TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Because heart cells cannot multiply and cardiac muscles contain few stem cells, heart tissue is unable to repair itself after a heart attack. Now Tel Aviv University researchers are literally setting a new gold standard in cardiac tissue engineering. Dr. Tal Dvir and his graduate student Michal Shevach of TAU’s Department […]
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV (Press Release) — The idea of mapping the brain is not new. Researchers have known for years that the key to treating, curing, and even preventing brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury, is to understand how the brain records, processes, stores, and retrieves information. New Tel Aviv University research
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–Not all Palestinians agree with Amira Hass’s understanding response to the Palestinian university that ejected her out of a conference because of her Jewish heritage. In an article published Sunday, the pro-Palestinian journalist for Haaretz, revealed that last week she was asked to leave a conference organized by the German Rosa Luxemburg Foundation and
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV (Press Release) — “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that cyber defense solutions will serve as the essential basis for human development and economic growth in this century — I think it’s happening before our very eyes,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told leading policymakers and cybersecurity experts at the 4th Annual International
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) introduced legislation to eliminate all administrative fees on federal student loans. By ending these fees, students would save over $1.5 billion per year. “The debt saddling students when they leave college hurts not only the student but impacts our economy,” said Davis, a senior member
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By Mimi Pollack RAMONA, California – Dr. Laurie Marker, a wildlife researcher who is considered one of the world’s top experts on cheetahs, recently visited the home of Roy and Robin Toft here as part of her Fall 2014 tour to talk about her work in Namibia, Africa, as founder and director of the
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Mimi Pollack, Science, Medicine, & Education, The World We ShareTEL AVIV (Press Release)— America’s Affordable Care Act — “Obamacare” — was signed into law in 2010 and promised the largest overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the 1960s. Designed to provide medical care to uninsured Americans, it has been widely decried as an unwarranted intrusion into the affairs of private businesses and individuals. However,
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationLOS ANGELES (Press Release) — At its National Board meeting held in Chicago on September 5th, NA’AMAT USA passed the following resolution which was sent to the White House. Dear President Obama, We, the officers and board members of NA’AMAT USA, a national and international organization promoting the welfare rights of women, children and families in Israel
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAHAIFA (Press Release)–Have you ever eaten something totally new and it made you sick? Don’t give up; if you try the same food in a different place, your brain will be more “forgiving” of the new attempt. In a new study conducted by the Sagol Department of Neurobiology at the University of Haifa, researchers found
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Fatigue, weight gain, chills, hair loss, anxiety, excessive perspiration — these symptoms are a few of the signs that the thyroid gland, which regulates the body’s heart rate and plays a crucial role in its metabolism, has gone haywire. Now, new research from Tel Aviv University points to an additional
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Minda Garr, a holistic psychotherapist, recently gave a talk about her work to the group of English-speaking women to which I belong. By being aware of our breathing, ‘breathing into your heart,’ as our speaker put it, the individual can attain a sense of inner peace, gain a
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Science, Medicine, & Education-First in a series- By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — This is part one of a five-part series on the emotional states of grief. The poems are excerpted from my book, Living Without the One You Cannot Live Without: Hope and Healing after Loss. Everyone deals with pain differently. What helps me is
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Returning to Congregation Beth Israel, at which she had her first teaching job at its now defunct Jewish day school, San Diego City School Superintendent Cindy Marten on Thursday evening, Sept.18, offered a step-by-step program for instilling student self-discipline. She coupled that with a promise that her administration
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JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Following one of the most stressful and difficult summers in recent years, more than 50 women from Sderot spent a day in Jerusalem with The Koby Mandell Foundation, taking part in healing and stress reducing activities. The Foundation, created by Seth and Sherri Mandell after the tragic murder of their son Koby 13 years
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