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 Press briefing by Francesca Albanese, Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories at UN Headquarters on October 27, 2022.

UN's Albanese calls for medical professionals to cut ties with Israel

 A jackal is seen at Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv, on September 03, 2022.

Heightened alert: Vets fear rabies entering Israel via animals from Lebanon, Syria

By MOSHE COHEN
 Weight loss shots, illustration

Clalit joins Meuhedet, Maccabi in subsidizing weight loss shot Wegovy

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ministers and MK's attend a Special Session in Honor of President Santiago Peña of Paraguay at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 11, 2024.

What prostate issue does Netanyahu have that requires him to undergo surgery?

 IDF soldiers stand guard during a demonstration by Palestinians against the closure of the main road in Jabaa area south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

Israeli hospitals adopt IDF’s whole blood policy to save trauma and surgery patients

 THE SOREK Desalination Plant – health dangers?

Magnesium, vital to health, is lost when sea water is converted to fresh water

 Lower cravings for sugar linked to gene defect.

What happens to your body when you cut out sugar for 14 days?

By Adina Becher
 An illustrative image of Hanukkah candles lit.

Hanukkah and light: The psychological benefits of positive thinking

 The vast array of Hanukkah donuts (sufganiyot) on display at English Cake in Jerusalem.

Over 50? Donuts could be bad for your health

 How much room do growth and unity take up in our consciousness?

How much room do growth and unity take up in our consciousness?

A coronavirus vaccine dose is seen being administered at a Meuhedet vaccination center in Jerusalem, on February 16, 2021.

Israeli teen diagnosed with polio, Health Ministry investigates

By AVICHAI HAIM
 Illustrative image of scientific research.

Tel Aviv University researchers develop new cancer-fighting system

 Boxes with the popular weight loss injection drug, Wegovy.

Wegovy weight loss drug gets price cut in Israel—but only for lower doses

 The Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem. January 15, 2017.

Mentoring the ‘elite of the elite’ hospital residents at Hadassah

AS A GLOBAL society, nations must not only understand the increasing complexities of their own healthcare systems but also those in other regions of the world without universal access to healthcare (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post/TNS) PROF. ALON HERSHKO, head of the internal medicine C department at H

Pooling the Middle East's medical resources, physicians compare notes

 TABLETS OF opioid-based Hydrocodone: The Israeli medical community must stand up against over-prescribing of opioids, as many healthcare workers around the globe have done, say the writers.

How to save a fentanyl victim: Key facts about naloxone

By REUTERS
 Hand using mobile smartphone with icon social media and social network.

What effects does first exposure to social media have on former haredi Jews?

 The E. coli bacteria. Blood destruction and kidney damage

Health Ministry reports rare outbreak of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, linked to E. coli

 THE SHEBA Emergency Room is one of six trauma centers in Israel.

A hospital that goes beyond

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Study shows user language distorts ChatGPT information

 A COVID-19 TESTING center in France in 2022.

Israeli breakthrough: Freeze-dried COVID vaccine needs no refrigeration

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