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It will provide access to research for scholars seeking new treatment methods, create shared national databases and distribute information to decision-makers, health-care professionals and the general public.
The University and Dr. Erel Margalit, founder and chairman of Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) announce partnership which will use the vehicle of digital health to create thousands of new jobs in Haifa, Israel’s third-largest city.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Arab volunteer first responders on Wednesday participated in an emergency drilled in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Zur Bahr.
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Israel’s electronic medical records account for 98 percent of the population, going back two decades. The Israeli government recently launched a national project that will invest $272 million in digital health initiatives over the next five years.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Police came to the Ultra-Orthodox man's house on Shabbat to inform him that a life-saving Kidney had become available...
Refuah Sheleimah.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The research found that 15 out of every 1,000 babies born in non-hospital settings are at risk of death, compared to five out of every 1,000 babies born in hospitals.
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After a several-year delay, Teva received U.S. approval for its EpiPen in August 2018, but Schultz said more “validations” were mandated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, which it has completed.
“During pregnancy, the [placenta] membrane prevents the fetus from being rejected from the womb and vice versa, and allows them to coexist."
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Cannabis administered as a treatment for autism spectrum disorders appears to be well-tolerated, and can serve as a safe and effective option to relieve symptoms including seizures, tics, depression, restlessness and rage attacks for patients under the age of 18.
By Ken Stephens
Neuroscientists at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer discovered a drug that has the potential to cure terminally ill patients suffering from Glioblastoma (GBM).
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We consider ourselves a pharma-grade cannabis leader and the major market for pharma players is Nasdaq,” said InterCure controlling shareholder Alex Rabinovitch.
Mutombo, who played 18 seasons for the NBA, spearheaded and helped fund the creation of the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital in 2007 – the first modern medical facility to be built in decades on the outskirts of his hometown, the Congolese capital of Kinshasa.
By Sandy Eller
The directive, issued last week by Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, went into effect on November 5th.
“Non-vaccinated children are exposed to various diseases and may lead to outbreaks of infectious diseases which could end in death.”
The Sheba Summit 2018 focused on “The Future Hospital: Setting Strategies for 2030 and Beyond."
Revolutionary drug-free, soft silicone device called NozNoz mechanically diverts smells from olfactory receptors in the nose, which can help curb appetite and change metabolism.
By JNi.Media
In Jerusalem day blindness affects 1 in every 5,000 people.
However the story does not end there. It has an astounding conclusion . . .
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A convert to Judaism who, with her late husband, Paul, author of "An Orphan in History,'' helped many assimilated Jews to seek out their Jewish heritage.
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BioTheryX recently bought the rights to this promising drug from HU’s technology transfer company Yissum.
“Transcranial magnetic stimulation has shown its potential to help patients suffering from depression and headaches.”
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The Health Ministry's Director General said there are 242 other patients suspected of contracting Leptospirosis.
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"Moving slowly, we managed to use the endoscope to grab the nail, transfer it to the stomach and then pull it out through the esophagus," Dr. On related.
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According to statistics taken in 2016, Israel has a fertility rate of 3.11 children per mother—the highest fertility rate in the developed world.
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28% of people with disabilities who were exposed to war and terror were particularly at risk of developing post-traumatic symptoms, compared to 11% of people with disabilities who were not exposed.
There is concern that if they return home to Syria, Assad will jail or murder them.
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The White Helmets have been the target of a disinformation campaign by Syrian and Russian regime propaganda outlets
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Rabbi Avrumi Getz, author of Meshiv La'Shoel, is known as the most prolific promoter of the teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in America.
By Josh Hasten
Several times a year, groups of Americans from various emergency agencies arrive to spend a week in classroom training and fieldwork alongside their Israeli counterparts. Then they take their new skills back home.
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Attorney Ella Skat of the ITIM Institute asked, “Why not compel mohalim to carry malpractice insurance?”
Save a Child’s Heart has treated 5000 children from 57 countries since being founded in the mid-1990s, including 2000 patients from the Gaza Strip and Judea and Samaria.
“We are afraid to admit mammography has failed us, because it’s all we have to offer to screen for breast cancer."
