Health

Dr. Maya Rosman reveals what you must know about beets

No matter how you choose to eat it, beetroot is an excellent addition to the menu: It lowers blood pressure, aids digestion, and is low in calories, but is not a source of iron.

Beets
What can a teaspoon of honey really do for the body?

Not only sweet: What can a teaspoon of honey really do for the body?

Former US President Joe Biden attends a ceremony, at Veterans Memorial Park, in New Castle, Delaware, U.S. May 30, 2025.

Biden announced the radiation treatment 'worked as intended' after cancer spread to his bones

Magnesium supplement

What you must know about taking magnesium


New study: This simple thing may reduce stress, anxiety and depression

Many Israelis are experiencing anxiety and stress – but they do not know that part of the solution is right outside their home. A new study reminds us why it is so important to go out into nature.

Forest therapy

Dr. Maya Rosman surprises: This is the only way to eat rice cakes

Contrary to what everyone thinks, rice cakes are really not the answer to a nutritious diet. So what is their problematic trait, why aren't they satisfying, and how should they be eaten correctly?

Rice cakes with cottage cheese

The revolution that is changing vitiligo treatment

The scientific progress of recent years is changing the way we diagnose, treat and understand vitiligo.

The scientific progress of recent years is changing the way we diagnose, treat and understand vitiligo

What do we know about the multistate salmonella outbreak in the US? - explainer

The salmonella outbreak comes as US health officials also investigate a multistate Cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce supplied by privately held Taylor Farms, a major food-service producer.

A close-up view of a large pile of green jalapeño peppers

New study reveals: How do you maintain weight loss even after stopping a diet?

How do you maintain weight loss over time without committing to a strict diet? This study has an answer – and it is relatively easy to implement.

New study reveals: How do you maintain weight loss even after stopping a diet?

Public hospital in the Negev to enter planning and oversight phase

Peres Medical Center in Beersheba will include 2,100 beds, a train station, and direct connection to local tech park.

The Shimon Peres Medical Center in the Negev

Israeli study: Viagra may help prevent the spread of cancerous tumors

The study found a new, previously unknown biological mechanism, and even identified a link between the use of the drug Viagra and better survival among cancer patients.

Combination with statins may enhance the effect. Viagra

After losing my son to terror, I started dancing at 70 to learn how to live again

When I landed in the hospital for an operation on my colon, my doctor said, “No more grief. You need to do things that are fun.”

A dancer rehearsing ahead of a performance.

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.'

Ebola outbreak in Congo tops 4,000 cases in world's second-largest epidemic

Researchers believe Congo's Ebola outbreak began months before it was officially declared, with the true scale of infections likely much higher.

 Red Cross workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) prepare to lower the coffin of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise, who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus in Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.