Health

Near the Gaza border, Dream Island offers a luxury retreat built around rest and healing

Dream Island offers pools, private suites, fine dining and restorative treatments in a secluded northern Negev retreat, just 20 minutes from Sderot and the Gaza border.

FROM QUIET garden corners to waterside paths along the ecological lake, the expansive grounds ensure there is always an inviting space to sit back, relax, and disconnect.
The Khan Ein Karem Boutique Hotel’s renovation folds modern boutique comfort into the ancient stone terraces it’s built into, so the architecture itself feels like part of the valley’s healing.

In Ein Kerem, Israel’s most unlikely wellness retreat becomes a source of healing

The word “yes” appears outside a head filled with the word “no.”

Life doesn’t begin after recovering from illness: Saying yes and living life - opinion

A woman sweating in front of a fan

The reason why Israelis don't want a second date: The phenomenon that takes a heavy toll


British Jews shouldn't fear requesting kosher meals in hospitals - opinion

A kosher meal in a hospital should be boring, a footnote, one line on a dietary form swallowed up in the vast machinery of clinical care. Instead, it has become a test of nerve.

The NHS logo is displayed on a ambulance parked close to a nearby hospital, on October 20, 2025.

Breakthrough Israeli study finds potential path to reversing hearing loss

The researchers identified a unique biological mechanism that could enable the regeneration of sensory hair cells in the inner ear – a process previously thought to be impossible in humans.

LIVE IMAGING of ear tissue shows that blocking the Notch pathway disrupts stable cell structure, forcing green supporting cells to transform into red hair cells.

How much calcium should you take in supplements? This is the answer | Dr. Maya Rosman

Why is it recommended to prefer calcium from food, how do high doses affect blood vessels, and how to correctly calculate daily intake to protect bones without taking risks?

Calcium supplements

Foods that will protect facial skin

Vitamin E is not a substitute for sunscreen, a hat, or avoiding excessive sun exposure. But it is indeed part of the body's natural defense system. Here is how to consume enough of it.

Usually there is no need for a vitamin E supplement, unless there is an absorption problem or a specific medical recommendation

The surprising connection between your childhood and the stomach aches you suffer from today

A study has found that difficult experiences in the first years of life may alter the communication between the brain and the gut and raise the risk of abdominal problems even many years later.

What happens to the gut when a child experiences stress?

The health risk that young people do not know

More cases of melanoma are being diagnosed at relatively young ages. The explanation is not a sudden biological change in the population, but rather a combination of several factors.

More cases of melanoma are being diagnosed at relatively young ages

The debate over tomatoes: But their secret is being revealed | Dr. Maya Rosman

Meet lycopene: The powerful antioxidant that protects the heart and skin, and why olive oil and cooking actually upgrade its absorption in the body.

Tomatoes

Poison apples: The danger hiding inside your favorite fruits

Inside some of the sweetest fruits hides a chemical defense mechanism the plant developed for itself, and it is found precisely in the part most of us never eat: the seed or pit.

Fruit and vegetables sit on display at Brixton Market, London, September 27, 2020.

A doctor explains: What really happens to the body after donating blood?

What percentage of your blood is taken in a donation? Does it weaken you? Who is forbidden from donating blood – and more myths and things you did not know about blood donation.

Blood donation is one of the simplest actions that can save lives

Can 'being a b****' really prevent autoimmune disease? Viral meme may hold some truth

Despite doctors affirming that suddenly being mean definitely can’t heal illness, the women of the internet have taken the meme and run with it.

A woman consults with her doctor; illustrative.