Whey consumption may reduce sugar surges

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Blood sugar surges — after-meal glucose “spikes” — can be life threatening for the 29 million Americans with diabetes. Diabetic blood sugar spikes have been linked to cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, kidney failure, and retinal damage. Now a new Tel Aviv University study, published in Diabetologia, suggests a novel way […]

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Personality profiles predict opponent’s next move

By Anav Silverman BEER-SHEVA, Israel (TNA)– The ability to understand the minds of political leaders is an important aspect of strategic intelligence. In this context, personality profiling is a common practice that has traditionally relied on the expertise and intuition of human psychologists, according to researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). However,

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Hoard of coins found from time of Great Revolt

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA)–Pottery sherds, or fragments, discovered by an Israel Antiquities Authority inspector several months ago, during extensive work by the Netivei Israel – National Transport Infrastructure Company, Ltd. on the new Highway 1 project resulted in an archaeological excavation. A previously unknown settlement from the Late Second Temple period was discovered, as

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Jewish History, Middle East

JNS news briefs: August 6, 2014

Prime minister, defense minister vow to protect residents of southern Israel (JNS.org)Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, and several senior Israel Defense Forces officials met with the mayors of Israel’s southern cities on Monday night, August 4,  in an effort to put to rest concerns about the region’s security following the decision to

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Travel and Food

How Guardians raised 100G for Seacrest Village

ENCINITAS, California (Press Release) – Guardians of San Diego’s 23rd Annual Golf & Tennis Tournament presented by The William Gumpert Foundation raised more than $150,000 this year. Proceeds from “Take a Swing for Seniors” held July 28th will benefit the Resident Assistance Fund at Seacrest Village Retirement Communities. Guardians of San Diego hosted 122 golfers

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San Diego County, Sports & Competitions

Jews and Blackfeet Indians: plenty in common

  -Sixteenth in a Series– By Donald H. Harrison BROWNING, Montana – More than half-way between our previous night’s stop in Lethbridge, Alberta, and our evening’s destination of Kalispell, Montana, grandson Shor and I decided to stretch our legs in Browning, Montana, which is located on the sprawling Blackfeet Indian Reservation. We browsed the Blackfeet

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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USA

JNS news briefs: August 4, 2014

Turkish PM Erdogan: Israelis ‘will drown in the blood they shed’ (JNS.org) Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continued his verbal offensive against Israel on Sunday, Aug. 3,  telling a rally in Istanbul that Israelis “will drown in the blood they shed.” “Just like Hitler, who sought to establish a race free of all faults,

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Middle East