JPost.com - Health

Litzman: Investigate forensic chief's activities

Mon, 21 May 2012 19:35:19 GMT

Deputy health minister demands probe into complaints against Hiss about allegedly holding organs removed during exams.

Committee suggests ways to expand fertility

Mon, 21 May 2012 03:09:51 GMT

Experts present a wide range of recommendations to amend laws on IVF, ova and sperm donations, surrogate parenthood.

Ministry to invest NIS 1m. yearly for Negev doctors

Mon, 21 May 2012 02:23:29 GMT

Ministry trying to bring 150 more young physicians to work at Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba over 5 years.

Prof. to post-doctoral students: Return to Israel

Mon, 21 May 2012 01:49:21 GMT

Prof. Ruth Arnon urged outstanding doctoral students in the sciences to return to Israel, give back to country what received.

Postpartum depression is a real disease

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:58:32 GMT

Condition is too often hidden from view and can take a terrible toll on entire families.

Health Scan: A multidisciplinary approach to ADD

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:46:27 GMT

ADD and its variations are estimated to affect between three percent and 10% of all children.

New minimally invasive system for spinal correction

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:04:31 GMT

ApiFix may be able to offer new solution for scoliosis that's less invasive, reducing risk of full-blown surgery.

Home saliva test for HIV unlikely to be approved

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:49:50 GMT

Despite approval by FDA panel this week, Health Ministry unlikely to approve home test for AIDS virus anytime soon.

Gov't okays adding magnesium to drinking water

Thu, 17 May 2012 03:27:57 GMT

Netanyahu, Litzman launch pilot project to restore magnesium to drinking water that is lost in desalination.

15-year-old almost loses outer ear after piercing

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:50:32 GMT

Doctors perform emergency surgery, save him from amputation of his external ear.

Organization slams ‘Time' breastfeeding cover

Thu, 17 May 2012 00:41:56 GMT

Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine says there is no evidence that long-term breastfeeding is harmful to child, mother.

'Students fit when physical education is mandatory'

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:34:51 GMT

Researchers also note that individual schools might be more apt to comply if there was adequate funding.

Doctors remove toothbrush from lady's stomach

Wed, 16 May 2012 04:14:16 GMT

Woman spends 2 days trying to convince medical staff she swallowed toothbrush; Carmel Medical Center doctor removes it.

'Watching TV may lead to bad eating habits'

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:35:54 GMT

Study examines associations between TV viewing, eating by school children.

'Teenagers more likely to abuse to pain killers'

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:01:26 GMT

Study suggests mid-adolescence is peak risk for extramedical use of pain relievers by young people.

Even with new hospital beds Israel behind OECD

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:03:20 GMT

Good news is 112 public hospital beds added to system in 2011. Bad news is that per capita rate has declined.

Helmsley Trust gives $7m. for science center

Tue, 15 May 2012 04:12:24 GMT

Leona, Harry Helmsley, billionaire entrepreneurs who served prison sentence for tax evasion, help Israel even after deaths.

Tax-free cigarette limit delayed

Tue, 15 May 2012 02:53:29 GMT

WHO’s Convention on Tobacco Control, which Israel ratified, calls for barring duty-free tobacco products at airports, seaports.

Israel, Canada academies pledge cooperation

Mon, 14 May 2012 22:51:13 GMT

Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, counterpart Royal Society of Canada (RSC) sign memorandum of understanding.

Bone marrow database urgently seeks donors

Mon, 14 May 2012 01:27:14 GMT

Ezer Mizion bone marrow tissue-typing bank wants samples from Jews of a variety of underrepresented ethnicities.