Medicine
LEM laboratory of the Mor Institute Group announces its one-millionth HPV test
The molecular HPV test, replacing the Pap test, allows early detection of high-risk HPV strains. LEM Lab expands testing, including self-tests, to fight cervical cancer.
Why AI alone won’t cut it in healthcare
Mission driven: founders explain how startups compete with big-tech salaries
Doctors in Tehran report hundreds of eye injuries from gunshots during Iranian protests
Smart medicine: Artificial intelligence reaches the health fund
Meuhedet launches a new AI system to improve patient services. "The world has moved to free search, and healthcare must adapt," says Amos Maor, Deputy CEO of Customer Division.
Israel to integrate mental health centers into general hospitals
The initiative aims to enhance the hospitalization experience for patients, whether they require mental health care or general medical treatment.
This is your brain on magic mushrooms: My first experience with psilocybin - opinion
To my surprise – and initial disappointment – there were no hallucinations forthcoming. I was definitely in an altered state, just not what I’d anticipated. And then I couldn’t shut up.
All three anti-Israel motions at British Medical conference pass with majority vote
Motion 42 asks for the BMA to affirm "the right of healthcare professionals and medical students to criticize states, governments, or institutions for actions that contravene international law."
Why paracetamol – one of the world’s most common painkillers – works
A new Israeli study reveals that paracetamol doesn’t function only in the brain; it also blocks pain at its source by acting on nerve endings in the body.
Woman mistakenly declared dead wakes up in her coffin in Czech Republic
The mistake was reportedly made after the woman’s husband failed to wake her and called emergency services.
Dozens of Israeli children develop malignant tumors from sperm donor
The Health Ministry issued an unusual warning following the discovery of a sperm donor who carried a rare syndrome that increases the risk of many types of cancer in offspring.
Grapevine, May 16, 2025: Generous gift to the University of Haifa
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
British scientists find treatment for disease that contributed to Pope Francis’s death
The drug is manufactured by the US firm Insmed and made possible after 15 years of research by scientists from the University of Dundee.
Blackstone president Jonathan Gray donates $125 million to Tel Aviv University
This donation, the largest in the history of the university, will fund the development of new facilities and scholarships for the School of Health and Medical Sciences.
