en_il-hotdailynews: 2015-04-15 Israel Health

Report: 15% of cancer cases in Haifa due to air pollution
Haaretz
Heath Ministry publishes figures following objections to plans to expand oil refineries, build new fuel storage depot in Haifa Bay. By Zafrir Rinat | Apr. 15, 2015 | 5:14 AM. submit to reddit. A view of Haifa Bay, which is home to much of Israel's heavy industry.
Haifa has highest cancer risk in country, Health Ministry says   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Health Ministry: Half of child cancer cases in Haifa area result of air pollution   Ynetnews
Haifa air pollution tied to high cancer rates: Health Ministry   The Times of Israel

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Scientists regenerate heart cells in mice
Daily News & Analysis
When a heart attack strikes, heart muscle cells die and scar tissue forms, paving the way for heart failure, but Weizmann Institute's research provides insight into the question of why the mammalian heart fails to regenerate, on one hand, and demonstrated, ...

Israeli Scientists Regenerate Heart Cells in Revolutionary Discovery   Algemeiner
Study Advances Understanding of Heart Cells' Regeneration   Cardiovascular Disease News
Old Heart Cells Divide Like New   Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Israel Hayom
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Brain's Visual Center Similar in Sighted and Those Blind From Birth
Philly.com
TUESDAY, April 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- The way the brain organizes its visual sense is the same in people who are blind from birth and sighted people, a new study shows. The findings challenge the long-held belief that the brain's visual cortex ...

Blind-from-birth people share brain mapping organization similar to that in sighted   Jerusalem Post Israel News
Israel Research Sheds New Light on Treating Blind Patients   Jspace News
Study challenges conventional wisdom that sight-based brain sensory network ...   Medical Xpress

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CBC.ca

Rita Wilson reveals breast cancer battle, mastectomy surgery
CBC.ca
Rita Wilson is recovering after undergoing a bilateral mastectomy for breast cancer. The 58-year-old actress and singer, who had been appearing in Larry David's play Fish in the Dark on Broadway, will return May 5, according to her publicist, Heidi Schaeffer.
Inside Rita Wilson's Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment   People Magazine
Rita Wilson undergoes double mastectomy for breast cancer   Zee News
Diagnosed With Breast Cancer, Rita Wilson Encourages Second Opinions   Morning News USA
CBS Local
OCRegister
Today.com
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This kid is all grown up now
NEWS.com.au
HE is one of the most famous faces (and memes) on the internet. Now the 'Success Kid' is raising money to help pay for his father's kidney transplant. Sammy Griner, 8, became an internet sensation in 2011 after a photo of him standing on the beach, ...

Success Kid's dad needs a kidney transplant   First Coast News
Sammy Griner with his father, Justin, who needs a kidney transplant. Source ...   Herald Sun
Boy behind the 'Success Kid' meme is trying to get his dad a kidney   New York Daily News
Today.com
Mashable
Huffington Post Canada
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Immune system link to Alzheimer's disease: US study
Bangkok Post
WASHINGTON - The immune system may play a part in Alzheimer's disease, US researchers have discovered, in a breakthrough which could lead to the development of new treatments for the most common form of dementia. Alzheimer's disease is the most ...

Study probes new Alzheimer's cause   Belfast Telegraph
Alzheimer's breakthrough raises hopes of drug to reverse symptoms   The Times (subscription)
Brain aging: 5 ways to stay sharp   CBC.ca
American Register
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Acetaminophen Could Dampen Emotions
Science Times
Acetaminophen has been used for decades as an effective over-the-counter pain reliever with many people all over the world taking it on a regular basis. New research on this common pain reliever has found that the drug ingredient may do more than just ...

Study Finds Popular Pain Reliever May Dull Your Emotions   CBS Local
Study: Common pain reliever may dull joy as well   WDAM-TV
Acetaminophen: dulls emotional positivity as well as pain, study finds   Times Gazette
BlissTree
Good Housekeeping (blog)
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A simple breath test could be used to detect stomach cancer
Irish Examiner
Scientists believe they can test whether people are likely to have stomach cancer by analysing their breath. A simple breath test could be used to detect stomach cancer. Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a relatively uncommon cancer that ...

Breath test predicts stomach cancer   gulfnews.com
Study: Breath tests could help doctors predict stomach cancer   The Week Magazine
Breath test 'could give clues to stomach cancer risk'   BBC News
The Independent
Channel News Asia
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Sierra Leone: Schools Reopen as Ebola Outbreak Subsides
New York Times
Children in Sierra Leone returned to school on Tuesday after staying home for nine months because of the Ebola outbreak. More than 8,000 schools were reopening, although attendance at many was poor amid some skepticism that the crisis was over.
Doctor returns home after Ebola battle   Stuff.co.nz
Schools reopen to news of post-Ebola football windfall   Sierra Express Media
Ebola continues to pose a global threat – says WHO   Sierra Leone Times
Mashable
Macleans.ca
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Tapping Watson's computing power for health
Marketplace.org
Apple, IBM, Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson have announced plans to enter the world of personalized medicine in a joint partnership. by Dan Gorenstein. Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 14:00. Story. There is a new push into the potentially lucrative world of ...

An Apple Watch A Day And IBM To Keep Doctor Away? IBM AAPL JNJ   Investor's Business Daily
IBM strikes a healthy deal with Apple, Medtronic, and Johnson & Johnson   World Tech Today
IBM creates Watson Health to analyse medical data   TODAYonline
The Times (subscription)
CBS News
Bloomberg
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