BEERSHEVA, Israel (Press Release) — A team of brain scientists, including Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev faculty (BGU), tested former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon using functional MRI to assess his brain responses at BGU’s Brain Imaging Research Center at Soroka University Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel. He was presumed to be in a vegetative state […]
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Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Because half of all instances of hearing loss are linked to genetic mutations, advanced gene research is an invaluable tool for uncovering causes of deafness — and one of the biggest hopes for the development of new therapies. Now Prof. Karen Avraham of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv
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Science, Medicine, & EducationTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Parkinson’s experts across the world have been reporting a remarkable phenomenon — many patients treated with drugs to increase the activity of dopamine in the brain as a therapy for motor symptoms such as tremors and muscle rigidity are developing new creative talents, including painting, sculpting, writing, and more. Prof.
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Story and photos by Shahar Masori SAN DIEGO –Like flower girls scampering down the wedding aisle, a pair of porpoises skimmed by our Birch Aquarium-sponsored whale-watching excursion as if to announce that “she is coming! she is coming!” Sure enough, it was not long afterwards that we spotted a puff of vapor indicating that a
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — The Bible Lands Museum, situated opposite the Israel Museum, houses a broad range of archeological artefacts from all over the Ancient Near East. In accordance with the vision of its founder, the late Eli Borovsky, it refers to the various cultures of the Ancient Near East, each of which contributed
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Dr. Clemens Heni T he new year 2013 will be a very important year in the struggle against the Iranian threat. Israel is facing international pressure and silence about the Iranian as well as the Islamist threat is prevailing. However, the situation is even more complicated if we look at supposedly pro-Israel and pro-Jewish
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Science, Medicine, & EducationHAIFA (Press Release)–Infants who have started crawling wake up more often at night compared to the period before the crawling, reveals a new study by Dr. Dina Cohen of the University of Haifa’s Department of Counseling and Human Development. The doctoral study, conducted under the supervision of Prof. Anat Scher, observed 28 healthy babies
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By Joel A Moskowitz M D LA JOLLA, California — Claudia Stevens, a multi-talented actress, singer, drummer, and historian brought to life “Madame F” on Monday evening, Nov. 26, at the Recital Hall of Mandeville Auditorium UCSD. Madame F is the abbreviated name for Fanja Fanelson (Goldstein) who was an award winning pianist. While she
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By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — The immense impact that weather can have on our civilization has been demonstrated regularly with such events atvolcano eruptions, massive tsunamis and, as of late, hurricanes like Sandy. But as fearsome and awesome as these are, the impacts of globalwarming may be even more devastating. Hollywood ought to
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Science, Medicine, & EducationA routine blood test done during the IDF induction process led Idan Dukatch, a soldier from Ashkelon, to the opportunity to save a life. His bone marrow donation was transplanted to Alex Katz, a 17-year old boy from New Jersey with cancer. At the end of a nerve-racking half year, waiting for updates on Katz’s
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Science, Medicine, & EducationSAN DIEGO (Press Release) –“People really want to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy however they can,” said Scott Brown, former San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) parent and logistical manager of The Mother of All Garage Sales. On Sunday, November 11 from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, SDJA will be holding The Mother of All Garage
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — A recent study entitled Israel and the Campus counted a disproportionate number of anti-Israel incidents occurring on University of California and other elite campuses. It said “the most serious problem faced on campus is not from student activities, but from faculty” who “habitually abuse their academic freedom and have
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org It’s all over. Barack Obama has won a second term, and that means a presidential race that has lasted for more than a year has just taken a sharp nosedive. Akin to being suddenly deprived of your favorite reality TV show, you may feel a little lost, and may begin
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Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in mid-October for their work in market design. Shapley and another researcher, David Gale, came up with the Gale-Shapley algorithm, which showed how 10 men and 10 women could be matched so that no two
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