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The report pins on Israel the full responsibility for the dying Gaza infants crisis, because it has imposed a strict blockade on the Hamas ruled Gaza Strip.
An elite medical team of consisting plastic surgeons, burn specialists and nurses from Sheba Medical Center's Israel Center for Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Response flew to the Central American nation of Guatemala last weekend, to tend to the growing number of people who have been victimized by the eruption of the Fuega volcano. The medical […]
The Sheba Innovation Center will allow seamless integration between innovators, scientists, startups, high-level developers, large corporate companies, investors, and academia-all under one roof.
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The Health Ministry will soon submit for the committee’s approval a directive extending the smoking ban in bars and restaurants.
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In the settlement of Itamar Health Ministry officials have encountered resistance even when the vaccine was intended to prevent the infection of neighbors.
Sheba Medical Center - In Israel and around the world.
By Ken Stephens
80% of the patients who were given this unique treatment showed a significant decrease in pain and 30% of the patients within the 80% were actually pain free.
The largest hospital in Israel and the Middle East, has the best specialists in Israel too...
By Ken Stephens
Sheba Medical Center trains doctors from Nigeria, Zambia, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Uganda, Tanzania, and Niger.
By Ken Stephens
New diagnostic oncology tech cuts patient waiting time from 3 months to 2 weeks.
The South African-born doctor heads the Sheba Pancreatic Cancer Center and the Pancreatic Cancer Translational Research Laboratory
For Dr. David Mishali, who heads the International Congenital Heart Center within Sheba's Safra Children's Hospital, the mission to save these fragile youngsters is part of his daily routine as both a top surgeon and medical diplomat.
Prof. Varda Shoshan-Barmatz is developing a novel molecule for the treatment of cancer that may have the ability to reprogram cancer cells back to normal-like cells.
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Researchers at the Hebrew University found a link between prolonged use of drugs containing acetaminophen (paracetamol or Tylenol) during pregnancy, and increased risk of autism spectrum disorder and ADHD.
Last year, the Israel Space Agency signed an agreement with the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to use its expertise in the examination of deep space radiation effects and its absorption in the human body.
The issue had been the topic of stiff disagreement, particularly from police, who feared the deal would facilitate criminals’ ability to transport and deal drugs.
Netanyahu was admitted for tests suffering from coughing fits and a high fever.
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"The interest of global companies is very great. I have already met with many of them. They all want to come here, and rightly so. They see this as a new direction."
Here are five Israeli companies to watch...
A most disturbing aspect to anti-vaccination groups is that debunked frauds and misinformation are routinely treated as fact.
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"We very much value independent and critical thinking, but we also need some common sense and humility."
During the 2016-17 school year, 18 percent of Israeli elementary school age children were obese.
“This will deliver Israeli innovation and technology for the good of the British people,” UK Ambassador David Quarrey said.
“The powder can be integrated into many food products and enrich their nutritional values, give them a refreshing apple flavor and turn them into a superfood.”
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In a surgery that lasted 12 hours, a multidisciplinary team of more than 30 doctors and nurses removed a tumor from a patient's mouth and reconstructed part of her jawbone to fit in the gap.
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The battery, from a toy, caused an ulcer in the stomach of 10-month-old baby Ram.
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"The sewage reaches the beaches of Ashkelon and Ashdod, but first it pollutes our own beaches."
Israel’s northern region has been hit with an unprecedented rabies epidemic in recent months.
"I consider it a victory and another sign that Israeli society, which supports the community, is fed up with the conservative vision of the politicians.”
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BaMidbar will allow young Jewish adults to “challenge themselves emotionally, intellectually and spiritually by embarking on individualized journeys of self-discovery and healing.”
Asher Elmaliach was stabbed in the heart by a terrorist.
United Hatzalah has developed new emergency communication technologies that interface with the latest cellular communications networks.
The infant was taken to Sheba hospital.
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Physicians in the United States rack up some $200,000 in debt by the time they complete their studies, and they will never be able to pay it off while earning a military salary in Israel.
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Sherman has donated a record $50 million to the United Jewish Appeal. He built a major addition to the geriatric Baycrest center, as well as to other Toronto-area community centers and hospitals.
