Having a good peer support system at work may help you live longer than those who lack such backing, according to a new study by Tel Aviv University. This effect of peer support on the risk of mortality was most pronounced among those between 38 and 43.

An Israeli study reveals that mistletoe extract is effective in treating patients suffering from advanced stages of colon and lung cancer, adding new credit to the plant’s legacy. The results of the study show that injections of mistletoe extract can stabilize cancerous tumors.

For the first time, a direct link between stress and damage to the chromosomes in every cell has been shown, with the ends – called telomeres – shortening as people are more exposed to chronic emotional stress.

Eighteen shopping malls around Israel will later this month ask visitors to give a saliva sample to find a compatible bone marrow donor for a 12-and-a-half-year-old boy, Or Yosipov, who suffers from leukemia.

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.

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]