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Health News: Researcher Uses Bursts Of Electricity To Battle Alzheimer's

Researcher Uses Bursts Of Electricity To Battle Alzheimer’s

As more information is gathered on Alzheimer’s disease, it is now accepted that a protein called amyloid-beta has a key role in the disease’s progression. New research done in Tel Aviv uses electricity to balance the protein’s levels in the brain.
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Health News - Research: Tiny Quantities Of Marijuana Protect Against Brain Damage

Research: Small Quantities Of Marijuana Protect Against Brain Damage

Researchers from the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University found that a very low dose of the active ingredient in marijuana (THC) may protect brain cells...

Health News - Mazor: Building The Spinal Surgeon's Million-Dollar Robotic Sidecick

Mazor Robotics: Revolutionizing The World Of Surgery With Robot Side-Kicks

As the sun sets over the ruins of Caesarea’s Roman theatre, Arab minarets and Byzantine moats, a scarce few miles away, in Mazor Robotic’s offices, what may be...

Health News: Research: Doctors Should Be Trained To Talk About Death

Research: Doctors Should Be Trained To Talk About Death

A new study by Dr. Leeat Granek of Ben Gurion University’s Faculty of Health Sciences suggests that many oncologists do not communicate well enough with patients about death...

Health News: Bats Help Researchers Understand How The Brain Perceives 3D Spaces

‘Blind As A Bat’ Is Surprisingly Inaccurate, As Researchers Determine The Mammals’ 3D Vision

Many of us humans take for granted our ability to perceive three-dimensional spaces, and neuroscientists have often wondered if this capability is present in other mammals. Researchers from the Weizmann...

Health News: MitrAssist Wants To Heal Broken Hearts With Valve Implant

Minimally Invasive Treatment May Soon Be Possible For People With Mitral Regurgitation Disorder

Every year 70,000 people worldwide are denied life-saving open heart surgery for a life threatening condition called mitral regurgitation, a disorder of the heart in which the mitral valve does not close...

Health News: Researchers Identify Protein That May Be Key In Alzheimer's Treatment

Researchers Identify Protein That May Be Key In Alzheimer’s Treatment

Has the cause for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's been found? Israeli researchers suggest that elevated levels of a protein called tomosyn in the brain are...

Health News: Relax! Researchers Identify Cause For Stress Harming The Body

Let’s Relax: Researchers Show Stress Leads To Increase In Autoimmune Diseases

The adverse effects of stress on the body has just gotten more scientific proof, if any was needed. Ben-Gurion University researchers have shown that chronic stress increases the...

Health News: Researchers Stumble Upon The Heart's Self-Healing Factor

Researchers Stumble Upon The Heart’s Self-Healing Ability

Sometimes accidents lead to the greatest discoveries. In a recent study conducted at Israeli medical center Hadassah, researchers stumbled on a key mechanism in the heart's regenerative capabilities. Researchers...

Health News - Research: Schizophrenia Can Be Detected Through The Nose

Schizophrenia Can Be Detected Through Tissue Samples From The Nose, Research Shows

Diagnosing mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, has long been difficult and controversial. Since physical evidence of the condition can only be gathered from the brain post-mortem, mental health...

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