Archive for November 2022
Non-invasive cancer removal made possible with new Israeli research
A new non-invasive technology using low-frequency nanobubble-enhanced ultrasound mechanotherapy has shown success in animal models. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH The Tel Aviv University research team behind the new study on non-invasive cancer treatment. (photo credit: TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY) A combination of low-frequency ultrasound and injected nanobubbles may work to remove malignant tumors in a non-invasive way, as observed in…
Read MoreIsraeli app sounds alarm before heart failure — just by analyzing your voice
In congestive heart failure study with recovered patients who used HearO, its technology predicts some 82% of relapses, catching them on average 18 days before they occur By NATHAN JEFFAY Illustrative image: a medic monitors a patient and checked his heart rate (Zinkevych via iStock by Getty Images) A new Israeli app can sound the alarm…
Read MoreA dose of birdsong may work as therapy for depression
John Elder When many Australians were subject to hard lockdowns, access to nature in the form of parks and public gardens and beaches was significantly restricted. This was especially the case in Melbourne, where outdoor exercise was sometimes restricted to an hour a day. It meant that a simple remedy for some of the mental…
Read MoreTunes with teeth: Edison might have left his mark on piano
By MICHAEL HILLtoday WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) — Hard of hearing, Thomas Edison found a unique way to appreciate piano music. As someone played, the great inventor would lean in close to the instrument, right above the keys, and he’d bite the piano. Pressing his teeth into the wood of phonographs and pianos helped Edison experience…
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