Findings following trials on mice and flies by researchers from Tel Aviv University, reveal that an isolated section of the cinnamon plant prevents the development of the disease and may even cure it.

Students from Ben Gurion University in Israel have developed Baby Beat, a software that interprets changes in skin tone and measures a baby’s heartbeat. The software will be used to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, of which thousands of babies still die every year.

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.

Nano Retina, an Israeli startup founded by inventor Yossi Gross, is participating in the race for more than 45 million blind people worldwide waiting at the finish line: the race of technological development that will allow them to see. It seems Nano Retina might well be the first to truly get there.

A new study in Israel shows that when women are depressed and their sensitivities are dulled, their partners also become less empathic. When women are depressed, the relationship suffers more.

The female birth control pill, commonly referred to as 'The Pill,' is not 100 percent effective, and some women's bodies don't react well to the extra hormones. Now, finally, a new birth control option for men is in the works, which would allow partners to share the responsibility.MALE

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 […]

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

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]