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Walla! Health News8/27/2026

With full genomic sequencing at Sheba: the revolutionary technology that eliminates excess weight and extends life by up to an additional 30 years

23 years after the Human Genome Project was completed, Israeli scientists have succeeded in translating this knowledge into a technology that allows every person to lose weight permanently, be saved from thousands of diseases, including 50 types of cancer, and extend life by several decades. Prof. Barbash: "We are at a turning point in medicine"

Ynet Health8/27/2026

"I couldn't believe it": Innovative blood test raised suspicion of cancer — and imaging revealed a lung mass

Large-scale research found that combining the “Grail” blood test with standard screening examinations could increase the number of detected cancer cases fourfold. The same happened to Peter, a retired police officer from England, who, following the test and subsequent diagnostic examinations, discovered that he is developing lung cancer. “I had no symptoms at all. I didn't feel sick,” he says. The “Grail” test is an innovative blood test designed to detect signals of 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear.

Ynet Health8/27/2026

"I wasn't vaccinated until age 23": The girl who grew up against science became an immunologist

Dr. Elizabeth "Liz" Marnek grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home that did not rely on vaccines, medicines, or scientists. At age 23 she walked into a clinic and asked to be vaccinated against everything – but even years later, when she became a mother, she found the old fear still resurfacing. Today, as an immunologist who makes science accessible to the public, she offers vaccine supporters an uncomfortable truth: facts alone almost never change opinions.

Ynet Health8/27/2026

Unbelievable pregnancy: gave birth to twins - but they are not siblings

A 27-year-old woman from Queensland, Australia, who underwent a surrogacy procedure for another couple, simultaneously became pregnant naturally and unexpectedly with her own child. The two children were born on the same day by Caesarean section - but each of them is the biological child of a completely different set of parents. The Queensland court had to decide the question: are they "siblings from birth" that the law forbids separating?

Ynet Health8/26/2026

Breakthrough Drug for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Approved: "A True Revolution"

For decades, researchers have tried to develop a drug that would inhibit the RAS protein, which acts like a gas pedal for the tumor. Now the FDA has approved Draxonresib, which has shown an unprecedented improvement in the survival of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. The less encouraging news is the price – about 90,000 shekels per month of treatment. Prof. Ido Wolf, head of the oncology division at Ichilov, warns: "We will have patients who have no private insurance and no money, and for them there will be no drug."

Ynet Health8/26/2026

The Gut Remembers: Israeli Researchers Uncover a Mechanism That Could Lead to Crohn’s and Colitis

A new study by the Weizmann Institute of Science, conducted in mice, organoids, and seven biopsies from colitis patients, found that a transient inflammation can leave a "memory" in the intercellular matrix, alter the fate of stem cells, and promote chronic inflammation. Dr. Moshe Biton, one of the study’s leaders: "Current treatments target only the outcome and not the root cause." The findings may point to a new direction for diagnosis, prevention, and therapy.

Good News Network8/26/2026

Resurrecting Plant Inspires ‘Fridge Free’ Vaccines That Could Save the Millions of Doses Wasted Annually

A new ‘fridge free’ production method for vaccines could create far more reliable immunizations for low and middle income countries, as well as cut back on waste. Currently, it’s estimated that a large percentage of all vaccine doses are thrown out because the “cold chain,” a strict process of temperature controlled storage from the moment […] The post Resurrecting Plant Inspires ‘Fridge Free’ Vaccines That Could Save the Millions of Doses Wasted Annually appeared first on Good News Network.

Mindful8/26/2026

The Breathscape Practice for Cultivating Mindfulness

A 20-minute meditation from Jon Kabat-Zinn to allow you to tap into your capacity to be in touch with your experience, and be awake and aware with no agenda other than to be awake and aware. The post The Breathscape Practice for Cultivating Mindfulness appeared first on Mindful.

Good News Network8/25/2026

Woman Can See Again After World’s First Transplant of a Central Retina

From Turin comes a surgical world-first: the simultaneous transplant of a complete human macula, along with the cornea, sclera, and connective tissue, from one of the patient’s eyes to the other. It allowed a woman blind for several years to immediately gain enough vision to recognize both her son and her faithful canine companion, Joe. […] The post Woman Can See Again After World’s First Transplant of a Central Retina appeared first on Good News Network.

Good News Network8/25/2026

US Approves First Drug That Targets Root Cause of Narcolepsy Rather Than its Symptoms

A Japanese pharma company has developed a drug that treats the root cause of a leading form of narcolepsy, and is celebrating as it becomes the first of its kind to receive American FDA approval. Narcolepsy type-1 afflicts 120,000 people in the US, and is characterized by sudden bouts of intense daytime drowsiness, disrupted nighttime […] The post US Approves First Drug That Targets Root Cause of Narcolepsy Rather Than its Symptoms appeared first on Good News Network.