With the successful launch from Cape Canaveral before dawn on Friday of the $95 million Beresheet (Genesis) lander, Israel has earned the chance to be only the fourth country in the world – after the US, Russia and China – to land on the moon.
Medical Miracles
One would think bosses would have the common sense to pay attention to their employees’ suggestions and grievances, but many managers either lack the time, inclination or emotional intelligence to do so.
There are few diseases as devastating as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is more familiar to the general public as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The name was taken from the New York Yankees’ star first baseman who died in 1941 of ALS just two weeks shy of his 38th birthday.
Every parent-to-be dreams of having a perfect baby, and many even taken this for granted. But in pregnancies, so many things – especially their combinations of genes – can go wrong and lead to disappointment and concern. Every healthy baby is a miracle.
Elvis Presley is not the only big star who allegedly “faked” their death. It can happen with heavy stars as well.
All cancers are frightening and difficult to fight, but some are more aggressive and virulent than others.
Researchers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a platform able to speed up the learning process of artificial intelligence (AI) systems 1,000 times over.
I live in Belgium and like to eat around four apples a day. Recently, our agriculture ministry decided to prohibit the use of wax to make apple shiny.
Diagnosing diseases and treating them seem increasingly to require the skills of detectives and jigsaw puzzle fans. This complicated task involves DNA sequencing – determining the order of four nucleic acid bases (adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine) in each cell’s DNA.
Food is a major part in most religions. Seventh-Day Adventists usually avoid eating meat and highly spiced food. Traditional Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist and Orthodox Christians have traditionally observed a meat-free day, especially during the solemn season of Lent. Some Christian denominations allow moderate drinking of alcohol, while others, like Seventh-Day Adventists, Baptists, Methodists and Pentecostals either avoid or strictly prohibit the consumption of alcohol.
The endless possibilities of using imaging technologies in medical practice were discussed recently at the 15th Shishi Bari (“Healthy Friday”) lecture series open free to the public by Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center (SZMC).
Poliomyelitis has been one of the most dreaded word among parents in the world. In the early 20th century, polio was one of the most feared diseases in developed countries, paralyzing hundreds of thousands of children every year. Even in the U.S., parents kept their children out of school when they heard of a child with polio.
Medical cannabis has been said by researchers to relieve symptoms of numerous physical diseases including pain and muscle spasticity due to multiple sclerosis; pain and spasms from spinal cord injuries; loss of appetite and pain from cancer; and anorexia, weight loss and severe nausea in HIV/AIDS patients.
Coral reefs are living rainbows under the seas, but they may not remain there in the future. According to a report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) a while ago, these wonders – from the Great Barrier Reef off Australia to the Seychelles near East Africa – may not exist in another three decades.
I suffer from migraine headaches, without an aura, and drugs I have been prescribed have not helped me. I heard Botox injections can help; do they really offer relief? How long does the effect last? Are they expensive?
