A faint waft of men’s cologne in a shopping mall. The smell of a neighbor’s barbecue. A flash of a face on TV: small unexpected sensory cues can trigger extreme reactions in people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), …

Dr. Roi Cohen Kadosh: One step closer to understanding the causes of synesthesia.An Israeli researcher working with team members from Britain and Spain has discovered that synesthetic experiences – where one sense triggers the involuntary use of other senses – …

“The most exciting thing in the world is to treat hearts,” Amir Loshakove, general manager of CorAssist.Heart attacks grab headlines, they take lives. A little known fact is that millions of Americans are at risk of heart disease, with a …

Applied Spectral Imaging’s technology applies the techniques of advanced genetic study to the examination of cells for cancer, tuberculosis and other diseases.You won’t find many professionals in the field admitting it, but the awful truth is that pathology is not …

The MCS device helps keep blood circulating in the limbs, preventing deep vein thrombosis.Surgeons are always concerned about the hazard of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in their patients. In the wake of surgery, blood clots can form deep in the …

StimuHeal’s MyoSpare electrodes sit under your cast, stimulating muscles to stay strong throughout the healing process.It’s bad enough sitting through the weeks of agony in a cast while your broken limb slowly heals. The itching, the sweat, the inability to …

Moderate sleep apnea can prolong life according to Technion professor Peretz Lavie, who led the four-and-a-half-year study.Moderate sleep apnea may actually prolong your life according to surprising new findings by a team of Israeli researchers.The condition, a common sleep disorder …

Hadassah researcher Prof Eitan Kerem. He hopes the drug will be able to treat other diseases caused by the nonsense mutation.Seminal research led by an Israeli team from Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem may yield dramatic relief for cystic fibrosis (CF) …

This may not be the kind of news you want to hear if you’ve already had a hard life, but Israeli scientists have found that women who experience numerous negative experiences events in life are at a greater risk of …

“We really have something,” Prof. Avraham Hochberg, co-founder and CSO of cancer-busting company, BioCancell.America was shocked when Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year. His “coming out” brought attention to the silent killer, which …