Alternative health

Skeptical of alternative medicine, I took a leap on Chinese tonics and paid the price - opinion

I found a specialist in Tel Aviv that I’d read good things about. While not a licensed medical doctor, he tests all his tonics in the oncology department at Sheba Medical Center, Israel’s largest.

Chinese medicine: 'I dutifully brewed up his witch's concoction every night.'
 Wellfest

From ice baths to yoga classes: Everything to expect at Israel's largest wellness festival

 ce water bath: unclear benefits

Do ice baths really improve health? New medical review reveals surprising findings

 ce water bath: unclear benefits

Do ice baths improve health? New medical review reveals surprising findings


The urban shaman

Holistic healing in Tel Aviv.

Naturopath and clinical herbalist Udi Sahar.

East meets West at Shaare Zedek

Oz Levy heads the hospital’s Chinese Medicine Department in the Integrative Medicine Center.

Oz Levy treats a patient

If water could talk: Jerusalem gets first advanced hydrotherapy pool

ALEH Jerusalem opens hydrotherapy pool with first-of-its-kind augmented alternative communication system.

A patient receives treatment in ALEH's new hydrotherapy pool in Jerusalem

Summer hazards for kids

Health professionals answer your questions.

A boy at the beach in the summer (Illustrative)

New Israeli-made nail polish gets rid of toenail fungus

It’s possible to get rid of nail fungus easily and efficiently, without the need for invasive treatments and with an independent treatment from the comfort of your home.

CarePlus's Fungomat anti-fungus kit

Don't surrender to loneliness...do something about it

Lonliness (Illustrative)

Medical truths: Questioning what is good and what is bad for you

A new Hebrew translation of a book by a Scottish physician tries to turn medical truths upside down.

Close up of female doctor holding syringe with injection (iilustrative)

Winter hunger

Why do we feel the urge to eat more during the cold months?

Illustrative

The mind-body connection: Psychological interventions that help people with multiple sclerosis

Part 2 of a two-part series

Psychological interventions that help people with multiple sclerosis (Illustrative)

Acupuncture, herbs may lower IVF success, say Israeli researchers

Illustrative image of a newborn baby