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The Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer, just east of Tel Aviv, Israel's largest medical facility, is home to the largest percentage of clinical research in Israel conducted at a single hospital.
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Clinical studies using PLacental eXpanded cells demonstrated significant muscle regeneration, including a 300% improvement in muscle volume and a 500% boost in muscle force after surgery compared to a control group.
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In the years since the Syrian civil war began, in 2011, area sick and pregnant women were admitted in a field hospital set up by the IDF for the Israel-aligned rebels and their families on the Israeli border.
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"The studies are not frontal in the sense of lectures, but include a lot of self-observation, and assimilation of materials in a practical and experiential way."
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The report claims that during the decade of the blockade there has been an increase of half a million civilians in Gaza, without any improvement in services. Instead, poverty, unemployment and the decline in purchasing power have increased dramatically.
“The fact that an Israeli doctor was elected to the most prestigious role in the world of medicine . . . is very very significant."
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"When we integrate more and more women into combat units, we must make sure that they are consciously willing to volunteer, precisely because their injury rates are so much higher."
“The State of Israel invests, correctly, tens of millions of shekels a year on security. But we have failed at saving 8,000 people who die annually from smoking-related illnesses."
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It’s an emotionally grinding drill that was all too familiar to Arele and David Weingarten, when their mother, Miriam succumbed to the disease after prolonged cancer treatment.
Health Ministry denial: “We don’t know anything about such a meeting, or any others by this patient with [other] patients in the hospital system in Israel.”
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The Pope criticizes Europe's attitude about the migration of asylum seekers from the Middle east.
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Miriam Ballin, a native of Houston and the Director of United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit leads the mission.
"After years of being ashamed and staying at home, unable to work and unwilling to show my hand to people, I have finally been given some hope of my life returning to the way it used to be."
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The Israeli government energy-related ministries and the US Department of Energy deepen their cooperation in research and development by tripling their budget threefold, according to a press release of the Ministry of Energy. The two governments will jointly invest an additional $8 million in energy research and development, in addition to the $4 million already invested […]
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There are currently about 200 illegal burning sites, scattered from the southern Hebron hills to northern Samaria.
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Elbit has been very successful in selling the Hermes 900 abroad, including 6 units to replace Switzerland's 15 Ruag Rangers by 2019.
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"We discovered a 4-cm-wide ulcer on the right side of the tongue, which raised an immediate suspicion that it was a cancerous tumor," Explained Dr. Abu al-Na'aj.
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This collapse comes in the wake of the world's biggest generic drugs maker attempt to dominate its market with a $40.5 billion acquisition of Allergan's generics business last year. It was a bad call.
"We are focused on executing meaningful cost reductions, rationalizing our assets and maximizing their value."
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He could have chosen the easy service offered to an outstanding athlete. He preferred, instead, to serve as a combat soldier in the Sayeret Egoz special forces unit.
“We believe that this transaction will yield important benefits for NeuroDerm’s shareholders and the Parkinson’s disease patients who urgently need new therapies."
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The number of rare ibexes that have been killed at the Nahal Ashalim Nature Reserve has risen to 8.
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The results of the study show that people with ASD reported unpleasant sensations when they watched social touch, compared to people without ASD.
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In other words, since Mahmoud Abbas is freezing payments to Egypt and Israel for fuel and electric supply, Israel should make up the difference out of its own pocket.
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Yoav Lewy added a reasonable tone to the discussion, writing, 'Primitive filth. There are other ways to deal with the problem before you start killing animals.'
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'Why was it necessary to take the body to the institute? After all, he was not the driver. He was sitting in the back seat.'
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'Our goal now is to understand in full the mechanism of the mutation we found, so that we can express it and enable longevity while maintaining quality of life.'
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Potential for regenerative medicine and cancer research earns doctoral student Ido Sagi a Kaye Innovation Award.
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Prof. Yuval Dor and Dr. Ruth Shemer received the Kaye Innovation Award for developing a way to detect specific tissue damage from a blood sample. It can save lives.
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'I reminded the captain that I was also a doctor and told the flight attendant to let me know if the passenger's condition was getting worse.'
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'Insulin sensitivity is improving and we are about to launch the first clinical trial in humans.'
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An official ceremony at 8 PM will include a message from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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