Dan Even

The army didn't disclose that Itamar Alon, who killed four at Be'er Sheva bank, was dismissed for aggressive behavior. Then he got a gun.

Panel of experts is considering adding tests for diseases that develop in adulthood to the standard genetic tests given to young couples when they are starting a family.

World Health Organization figures show Israel has a high level of health care compared to the West, but medical infrastructure is outdated. Number of nurses per capita is similar to Oman, and less than half than that of Germany.

Some 11,000 Israelis are currently prescribed the healing herb, but the Health Ministry plans to tighten the acceptance conditions.

A study of 5,405 U.S. women with the common Ashkenazi Jewish mutation that increases carriers' risk of breast cancer, who were treated at the Mayo Clinic during the 1990s, found 45 percent chose prophylactic mastectomy, like Angelina Jolie.

In tests on lab rats, Israeli researchers found that a synthetic compound - when used in conjunction with chemotherapy - left more eggs viable.

The new planet, discovered by astronomers from Tel Aviv University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, is the first ever to be found using new methodology based on Einstein's theory.

HMOs to open 39 mental health clinics, in move expected to increase the number of patients by 40 percent.

A medicinal product derived from a mushroom found in Israel has appeared effective against pancreatic cancer in animal trials conducted by the Haifa mushroom research lab.

Health Ministry report finds ramp-up in invasive melanoma, most markedly among Ashkenazi Jews.

The booming industry luring foreigners to Israel for medical procedures is chipping away at the nation's equal access to healthcare, according to annual State Comptroller report.

Annual report finds discrepancies between services in the central regions and the country's periphery as well as serious problems with the infrastructure of many hospitals.

Medical professionals and patients' rights groups are girding for battle over the treasury's proposal to make Israelis pay more for doctor and emergency room visits, medical equipment and supplemental health insurance coverage.

'Inoculating pregnant women protects against the transmission of whooping cough from the mother to the fetus via the placenta,' the ministry said.

The 2013-2014 budget includes a 1.5 percent increase in come tax rates, a NIS 7 billion cut in government spending for the remaining year and a rise in VAT.

Stem cells located in the mysterious left atrial appendage may explain how the heart repairs itself.

The Knesset Labor, Welfare and Health Committee on Monday voted unanimously to ban the substances, but critics warned that drug producers would simply switch to using different chemicals.

Although the operation is considered a success, the surviving twin is still fighting for his life. Only 150 such cases have been recorded in the past 126 years.

Israel's national health insurance program is unusual among Western nations in that it allows an unlimited number of IVF treatments before the births of up to two children for women up to age 45.

Freeze-dried plasma has been around since 1945 and has already begun saving lives in Israel.

State budget law would restrict practice of private medicine, impose limits on hospital pricing and revenue.

Move comes in light of six cases of diabetics treated with drug Victoza who developed pancreatic cancer.

According to the Health Ministry, revenues from medical tourism in state hospitals were NIS 54 million in 2009. But by 2011, they were 2.2 times higher, at NIS 119 million.

Test works by examining nerve cells from the nose that are part of the system responsible for our sense of smell.

Health Ministry committee to expand criteria for marijuana prescription eligibility; new directives allow oncologists to prescribe marijuana to all cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.