Cancer

Israeli-led breakthrough discovers way to boost immune system's cancer-fighting ability

This strategy is part of a growing trend in immunotherapy that focuses not just on guiding immune responses, but on upgrading the cells themselves — enhancing their efficiency from within.

 A 3D rendering of cancer cells (Illustrative).
A man sticks his head in the sand in denial (illustrative)

A coma of denial: A cancer patient's struggle with facing mortality - opinion

Loss (illustration)

'Life-Tumbled Shards': A journal on family, loss, and search for self-healing - review

 MATTI CASPI performs in 2015.

Matti Caspi seeks aid for cancer treatment


Cloudy with a chance of missiles: A cancer patient's bad diagnosis during war - opinion

If it is my misfortune to have to be hospitalized when missiles from the Middle East come a-calling again, I only hope that by then, my CRE will have resolved.

 IRON DOME near Ashdod fires an intercepting missile.

Scandal rocks Ireland after professional hurler admits to faking cancer to defraud people

The 54-year-old was one of Ireland’s most accomplished hurlers, winning the All-Ireland five times and All-Star multiple times.

 DJ Carey with a phone wire taped up his nose.

Five-year study shows personalized training boosts cancer survival rates

Participants in the exercise program had a 37 percent lower risk of dying and a 28 percent lower risk of recurrent or new cancer than those in the control group.

 Five-year study shows personalized training boosts cancer survival rates.

Weizmann Institute: A legacy of discovery, innovation, and resilience

When Iranian ballistic missiles struck the heart of the Weizmann Institute, the message was loud and clear: not even peaceful scientific research is safe.

 THE FUTURISTIC particle accelerator building at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.

Fungus associated with Tutankhamun's tomb, Pharaoh's curse turned into cancer treatment

Study published in Nature Chemical Biology marks an important step towards discovering new fungal cancer treatments.

 Bas relief from Tutankhamun's tomb.

The deadliest addiction: Israel is fighting a war against cigarettes and nicotine

If smoking is so harmful, why do people get hooked? Neuroscientists explain this phenomenon well.

 An illustrative image of smoking a cigarette

Ukrainian child in Israel for Leukemia treatment killed in Bat Yam bombing, mother missing

Borik's mother, 30-year-old Maria Pashkorovia, is one of the handful of Israelis still considered missing following the Iranian attack on a Bat Yam residential building.

 Home Front Command forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Bat Yam, central Israel. June 15, 2025.

Study reveals alarming rise in appendix cancer among Millennials and Generation X

Rates of appendiceal adenocarcinoma have quadrupled among people born in 1985 compared to those born in 1945.

 Study reveals alarming rise in appendix cancer among Millennials and Generation X. Illustartion.

Now’s the time for the Jewish people to say thanks to Joe Biden - opinion

US President Joe Biden saved us from disaster following October 7. He looked our predators in the eye, said “don’t,” and they thought twice.

 US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025.

Philadelphia TV Host Learns He Has Skin Cancer Live on Air

FOX29’s Mike Jerrick receives basal cell carcinoma diagnosis during broadcast.

 A dermatologist examines the skin of a patient.

Jessie J opens up to fans about new breast cancer diagnosis

The Price Tag singer, whose real name is Jessica Cornish, was first diagnosed two months ago after spending a period of time “in and out of tests.”

Jessie J poses as she arrives for the Brit Awards at the O2 Arena in London, Britain, February 11, 2023.