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Dozens of babies among the 650 who die before their first birthday are probably the victims of Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS or abusive head trauma), according to estimates by Dr. Yitzhak Kadman, head of the National Council for the Child....

A French circus ringmaster has called for clowns, lion-tamers and other staff to be publicly vaccinated against swine flu under the big tops where they perform. “These vaccinations would serve as an example in a playful setting, to raise awareness...

Previous studies had linked the consumption of soy-rich diets to various health benefits such as diminished menopausal symptoms, heart disease and kidney disorders. According to the study published in Cancer Research , sphingadienes in soy can protect individuals against colon...

The US equity fund, which has opposed the sale of the company to India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BSE: 524715), has decided to withdraw from Taro's appeal against Sun filed with the Supreme Court...After Taro unilaterally cancelled the sale to...

Air Force soldier humiliated by career officer discharged from IDF after being admitted to mental health department. Defense Ministry medical expert determines soldier's service conditions related to manifestation of his schizophrenia Hanan Greenberg Verbal abuse leads to the psychiatric...

IsraelNN.com) Dr. Ziv Bar, regional manager of the alternative medical clinics of the Clalit Health Fund, said Sunday that diet and exercise are key to facing the winter in a healthy way. A diet rich in orange vegetables and roots...

Dr. Sari Nusaiba Underground after Temple Mt. Nov/30/09 Follow Israel news briefs on and (IsraelNN.com) Middle East expert Mordechai Kedar said Monday that Dr. Sari Nusaiba of Birzeit University, north of Ramallah, has had to go underground in the wake of an...

Previous studies had reported that for every 100 girls, 105 baby boys are through natural conception. This helps to balance the higher number of deaths among male fetuses and infants...The use of blastocyst-stage embryos has become more popular these days....

World Health Organization (WHO), the real number must be five to seven times more, which makes it 100,000 people," the Fars news agency quoted Vice chairman of Iran's Majlis Health and Medical Education Commission, Hossein-Ali Shahriari, as saying on Sunday....