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        <title>Weak knees, smart brains: Israeli study gets to the bottom of genetic evolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weizmann Institute of Science researchers say a decrease in glycosaminoglycan (GAG) molecules in joints separated human ancestors from apes and led to greater neuroplasticity in people<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/3-1024x640.png" title="Weak knees, smart brains: Israeli study gets to the bottom of genetic evolution" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>After war put them on the ropes, a martial arts gym gives wounded vets a fighting chance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[House of Heroes, founded by former IDF resilience trainer Sagi Dovev, uses MMA and other sparring styles to help rehabilitate some of the 26,200 soldiers scarred in body and mind since October 7, 2023<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/Yehonatan.sagi_-1024x640.jpeg" title="After war put them on the ropes, a martial arts gym gives wounded vets a fighting chance" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Nearly 1 million Israelis called mental health hotline over three years of war</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ERAN service says it handled 21,829 calls involving suicidality since October 7, 2023; such calls from teenagers and young adults nearly doubled; loneliness also surging<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2024/06/ZKR55129-1024x640.jpg" title="Nearly 1 million Israelis called mental health hotline over three years of war" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>After three years of war, Israeli kids bear the brunt of still-rising mental toll</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-three-years-of-war-kids-bear-the-brunt-of-still-rising-mental-toll-report/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clalit Health Services finds psychiatric emergency visits among children and adolescents rose 121.3% last year; PTSD diagnoses across population doubled after October 7 and continue to rise<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260901MG09-1024x640.jpg" title="After three years of war, Israeli kids bear the brunt of still-rising mental toll" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Israeli study finds 68% of young kids innately think like scientists</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the University of Patras, Greece, say that young children can be taught scientific reasoning if asked 'how' things work, not 'why'<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2024/09/F240901AVS37-1024x640.jpg" title="Israeli study finds 68% of young kids innately think like scientists" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Boy with rare brain-eating amoeba dies after Sea of Galilee swim</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/boy-with-rare-brain-eating-amoeba-dies-after-sea-of-galilee-swim/</link>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baruch Neriya, 9, from Pardes Hanna succumbs to Naegleria fowleri infection; amoeba, contracted through the nose, is rare but highly fatal; Israel has seen 3 cases in recent years<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/87676866.jpg" title="Boy with rare brain-eating amoeba dies after Sea of Galilee swim" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Blood glucose levels are lower when you eat with a loved one &#8212; Israeli study</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/blood-glucose-levels-are-lower-when-you-eat-with-a-loved-one-israeli-study/</link>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Sheba Medical Center researchers show that human bonding helps basic body functions; findings can help treat diabetes and other metabolic conditions<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/image006-e1790162651187-1024x640.png" title="Blood glucose levels are lower when you eat with a loved one &#8212; Israeli study" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Eau de mom: Israeli study shows how a mother’s scent comforts premature babies</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/eau-de-mom-israeli-study-shows-how-a-mothers-scent-comforts-premature-babies/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA['Close to the Heart,' an initiative at two Israeli NICUs, uses smell to ease physical and emotional separation between mother and newborn, reducing stress and strengthening vitals<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/iStock-475485850-1024x640.jpg" title="Eau de mom: Israeli study shows how a mother’s scent comforts premature babies" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Golan Druze increasingly embrace Israel, reject Syria in seismic shift triggered by tragedy</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/golan-druze-increasingly-embrace-israel-reject-syria-in-seismic-shift-triggered-by-tragedy/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After decades of identifying as Syrian, community that saw kids killed by Hezbollah rocket and brethren massacred by forces controlling Damascus pivots toward 'protector' Israel<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260523MG10-1024x640.jpg" title="Golan Druze increasingly embrace Israel, reject Syria in seismic shift triggered by tragedy" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Sea of Galilee beaches stay open despite recent brain-eating amoeba infection</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/sea-of-galilee-beaches-stay-open-despite-recent-brain-eating-amoeba-infection/</link>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health Ministry official says 'everyone will decide what they want to do,' with area expecting influx of visitors over holidays; no wave of hotel cancellations recorded after boy hospitalized<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/F260802MG06-e1788867465589-1024x640.jpg" title="Sea of Galilee beaches stay open despite recent brain-eating amoeba infection" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>$60 Israeli blood test can detect stage 2-4 lung cancer with 93% accuracy, study shows</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/60-israeli-blood-test-can-detect-stage-2-4-lung-cancer-with-93-accuracy-study-shows/</link>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tel Aviv University researchers develop simple chip that skips DNA sequencing; findings can pave the way for earlier cancer diagnostics and real-time treatment monitoring <figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/1.-Illustration-of-the-new-blood-test-which-uses-a-DNA-chip-to-detect-the-tumors-biological-fingerprint-1024x640.jpeg" title="$60 Israeli blood test can detect stage 2-4 lung cancer with 93% accuracy, study shows" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>1,370 doctors left Israel over past 3 years, research finds, the equivalent of a hospital</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/1370-doctors-left-israel-over-past-3-years-research-finds-the-equivalent-of-a-hospital/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tel Aviv University researchers document extensive brain drain in 2023-2025, with a fivefold increase over previous decade in annual departures of physicians who haven't returned<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/06/F260608AVS03-1024x640.jpg" title="1,370 doctors left Israel over past 3 years, research finds, the equivalent of a hospital" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Boy in critical condition with rare ‘brain-eating amoeba’ after Sea of Galilee swim</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/boy-in-critical-condition-with-rare-brain-eating-amoeba-after-sea-of-galilee-swim/</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 11:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nine-year-old hospitalized in intensive care unit as Health Ministry identifies infection caused by rare, potentially fatal Naegleria fowleri
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        <title>Israeli scientists find &#8216;multitasking&#8217; gene controls mood and metabolism in mice</title>
		<link>https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-scientists-find-multitasking-gene-controls-mood-and-metabolism-in-mice/</link>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weizmann Institute researchers show Orthopedia gene plays critical role throughout life after aiding in-utero brain development; study may help treatment of anxiety and metabolic disorders<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/08/smartiesWeiz-e1788093789587-1024x640.jpg" title="Israeli scientists find &#8216;multitasking&#8217; gene controls mood and metabolism in mice" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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        <title>Eleven Israeli researchers awarded prestigious EU starting grants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tel Aviv University, Bar-Ilan University, Weizmann Institute, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Technion scholars to receive over $18 million in total European Research Council funds<figure><img src="https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2026/09/3432434-1024x640.jpg" title="Eleven Israeli researchers awarded prestigious EU starting grants" border="0" width="160" height="100" class="type:primaryImage"></figure>]]></description>
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