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Device From Israeli Start-Up Gives the Visually Impaired a Way to Read
Health & Wellness  (tags: medicine, impair vision, Israel )

David
- 6 days ago - nytimes.com
Israeli company Orcam has developed a `seeing aid'. The small device sits discreetly on glasses and helps visually-impaired people "see". It currently recognizes English-language text and beginning this week will be sold through the company's Web site.
Researchers Stumble Upon The Heart's Self-Healing Ability
Health & Wellness  (tags: heart, self-healing, Israel, regenerative capabilities )

David
- 30 days ago - nocamels.com
At the Israeli medical center Hadassah, researchers stumbled on a key mechanism in the heart's regenerative capabilities.
Israeli MD Proves Dogs Can Sniff Out Cancer Cells
Health & Wellness  (tags: medicine, cancer, dogs, Israel )

David
- 10 days ago - israel21c.org
Israeli internist Dr. Uri Yoel, 43, has demonstrated that dogs are indeed capable of differentiating between the scent of cancer cells and non-cancerous cells.
Get Safe: 5 Health Hazards That Could Be Hiding In Your Home
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans, home, health, protection )

Cher
- 12 days ago - greenerideal.com
A home is meant to be a place of safety and comfort, but it is all too unfortunate that there are a number of serious health hazards residing in many houses. With a close look at these five potential hazards, however, home owners can keep themselves
A 'Watch' That Stops Unnecessary Heart Attack Deaths
Health & Wellness  (tags: Israel, heart, disease, health, healthcare, prevention, protection, research, warning )

G
- 18 days ago - israel21c.org
About half of all people at risk of death from heart attacks could gain the chance to live, once Israeli entrepreneur Leon Eisen's new Oxitone device goes to market in about 18 months. Using two optical sensors, and another special high-tech tool, he
Israelis Give a Double Punch to Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: cancer, death, disease, health, healthcare, investigation, prevention, research, safety, study, treatment, women, Israel )

G
- 19 days ago - israel21c.org
Breast cancer can be curable if it's caught soon enough - unless it is the "triple negative" type more likely to target young, black or Hispanic women. Israeli researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot are opening a new window of h
Israelis Developing 'Google Glass' for the Blind
Health & Wellness  (tags: blind, glasses for the blind, retinitis pigmentosa, family, investigation, protection, research, safety, treatment )

G
- 20 days ago - israel21c.org
In the not-so-distant future, people blinded by retinitis pigmentosa may be using Israeli technology to see beyond shadows once again. About one in 4,000 people in the United States suffers from retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a genetic disease of the reti
7 Strange Facts About Insomnia
Health & Wellness  (tags: AlternativeMed, children, disease, health, illness, medicine, research, safety, society )

Kit
- 20 days ago - myhealthnewsdaily.com
Here are seven strange facts that help explain why people can't fall asleep.
Kids Don't Deserve Asthma: Take Action for Cleaner Tailpipes ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Health & Wellness  (tags: humans, children, pollution, protection )

Cher
- 27 days ago - secure.sierraclub.org
Stand up for children and clean air -- and against Big Oil -- and help reach 50,000 official comments for cleaner tailpipe standards by submitting yours below!
Support EU Food Labeling Laws ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Health & Wellness  (tags: environment, food, labelling, laws )

Cher
- 28 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Write to the EU Parliament and tell them that you support transparency in the way food was produced!
 
 
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