Researchers from Israel have found an innovative treatment involving magnetic brain stimulation and memory exposure of traumatic experience to help those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Heart of the Matter, an Israeli program sponsored by the European Union, organizes hundreds of Palestinian children's journeys to Israel for heart surgeries. The program is an offshoot of Israeli organization Save a Child’s Heart which for the past 15 years has flown over more than 2,500 children from 43 countries where adequate cardiovascular care is unavailable.

Researchers at the medical departments of Ben-Gurion University and the Soroka Medical Center in Israel found that a short dip in Dead Sea waters leads to a significant decrease in the levels of sugar in the blood and could improve the medical condition of diabetics.

Examining patients and taking a medical history is more useful to hospital doctors in diagnosing patients than high-tech CT scans, according to a study from Israel. Doctors said that such tests given right after patients showed up in emergency rooms only helped with diagnosis in roughly one of three cases

Israeli scientists proved that a rare medical condition causing people to be born without fingerprints is linked to a mutation in the genome. To better understand the genetics of fingerprint formation, Dr. Sprecher and colleagues investigated a large Swiss family presenting with adermatoglyphia.

Due to it's policy of unlimited in vitro fertilization procedures, Israel has become the nation with the highest per-capita babies born that way. Discover Asuta Hospital in Tel Aviv, one of the busiest fertilization clinics in the world.

Stop slouching and check this out: Researchers at Ben Gurion university have developed a way for desktop webcams to keep an eye on office workers’ posture while they are using computers.

Couples trying to get pregnant don't always have it easy. And now there seems to be another obstacle: The summer days. Researchers at Soroka University Medical Center in Israel discovered that the hot weather brings along a decline in the concentration of sperm in the semen. So don't sweat it, just wait till winter.

One of the latest attempts to boost the body’s defenses against cancer is called adoptive cell transfer. But this therapy is extremely expensive and not always technically feasible. Israeli scientists have now tested in mice a new form of the therapy, which overcomes the limitations and enhances the tumor-fighting ability of the cells.

A common complaint, back pain is one of the many side effects of aging. Over three quarters of the population experience it at some point, and until now, researchers have had little conclusive proof of the causes and mechanisms of the pain. New research shows genetics are a major contributing factor to this pain.

False memories planted in your brain because of peer pressure are so strong that they could fool a lie detector, according to new Israeli research. Scientists from the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot have conducted experiments showing how easy it is to plant false memories - using social pressure.

Not only do sports help children's physical health; sports participation also improves their emotional, behavioral and cognitive wellbeing, researchers from Tel Aviv University, Israel reported after studying 649 children from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

"National Trauma," a term coined by NATAL, Istael's Trauma Center for Victims of Terror and War (NATAL), is meant to exemplify the fact that trauma affects people from all walks of life who have know the Arab/Israeli conflict. To help trauma victims, NATAL has had to innovate trauma care.

Israeli startup Breezy has developed a patented mint candy to keep breath fresh for up to four hours, with the help of microcapsules that gently clean the tongue.

(Reuters) - Researchers studying autistic toddlers have discovered their brain activity appears to be out of sync at a very early stage -- a finding that sheds light on the biology of the condition and might help in earlier diagnosis.