Emotional stress

A cardiologist warns: This is what needs to be done these days to prevent a heart event

A cardiologist explains how prolonged stress affects the cardiovascular system and what can be done to maintain health even during periods of security-related tension.

Stress itself also has a direct effect on the cardiovascular system
A cup of coffee

Should you drink another cup of coffee during the stressful hours between the sirens?

High cortisol levels are associated with a tendency to accumulate belly fat

Gain weight and feel more stressed? Here is how to solve it

Sweet potatoes

Want to reduce stress? Here’s the sweet potato tip


This is the most effective and simple tool for calming

In days of sirens and ongoing alertness, the body enters a survival state and secretes stress hormones, but short physical activity may help balance the system and reduce tension.

Sometimes even a short time of movement is enough to activate the body’s balancing mechanisms

How sirens and prolonged stress affect breathing

Nearly one million Israelis live with chronic lung diseases such as asthma and COPD, and for them the current security reality, which has already lasted almost two weeks, may worsen their condition.

It is known that stress is one of the factors that can lead to asthma flare-ups

Stress affects facial skin: The recipe that always works for calming

Prolonged mental stress may damage the skin’s natural protective barrier and lead to dryness, redness and sensitivity, and may even worsen conditions such as acne, eczema and rosacea.

Many people report that during stressful periods their skin becomes more sensitive, dry or reddish

Stressed? This is the sign that appears on your face, and it can be eliminated

Our skin absorbs the tension and reacts accordingly with various outbreaks. An expert explains why you must clean your smartphone every day, and why you should reduce dairy products.

Acne can be eliminated

Between a siren and stressful news: How to strengthen mental resilience at home

The news and the sirens activate the body in a prolonged survival state. A mindfulness expert explains how it is possible to regulate thoughts, reduce stress and create emotional stability at home.

Practicing mindfulness

Waking up from sirens? This is the health impact on sleep

Lack of sleep harms almost every system in the body: From concentration and memory to hunger hormones, metabolism and the ability to cope with stress.

Lack of sleep harms almost every system in the body

This vitamin is most effective in reducing anxiety – and most of you don’t know it

Studies point to a link between magnesium deficiency and higher anxiety levels, and to its role in regulating the nervous system and the stress hormone.

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The big mistake you make when waking up to alarms at night

If you woke up because of an alarm and had a small snack – that is not what will make you gain weight. What matters is the overall pattern.

The problem begins when it turns into a large, unplanned amount, especially of foods high in sugar and fat

When stress comes out through the jaw: The simple treatment for teeth grinding

Ongoing security stress heightens jaw clenching and teeth grinding, causing pain, wear, and sleep issues, with new effective treatments now available beyond night guards.

When stress is not released appropriately, it is expressed through intense activation of the jaw muscles

Dr. Maya Rosman: This is one of the most severe stress phenomena

You don’t see it – but it accumulates in your body – and one of the reasons is stress. And who among us isn’t under pressure right now?

Abdominal fat