PrimeC, a new drug used to treat Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) disease by NeuroSense Therapeutics Ltd. has been successful in proving its efficacy in its clinical study Phase 2b and it’s beginning to gear up to the final Phase 3, the drug's developers announced.The disease, ALS, also famously known as Lou Gehrig’s after the baseball player who died of the disease, is a disease that affects the nervous system. ALS affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and progressively gets worse over time. This causes muscle control problems such as weakness in the limbs and slurred speech.…
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A recent study published in the medical journal Neurology revealed a link between the consumption of processed red meat and an increased risk of dementia and cognitive decline. The research analyzed health and nutrition data from 133,771 individuals, with an average age of 49 years at the start of the study, collecting detailed health information every two to four years.Participants consuming at least a quarter serving of processed meat daily—equivalent to two slices of bacon or one hot dog—faced a higher risk of dementia compared to those with minimal intake. Specifically, the risk of subjective cognitive decline (SCD) increased…
Feb. 28, 1929:Birthday of Frank Gehry (born Goldberg), the Canadian-born American architect whose iconic buildings worldwide have led him to be labeled by many as “the most important architect of our age.”Adar 1, 4824 (1164):Yahrzeit of Avraham Ibn Ezra, biblical commentator, poet, mathematician, author, and philosopher. An unsuccessful businessman, he wrote of himself: “If I were to take up shroud-making, men would stop dying; if I sold candles, the sun would never set.”March 2, 1859:Birthday of Shalom Aleichem (Solomon Rabinovitz), author known as the “Yiddish Mark Twain,” whose stories were made into the musical Fiddler on the Roof. The…
The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) of Turkey released a report detailing the surveillance of Bolshevik politician Leon Trotsky by Soviet intelligence during his exile in Büyükada, Istanbul, from 1929 to 1933, according to TRT Haber. The report was published in the documents section under the Special Collection tab on MİT's official website.Dated January 16, 1932, and signed by Istanbul Regional Chief Aziz Hüdai Bey, the document provides insights into the operations carried out by Soviet agents to monitor Trotsky's activities and contacts. "Through our agent, we will give some information about Trotsky to Davranof. The money and directives he…
A refreshing initiative of Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, within the framework of Miss Universe events, took place earlier this month at the First Station.The Miss Universe contestants modeled clothes at Haboydem, a secondhand clothing store and women’s rehabilitation center that shines a spotlight on social projects in Jerusalem, bringing to the forefront sustainable fashion as well as mental health awareness.Haboydem is a social project of the nonprofit for Rehabilitation and Integration – ShafYativ, a secondhand clothing store providing employment training for the disabled, especially those recovering from issues related to mental health. Each employee has a personalized rehabilitation plan,…
An Afghan national has admitted to purposefully driving into a crowd in the German city of Munich and authorities have determined an Islamist motive for the crime, a prosecutor said on Friday.At least 36 people including a toddler were hurt on Thursday when the 24-year-old man plowed into demonstrators gathered in the city center, putting security back in focus before next week's federal election."He has admitted that he deliberately drove into the participants of the demonstration," lead prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann said, adding that the suspect, under investigation on 36 counts of attempted murder, had spoken German in a two-hour…
Thousands of people arrived at the location of the Nova Music Festival early Monday morning to commemorate a year since the October 7 Massacre, KAN News posted on X, formerly Twitter.אלפים הגיעו למתחם הנובה, לציון שנה לטבח 7 באוקטובר@pozailov1 pic.twitter.com/DE0hwExvFh— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) October 7, 2024People visit the site of the Nova Music Festival massacre on the one-year anniversary of Hamas's cross-border attacks in southern Israel. October 7, 2024. (Credit: Seth J. Frantzman)On October 7, approximately 1,200 were murdered, and 250 were taken captive by Hamas terrorists. Some 40 of those innocent people were abducted at the Nova Music…
Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Ronen Bar subtly criticized his predecessor, Nadav Argaman, on Friday evening after Argaman threatened to disclose sensitive information about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that was “said in private conversations.”In a letter sent to the organization’s retirees, Bar wrote: "The Shin Bet is a state organization that carries out its missions according to law. Its strength and resilience lie in its values. A state body and its head do not use their power for purposes other than fulfilling their mission.“This has never been and will never be our way—not in words and certainly not…
‘What was it Samuel Beckett said? I can’t go on, I’ll go on,” said the late Lia van Leer, founder of the Jerusalem Cinematheque and the Jerusalem Film Festival, as she was organizing a film festival at the height of the Second Intifada. It’s been 10 years since she passed away, and she is being honored at the Jerusalem Cinematheque with Lia Fest, the annual women’s film festival that coincides with Women’s History Month, which will run from March 8-29 this year. Her statement, made 20 years ago in perfect English, came back to me as I attended a tribute to…
In a speech in the Knesset plenum on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assailed the “deep state” for launching what he claimed were baseless criminal investigations into him and his close circle.Speaking to the opposition, Netanyahu said, “You who engage in divisive incitement and say terrible things about us, that we are sending the hostages to their deaths, you who incite so wildly, you accuse us of division. What hypocrisy.""The more desperate you become, the more scandals you create. The people are not stupid. Most of the people see everything that is happening here, the cooperation between the bureaucracy,…