What impact does heightening heart patients' awareness of cardiac rehabilitation have on their level of responsiveness, morbidity, quality of life and three-year mortality rate? A study is now being conducted to specify the factors that encourage patients to participate in cardiac rehabilitation and the factors that prevent them from doing so.

The Inter-ministerial Expert Committee on Carcinogens will recommend limiting exposure to compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL) because of the UV radiation they emit. People exposed to CFL for more than one hour a day, should be at least 30 cm (12 inches) from an unencapsulated bulb. This does not contradict the trend to replace incandescent bulbs with CFLs in order to save electricity, as saving electricity reduces air pollution, which is a proven health risk.

The multi-disciplinary Social Justice group, which includes senior health officials and researchers, has begun its second decade of activities at the Gertner Institute. In 2009-10 the group will focus on Individual Responsibility versus Social Responsibility. For many years, the debate on health services in Israeli society has centered on "What does the State owe us?" Now, we will examine our responsibility, as individuals and as a society, to look after our own health.