birth Genetic TestsRabbi Gideon Weitzman of the Puah Institute speaks with Arutz Sheva TV about pre-birth tests for genetic problems in the fetus.Yoni Kempinski, 1/6/2010, 6:42 PM
![Israel news photo: US NIH ‘Beware Vitamin E’]() ‘Beware Vitamin E’A unique Tel Aviv U. study warns that Vitamin E, once ballyhooed as wonder vitamin, may do more harm than good.Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, 1/6/2010, 1:20 PM
![courtesy of Israel21c Young and Full of Life Sciences]() Young and Full of Life SciencesIsraeli biologist Tommy Kaplan only became interested in biology at age 25. Seven years later, he has won a prestigious US prize for his work.Karin Kloosterman, Israel21c.org, 1/5/2010, 7:20 AM
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