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Health
Mind over matter: Treating Parkinson’s through martial arts
Many Israelis are hard at work looking into the causes of Parkinson’s disease, new treatments to relieve symptoms and technologies to manage the disease.
‘The Age of Aging’: New discoveries in longevity science
Only a fortunate few live to be 100 in good health, but researchers hope to increase that number, thanks to scientific advances in understanding why we age and how to slow the process.
Germany’s Jewish umbrella warns lawmakers on euthanasia law
Proposals to change Germany’s euthanasia law have drawn strong warnings from Germany’s main Jewish organization.
What Jewish schools are teaching in sex ed
Just because Judaism permits sex only within the confines of marriage doesn’t mean all Jewish day schools avoid teaching how to put on a condom or what sexually transmitted diseases are.
U.S. workers sue Monsanto claiming herbicide caused cancer
A U.S. farm worker and a horticultural assistant have filed lawsuits claiming Monsanto Co.\’s Roundup herbicide caused their cancers and Monsanto intentionally misled the public and regulators about the dangers of the herbicide
U.S. rule to cut toxic emissions at refineries
U.S. oil refineries will face tighter standards in coming years on toxic emissions that cause lung problems and increase cancer risks, environmental regulators said on Tuesday.
UK scientists start stem cell trial of potential blindness cure
The first patient has been treated in Britain in a pioneering trial of a new treatment co-developed by Pfizer and derived from embryonic stem cells designed for patients with a condition that can cause blindness.
Bionic limbs for wounded Syrian children
New technique uses 3-D printing