Dan Even (Haaretz)
By Dan Even (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward Premature Babies Prefer Mozart to Bach: Study
An Israeli study has demonstrated that listening to the music of Mozart is more conducive to the development of premature babies than is exposure to Bach. Many studies have demonstrated the benefits of classical music to the development of babies. But the Ichilov Hospital research, led by Prof. Dror Mandel director of the Neonatal Intensive…
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Fast Forward Ethiopian Birth Rate Plunged Amid Israel’s Secret Contraception Program
A Knesset study prompted by news reports about the administration of contraceptive injections to Ethiopian immigrant women before and after their arrival in Israel shows that these women gave birth to significantly fewer children in Israel than their peers who came to Israel in the 1990’s, before the practice became widespread. But the authors of…
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Fast Forward Smoking Rate Drops Fast in Israel
The number of smokers in Israel is continuing to decline, according to a Health Ministry study. The report, which by law is submitted annually to the Knesset, shows that the proportion of smokers in Israel has declined 14 percent within one year. The report is based on surveys conducted by the Center for Disease Control…
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Fast Forward Israeli Woman Dies After Eating Nutella Spread
A 26-year-old woman died Thursday morning due to a severe nut allergy prompted by eating chocolate spread in a Tel Aviv restaurant after the staff promised her the chocolate did not contain nuts. Hen Efrat, an Eilat resident, was with her friends at a Tel Aviv restaurant last week when they ordered a Belgian waffle…
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