Cancer

One woman's fight for genetic testing led to an Israeli national policy shift - opinion

The Israeli Basket of Health Services now includes preimplantation genetic testing and in vitro fertilization (PGT-IVF) for individuals carrying three specific genetic markers.

Illustrative image of Invitro therapy.
Amir Heshmatpour.

Iran-born anti-regime Nasdaq biotech investor says he is trying to cure ‘two cancers’ - interview

When your child is diagnosed with cancer, your world becomes very small

A new drug just entered Israel's health basket. Here's why it matters-opinion

James Van Der Beek attends a premiere in Hollywood, May 14, 2025; illustrative.

The causes of rising colon cancer, the disease that caused James Van Der Beek's death - explainer


A coma of denial: A cancer patient's struggle with facing mortality - opinion

The six weeks I was hospitalized represented for me a kind of “coma of denial,” in that I had been denying the gravity of my story without even knowing that my story was as grave as it was.

A man sticks his head in the sand in denial (illustrative)

'Life-Tumbled Shards': A journal on family, loss, and search for self-healing - review

We are all part of the trauma-filled family of Israel struggling to cope with a divine-given destiny beyond our comprehension. Sometimes God says “No.”

Loss (illustration)

Matti Caspi seeks aid for cancer treatment

Caspi appealed to his fans for financial assistance in his ongoing battle with cancer.

 MATTI CASPI performs in 2015.

Cloudy with a chance of missiles: A cancer patient's bad diagnosis during war - opinion

If it is my misfortune to have to be hospitalized when missiles from the Middle East come a-calling again, I only hope that by then, my CRE will have resolved.

 IRON DOME near Ashdod fires an intercepting missile.

Scandal rocks Ireland after professional hurler admits to faking cancer to defraud people

The 54-year-old was one of Ireland’s most accomplished hurlers, winning the All-Ireland five times and All-Star multiple times.

 DJ Carey with a phone wire taped up his nose.

Five-year study shows personalized training boosts cancer survival rates

Participants in the exercise program had a 37 percent lower risk of dying and a 28 percent lower risk of recurrent or new cancer than those in the control group.

 Five-year study shows personalized training boosts cancer survival rates.

Weizmann Institute: A legacy of discovery, innovation, and resilience

When Iranian ballistic missiles struck the heart of the Weizmann Institute, the message was loud and clear: not even peaceful scientific research is safe.

 THE FUTURISTIC particle accelerator building at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.

Fungus associated with Tutankhamun's tomb, Pharaoh's curse turned into cancer treatment

Study published in Nature Chemical Biology marks an important step towards discovering new fungal cancer treatments.

 Bas relief from Tutankhamun's tomb.

The deadliest addiction: Israel is fighting a war against cigarettes and nicotine

If smoking is so harmful, why do people get hooked? Neuroscientists explain this phenomenon well.

 An illustrative image of smoking a cigarette

Ukrainian child in Israel for Leukemia treatment killed in Bat Yam bombing, mother missing

Borik's mother, 30-year-old Maria Pashkorovia, is one of the handful of Israelis still considered missing following the Iranian attack on a Bat Yam residential building.

 Home Front Command forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Bat Yam, central Israel. June 15, 2025.