PHOTOS: Featuring UV Sterilization, the next-gen LIZ Smart Bottle helps users live a healthier, active lifestyle while reducing plastic waste from single use bottles. NOERDEN introduced LIZ Smart Bottle July 30. A next-gen self-cleaning smart bottle with UV sterilization & hydration reminders, LIZ helps users live a healthier, active lifestyle by providing them with clean…
PHOTO: From left, Technion researchers Yishai Pickman, Ayelet Alpert and Prof. Shai Shen-Orr. Photo courtesy of Technion Spokesperson’s Office Israeli-American research team has developed an immune-age clock for assessing older people’s health status. When a carnival huckster tries to guess a person’s age, he looks at outward signs such as firmness of skin and color…
PHOTO: Lauren M. Corduck, founder & executive director of OneInForty, with her father, Bob Cooperstein, holds a photo of Bob’s mother Frances, who died of breast cancer at 56, one month after Lauren was born. “My father inherited his BRCA gene mutation from his mother and, fortunately, has never developed the associated cancers, which include…
The 15th Annual SHOC Walk & Run will be Aug. 3 at Latus Motors Harley-Davidson in support of ovarian and gynecologic cancer research. The event begins at 7:30 am with KATU’s Rhonda Shelby leading the opening ceremony with the walk and run beginning at 8. Participants will enjoy a beautiful 5K/10K walk or run or…
PHOTOS: Above, a JCT student works with a Magen David Adom training device. At right, Daniel Vofchuk, David Zimberknopf and Daniel Grunberger won the hackathon by developing a lifesaving device for MDA ambulances. Photos by Michael Erenburg The 3rd annual Great Minds Hackathon also saw challenges presented by Intel, IBM and Rafael Advanced Defense…
By Ellen Hershkin “Self-care” is the buzzword of the moment for women, but what does it really mean when women’s health disparities in America have elicited a growing alarm among the public, and policymakers? Women need real tools to help navigate their own health, from education, to apps to community resources. But the burden and…
Summary: Following a horrific house fire, medical experts at Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer in Israel saved the life of an 18-month-old Palestinian toddler. The hospital’s highly skilled surgeons used a treatment that had never before been performed in Israel, utilizing an innovative skin bank to stabilize the child’s condition and help her begin the long…
Photo courtesy of Getty Images A study funded by the National Institutes of Health is testing whether the nicotine patch can improve memory and functioning in people who have mild memory loss or Mild Cognitive Impairment. The largest and longest running study of its kind, the MIND (Memory Improvement through Nicotine Dosing) Study is…
Photo courtesy of Getty Images Oftentimes, seeking to improve your health starts at your core – your heart. One common condition to be aware of is atrial fibrillation (AFib), which is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. Currently impacting up to 6.1…
Every year, about 1 in 5 adults in the United States experiences a mental illness and 1 in 25 lives with a serious mental illness that substantially interferes with or limits at least one major life activity. Mental illness is a top cause of worker disability in the United States, and 62% of missed work…
