In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, ISRAEL21c has put together a list of the top 10 latest Israeli advances in breast cancer.
Health
Virtual museum tours perk up people with dementia
Israeli-made ‘In the Armchair with Picasso’ art kit is getting interest from geriatric professionals around the world.
Sleep lab on your nightstand
Do you sound like a buzz saw as you sleep? An Israeli app can record your snores for professional analysis and even nudge you to change position.
Replacing Red 40 with Israeli tomato dye
Israel’s LycoRed plant-derived food coloring is the only one of its kind to win the FDA’s green light.
Painkillers linked to high blood pressure
Pain relievers may be causing a rise in blood pressure, cautions a Tel Aviv University researcher.
The smart phone way to better eating
An Israeli native’s smartphone app, Fooducate, brings new ease to making more healthful choices in the supermarket.
Why you get fat being a couch slouch
Israeli researchers find that inactivity prompts fat precursor cells to pile on the pounds twice as fast, regardless of calorie intake. Photo by Serge Attal/Flash90 Sitting inactively for long period doesn’t just contribute to obesity, it actually creates fat. Marathon …
Omega 3 supplement from algae
No more pungent pills with a fishy after taste: Israel’s LycoRed offers a supplement that can be mixed into breads, crackers and even candies and chocolate bars. Nothing fishy lurking here – just unusually healthful candy. Mary Poppins always said …
Welcome to the world’s only Arab bone marrow registry – in Israel
Only about 1.2 million of the world’s 400 million ethnic Arabs live in Israel, yet the sole registry for Arab bone marrow donors is located in Jerusalem. Dr. Amal Bishara, left, and Dr. Shoshana Israel in the Hadassah tissue typing …
Artificial light at night may cause obesity
It seems that timing really is everything. A new Israel-US collaborative study shows that obesity may not depend on what you eat, but when you eat it. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90. Artificial light at night is already considered carcinogenic, now …
Cannabis for the greater good
Tikun Olam, medical marijuana supplier to Israel’s Ministry of Health, views providing pain relief for cancer sufferers as a mission that will help repair the world. Medical marijuana is a hot button topic: Will those permitted to use it …