By The Jerusalem Post

A recent study conducted in Israel and the US has reaffirmed what Israeli former MK Rachel Adatto has claimed for years: there's a link between "airbrushed" images of models and anorexia. The study is a major confirmation for the law passed by Adatto in 2012, banning the use of retouched images and seriously underweight models.

Essential tremor, most commonly known as a symptom of Parkinson's disease, is a condition that causes people's hands to shake. Israeli researchers from Rambam Medical Center have been able to significantly reduce tremors in a 73 year-old man, using focused ultrasound.

Last week, a cornerstone was laid to what will soon be a giant refuse-derived-fuel plant. The facility will reuse roughly half of Gush Dan's (Greater Tel Aviv Area) waste and turn it into fuel in a eco-friendly way.

A joint Israeli and Palestinian team are working in unison to make sure that water reservoirs don't contain traces of medicine and other pharmaceuticals. The project, now entering its second year, has achieved and impressive 100 percent success rate.

Pollution doesn't just come in the form of uncleanliness, it can also come in the form of noise pollution. Israeli company Huliot is tackling both issues with their new eco-friendly pipes, to be installed in several European countries.

Public transportation in Israel just got greener. Israeli bus company Dan is launching the country's first electric bus, made by Chinese company BYD, which will be part of the city's 5 line, one of the busiest in the country.

One of the hardest things for recovering addicts is resisting temptation. An Israeli-led research has identified the part of the brain that causes alcoholics to crave alcohol again and even found a way to shut it down.

In an attempt to reduce the city's ecological footprint, Tel Aviv's municipality is trying out 25 electric scooters. If the test is successful, the aim is to eventually replace the city's 300 scooter fleet.

Taking apart delicate computer parts is a necessary task that has not been automated. A new recycling plant gives people from the special needs population in Israel a job in taking these components apart – helping both them and the environment.

Despite their sting, bees are an important part of the food chain, due to their role as pollinators. For years, scientists have been trying to find pesticides that don't harm them. Israeli scientists now say the answer may be a hormone derived from the bees themselves.

Though the cause for global warming is still open to debate, its effects are not. Now, alongside troubling phenomena such as desertification and glacier-melting, it seems that it may also be the cause for the spreading of the West Nile virus.

For 5,000 years, dates have been considered part of a healthy diet. A recent study from Israel examined the nine varieties growing in the holy land and showed that the sweet fruit is good for your heart and liver.

According to estimates, one in every 15,000 babies will be born with PCD, a condition that causes organs to develop on the wrong side of the body. A recent research from Israel has discovered a mutation that may be the cause for the condition.

Israeli researchers have made a discovery that may very well ease the lives of many people suffering from back pain. As a recent study reveals, walking three times a week is just as effective for pain-relief as in-clinic treatment.

Approximately 250 million people worldwide suffer from orphan diseases – conditions that are too rare to receive funding for research. Now, a new initiative aims to use crowd-funding to raise money for new research.