Brain

Children and screens:

Exposure to screens before age 6 can cause brain damage

In an open letter to the government, five French health authorities warn that exposure to screens delays and alters brain development.

Can you ןncrease your IQ? The truth about boosting brainpower

Your intelligence is not determined by genetics only. Find out how you can improve your IQ test results

Word of the year: brain rot

The People of the Book are not really in danger of "brain rot" but they should keep their eyes open for the media's dumbing down intellectual pursuits.

10 Best Free IQ Tests You Can Take Online

In today's fast-paced world, understanding your cognitive abilities can be a valuable tool for personal and professional growth.

Over 100 admitted to ER due to fears of deadly amoeba

Most arrivals released home, nine children hospitalized for observation and testing due to potential symptoms of rare infection by deadly amoeba.

Kinneret:

Beach closed after 2 suspected cases of brain-eating amoeba

Gai beach closed after man dies from naegleria fowleri infection, 10-year-old hospitalized with brain infection. Both victims had been at that beach.

Boy, 10, hospitalized with brain infection

Healthy ten-year-old boy may have contracted 'brain-eating amoeba,' Health Ministry says.

Doctors working to save patient infected with brain-eating amoeba

This is the second case to be reported in Israel and the first time doctors are treating it in a patient.

Israeli man hospitalized with deadly brain-eating amoeba

Health Ministry says 25-year-old man in critical condition after likely contracting primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a condition caused by the amoeba naegleria fowleri, at Kinneret beach. The disease has a fatality rate of nearly 100%.

Hebrew U's new MRI can 'see' molecular changes in the brain

Not just images: New technique provides molecular info about brain tissue, enabling noninvasive identification of early signs of disease.

New from the Jewish brain: A brain-on-chip

Groundbreaking Israeli scientist who developed a liver-on-chip says he will have a brain- and heart-on chip ready by 2018.

U.S. Congressman Praises Israel's Brain Technology Work

One of the fastest growing brain research hubs is located in Israel, says Congressman Chaka Fattah.

'Turning Science-Fiction into Science' at 'BrainTech 2013'

Monday saw the first annual BrainTech event, which provides a forum to learn about the latest in brain technologies, open in Tel Aviv.

Israel Discovers New Therapy For Brain Cancer

Israeli researchers at the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School made a ground breaking discovery of a cancer-driving protein.

Brain Exhibit Highlights Israeli Achievements

Hebrew U researcher: “This is our future, we're not just taking care of our parents' generation now.”

TAU Research Team Discovers New Treatment for Stroke

Researchers Tel Aviv University have found a new treatment for stroke and other brain damage that can help even months after the event.

Bar Ilan, Yeshiva U Students Launch Summer Science Project

Thirty Yeshiva University "scientists" are on their way from New York to join their Israeli counterparts on a summer-long science project.