Emergency contraception is a method of preventing pregnancy after unprotected sex. It can be used in situations such as condom breakage, missed pills, or sexual...
How Caffeine May Influence Parkinson’s Disease Risk in Asians
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It causes tremors, slow movement, and balance problems, as well as...
How Smoking Both E-cigarettes and Cigarettes Affects Your Eyes
Smoking is known to have harmful effects on your health, but did you know that it can also affect your eyes? A recent study found...
How less sleep can damage your brain, according to new research
Sleep is vital for the health and functioning of the brain, but what happens when we don’t get enough of it? A new study has...
Israel faces new wave of Covid infections despite high vaccination rate
Israel is experiencing a surge of Covid infections in September, after many months of respite. The Ministry of Health reports that 136 people tested positive...
Mounjaro, a new diabetes drug from Lilly, gets green light in UK
Mounjaro, a new injectable drug from Eli Lilly and Company, has received the approval of the UK’s healthcare cost-effectiveness watchdog, NICE, as a treatment for...
How Covid-19 affected cancer care in Wales: a new report reveals the challenges and opportunities
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the diagnosis and treatment of some of the most common cancers in Wales, according to a...
Lung-MAP: A Novel Approach to Improve Lung Cancer Treatment for Underrepresented Groups
Lung cancer is one of the most common and deadly types of cancer worldwide, especially for people with squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a...
How immune cells create their own paths in complex environments
Immune cells are essential for fighting off infections and diseases in the human body. But how do they find their way to the right places?...
Epitomee Medical’s Weight Loss Capsule Shows Promising Results in Pivotal Study
Epitomee Medical, an Israeli biomedical company that develops novel ingestible devices for metabolic disorders, has announced the success of its pivotal study of its weight...
Israel faces surge in COVID-19 cases amid new variant concerns
The Health Ministry instructed hospitals in Israel to begin conducting PCR tests on new patients for the next week due to a recent rise in...
Zurzuvae: A New Hope for Postpartum Depression, but a Challenge for Major Depression
Zurzuvae is a new drug developed by Sage Therapeutics (SAGE) and Biogen (BIIB) for the treatment of depression. It is the first and only oral...
How a rare genetic disorder affects mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis and causes neurodegeneration
A new study published in the journal Nature Metabolism has shed light on the molecular mechanism behind a rare genetic disorder that causes progressive neurological...
How Two Proteins Help Repair Damaged Myelin in the Brain
Myelin is a fatty substance that wraps around nerve fibers and helps them transmit signals faster and more efficiently. Myelin is essential for normal brain...
12 Affordable Superfoods to Add to Your Diet
Superfoods are foods that are rich in nutrients and antioxidants that can benefit your health in various ways. However, many superfoods are also expensive and...
Saudi Arabia reports three MERS cases in the past year
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory infection caused by the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The virus can cause severe pneumonia,...