Medicine
Majority of Israeli healthcare workers use Whatsapp professionally despite privacy risks - study
The study argues that current guidance largely focuses on prohibitions and warnings, without offering a practical alternative that can compete with WhatsApp’s speed and ease of use.
Dream Care: This haredi male nurse is helping redefine private nursing care in Israel
Anonymous family donates $10m to Sheba to advance AI-driven medicine
Iran war could trigger medicine price spike in UK, trade group warns
Resetting the system inside the body’s natural reboot process
Discover how the body naturally resets and heals itself through cycles of renewal and recovery.
How animated video prescriptions are revolutionizing patient care
Israeli start-up GistMD collaborates with Mayo Clinic to deliver AI-powered, personalized video care instructions that improve patient understanding and outcomes.
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.
