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Patients on hemodialysis who consumed pomegranate juice for 1 year developed significantly fewer infections compared with those who did not, results from a single-center placebo-controlled study showed. They also had significant reductions in markers of inflammation and protein oxidation, Dr. Batya Kristal reported during a press briefing at the annual meeting of the American Society […]

Researches in Jerusalem found a possible connection between the significant increase in Salivary Gland cancer and the use of cellular phones.

A new study suggests that light at night, specifically in the bedroom, increases the risk for breast cancer. The finding comes from an Israeli case–control study of 1679 women, concluding that the intensity of bedroom light is the strongest predictor of breast cancer.

A new device from an Israeli company is the only solution for end-stage AMD, the most common cause of blindness in the elderly in developed countries.

Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak, Israel has started using Apple's tablet computer to enable medical staff to treat patients, provide consultations and study X-rays and CT scans from afar

An Israeli company has spent a decade perfecting a drug delivery system that takes the needle out of your arm, and the dread out of going to the doctor.

A new monofocal lens now being developed in Israel could solve the problems experienced by people wearing bifocal and multifocal glasses.

Israeli expertise in combating the phenomenon of child abuse is being exported to China for the first time.

A new emotional decoding computer program can analyze your voice and discover how you are feeling

A new plastic from Israel that can knock out acne, keep milk from spoiling, make juice boxes bacteria-free, and reduce infections.

An Israeli start-up company, Wise Environment, has recently launched a product called Cell La Vie which it says reduces exposure to mobile phones' electromagnetic radiation by 98 percent.

Possible joint projects include freeze-dry blood technology for battlefield transfusions and diagnostic tool for post-traumatic stress disorder.

It's the fight of the century: in one corner, the bacteria known as "superbugs," and in the other corner the antibacterial drugs known as antibiotics. In bout after bout, newer and stronger superbugs are besting the antibiotics.

Researchers at Tel Aviv University are developing a new family of medicines that could provide preventive treatment for cancer, or turn existing cancer into a chronic disease that one can live with for years.

Early detection of skin cancer can save millions of lives and an Israeli company has developed a device that could revolutionize accepted modes of diagnosis. [Photo by Miss Pupik]