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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...