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Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine

Israel Research Finds Cannabis Reduces Blood Pressure in Older Adults

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The study is the first of its kind to focus on the effect of cannabis on blood pressure, heart rate, and metabolic parameters in adults aged 60 and above with hypertension.

Featured / Israel / Health and Medicine

Israeli Research Finds Cannabis Can Ease Symptoms of Autism

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.

Israel / Health and Medicine

Three Israeli Hospitals Break Newborn Birth Records in July

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

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.

Government / News Briefs / France / Religious & Secular in Israel / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Israeli Professor to Lead Int'l Congress on Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A leading professor at Soroka Medical Center leads a cutting-edge four-day conference set to begin in France on the issue of recurrent pregnancy loss.

IDF & Security / Global / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Ethiopian Doctor Who Lit Yom Ha'Atzmaut Torch Heads IDF Team in Nepal

By Jewish Press Staff

Dr. Avi Yitzchak, the first Ethiopian doctor in Israel, also saved victims of the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.

Israel / News Briefs / Science and Tech

Soroka: At the Front During the War, at the Forefront in Medical Care

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

On the Gaza border, Soroka treated hundreds of wounded soldiers and moved its entire NICU to a shelter during OPE.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Sapir College Director Wounded in Gaza Rocket Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Dr. Nachmi Paz, 71, director of Sapir College in Sderot, was wounded Friday in a rocket barrage launched by terrorists in Gaza.

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs

Yet Another Jewish Org Poised to Honor a BDS Enthusiast (video)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

American Friends of Soroka Medical Center are giving an award at their gala to Mandy Patinkin, an American Jewish celebrity who supports economic warfare against Jews living and working in Judea and Samaria.

IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Captain Ziv Shilon Awakens, Salutes Following Attack

By Malkah Fleisher

Captain Ziv Shilon, who was taken to Soroka Medical Center in critical condition after being wounded by a Hamas bomb in the Kissufim area near Gaza on Tuesday regained consciousness on Wednesday, saluting his commander with the arm doctors are fighting to save.

News Briefs

Two Women Run Over in Two Different Israeli Cities When Standing at Attention for Yom HaShoah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Walla News reports that a 64-year-old woman was run over by a car Thursday morning, Yom HaShoah, on King Shaul Street in Be'er Sheva, as she was standing at attention during the memorial siren. She was trapped, unconscious, under the car that hit her and was rescued by MDA teams. The woman was rushed to […]

Israel / Jewish / Global

Israeli Innovation: Blood Test to Detect Multiple Cancer Types

By Tibbi Singer

A new method in development at Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University will offer early detection using infrared light. Preliminary tests show 90% rate of success.

Serials

Persuaded - Chapter II

By Barbara Bensoussan

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