Tag: Health

 

 

Researchers warn of stem cell cancer link

Researchers in Israel are warning that stem cell treatments could raise cancer risks. Photo courtesy of Hebrew University. Hebrew University stem cell researchers (from left):

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.

Preventing blood clots without drugs

An Israeli start up has developed a blood clot-prevention device that could one day replace blood-thinning drugs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxQ1-lwOmdY After surgery, up to five million patients

Clinical trials on breast cancer patients are now beginning in Canada to see whether soy can help prevent chronic pain.

Can soy ward off chronic pain?

An Israeli doctor directing a Health Center at McGill University in Montreal may have stumbled onto a natural, dietary approach to pain-prevention.

On the HIV warpath

A substance that destroys cells infected with deadly HIV and could prevent AIDS, has been developed in Israel after a decade of cooperation between chemists

An IVF-autism link

Children conceived through IVF are three times more likely to suffer autism, new evidence from Israel suggests. Early intervention and cautious therapeutic choices are advised.