Heart disease
Artificial sweeteners help obese people lose 1.6 kg in a year and improve gut bacteria
WHO recommends against using low-calorie sweeteners for weight control, citing risks of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
It’s time to treat heart disease like the preventable crisis it is - opinion
Wegovy injections reduce risk of heart attacks and strokes by 57%, study finds
Does a common heart attack pill help everyone? Studies disagree
Women's heart attacks differ from men's, this gene may be why - study
Heart disease kills more people worldwide than any other disease, but it often goes undiagnosed in women, who are more likely to die of it than men. This gene may be why.
If Passover causes you stress, it may affect your heart
Some people like family holidays, while for others it’s a time full of stress. The stress that comes before and during Passover can take a heavy toll on you
People with serious mental illness more likely to suffer from heart disease, study finds
Contributing factors to increased heart disease risk include alcohol use, lower physical activity, poorer socioeconomic status, lower-quality diet.
Cardiac catheterization used to fix heart defect for first time in Israel
It was decided that Yifrach should undergo surgery to correct and reduce the blood load flowing to the lungs that caused him to have an irregular heart beat.
Can a broken heart make you physically sick? New research
Broken heart syndrome isn’t really rare and it seems to affect a certain population segment.
Heart inflammation caused by COVID vaccines mild and short-term - study
A new study examined 15 patients between the ages of 17 and 76 who developed heart inflammation after their first or second jab
'Broken Heart Syndrome' on the rise, even before COVID pandemic - study
The condition, known as Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), is also referred to as stress-induced cardiomyopathy and has been proven to primarily affect middle aged women.
New study finds: Coffee helps protect your heart
How does coffee affect your heart? A new study has found how many cups of coffee you should drink a day to keep your heart going
J'lem synagogues to install hundreds of defibrillators for High Holidays
The defibrillators in question are automatic - meaning that they can be operated easily and independently, with no need for previous medical training.
Winning Israel’s battle for hearts and minds, literally
At Save a Child’s Heart, our mission is simple - to provide life-saving procedures for children suffering from heart disease who have little access to care in their own countries.