Haifa Health News

IsraelNN.com) Dr. Sarit Larisch, Head of the Cell Death Research Laboratory and senior lecturer at the University of Haifa, has been awarded the prestigious Johnson & Johnson Focused Funding grant for what has been described as "breakthrough research" exploring the cause of...

New treatment for Erectile Dysfunction TNN 26 November 2009, 04:47pm IST Text Size: A new treatment has been discovered to help treat erectile dysfunction, however, the men might wince at the thought of this idea. Researchers from Israel have reported...

A shock wave to your privates can be more effective for erectile dysfunction than Viagra or Cialis, a study by Rambam Medical Center in Haifa has found. Low-energy shock waves can actually reverse the problem, unlike drugs, which can also...

The oxytocin hormone, known as the "love hormone," also affects antisocial behaviors, such as envy and gloating, Israeli researchers found. Researchers at the University of Haifa said oxytocin, which affects behaviors such as trust, empathy and generosity, also affects opposite...

Israeli researchers say synthetic marijuana helped rats under stress recover sooner from emotional trauma. The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, suggests marijuana may help patients overcome life stresses that worsen reawakened trauma and other symptoms of post traumatic...

Holocaust survivors have a risk of cancer two to three times that of European Jews who arrived in Israel before or during the war, Israeli researchers say. Dr. Micha Barchana, part of the team at the University of Haifa that...