Tag Archive for Medicine

| March 10, 2014
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Genetic mutation causing disease in Moroccan Jews identified by Israeli researchers

 

Ben-Gurion University researchers found that 1 in 37 Moroccan Jews carries 1 of the 2 mutations of the gene PCCA 2, that causes severe mental retardation & epilepsy in infants.

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Researchers from Ben-Gurion University in Be’er Sheva have identified the genetic mutation behind a hereditary disease that causes epilepsy and severe developmental delays among Moroccan Jews.

It all comes down to a simple blood test (illustrative).

In light of the high carrier rate for the disorder, screening for the disease will likely be added to the routine genetic testing offered to couples of Moroccan Jewish heritage. – Photo: Dreamstime

The disease, which the researchers are calling Progressive cerebello-cerebral Atrophy, type 2, is caused by mutations in the VPS53 gene.

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| February 27, 2014
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20 American dentists planning aliya take Israel’s theoretical exam in New Jersey

 

Health Ministry sends Israel’s chief of dental medicine to U.S. to supervise theoretical exam towards obtaining an Israeli Dental License by those planning Aliya.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

 

For the second time in three years, the Health Ministry sent its head of dental medicine to the US to supervise the theoretical exam toward obtaining a dental license by those who plan aliya.

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Dentists who took the exam in New Jersey. – Photo: SHAHAR AZRA

Dr. Shlomo Zusman went to New Jersey to preside on Monday over the exam, the same exam given to Israeli dental school graduates this week but in English. Continue Reading »

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| January 28, 2014
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Ynet EXCLUSIVE: Medical marijuana requests in Israel to go online next week

 

New Health Ministry website will allow patients to seek immediate doctor’s approval for use of medical cannabis, a process that until now, unfortunately, has taken months.

Dr. Itay Gal

 

Israel’s war on medical marijuana seems to be coming to an end: Ynet has learned that the Health Ministry will next week launch a new website for patients to make an online request for cannabis to treat their illnesses. The website aims to make a significant dent in waiting times for treatment, with requests going immediately to medical experts for approval.

Even as far back as the 1800s, scientists realized that marijuana had many beneficial effects. - IsraelandStuff/PP

Scientists realized back in the 1800’s that marijuana had beneficial medical effects.

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| January 9, 2014
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IDF’s elite counter-terrorism unit welcomes 1st female combat doctor

 

Dr. Shani joins the Duvdevan counter-terrorism unit as the 1st combat doctor, winning over 3 male physician for the position.

Dr. Shani: “I can’t wait to go out into the field with the other soldiers”.

Unit commander: ‘Don’t mess with her.’

Eran Navon

The commander of the Israel Defense Forces Duvdevan counterterrorism unit welcomed the first female combat doctor to join an elite unit at a ceremony on Sunday.

Dr. Shani joins the Duvdevan elite unit as a combat doctor, the first time a woman has been chosen for the position – Photo: Maya Baumel-Berger

“This is the unit’s new doctor.

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| December 25, 2013
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Tel Aviv Researcher Discovered Protein That Could Serve as Powerful Antibiotic

Israeli Researcher at Tel Aviv University’s Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Discovers Protein That Could Replace Conventional Antibiotics & Kill Bacteria.

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In the frantic “arms race” between bacteria and modern medicine, bacteria have gained an edge. In recent decades, bacterial resistance to antibiotics has developed faster than the production of new antibiotics, making bacterial infections increasingly difficult to treat. Scientists worry that a particularly virulent and deadly “superbug” could one day join the ranks of existing untreatable bacteria, causing a public health catastrophe comparable with the Black Death.

Bacteria spheres 3d illustration – Photo: Bigstock

Now research led by Doctor Udi Qimron of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine has discovered a protein that kills bacteria.

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| December 24, 2013
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Israeli researchers’ breakthrough for treating bacterial infection.

Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers’ breakthrough discovery could lead to new ways of combating bacterial infection.

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Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have for the first time worked out how even non-antibiotic resistant bacteria survive antibiotic treatment. The study, which was published this week in the journal Nature Communications, could pave the way for improved therapies for treating bacterial infection.

A petri dish with bacteria culture (illustrative)

A petri dish with bacteria culture (illustrative) – Photo: Dreamstime

The problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics has preoccupied many scientists for years. Aside from bacteria that have undergone mutations, making them resistant to antibiotics, another kind of bacterium exists as well, which is inherently unaffected by antibiotic treatment, called “persistent bacteria.” Continue Reading »

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| December 18, 2013
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Sheba Medical Center save Syrian refugee boy’s life in heart surgery

 

First time ever: 4 yr-old Syrian boy with a rare heart condition undergoes life-saving surgery at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center.

After the successful surgery, the boys father was quoted as saying, “The Israeli doctors saved his life and I am happy to have met this country.”

By Adi Rubinstein

 

 

A 4-year-old Syrian refugee from the besieged city of Homs underwent surgery recently at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, the first time a Syrian has been operated on at the pediatric cardiology ward.

Heart-warming success: 4-year-old Syrian heart patient Mohammed Hamudi with his father and Dr.

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| December 16, 2013
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Amazing New & Successful Help for the Infertile

 

The “Embryoscope” being used in Rehovot has increased by an additional & impressive 11%, the success in achieving pregnancy in women with fertility problems.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
 
After yearning for a baby for 15 years and numerous attempts at pregnancy, an Israeli couple have had a healthy baby – Shai-Li Vazana – with help from a device called an “embryoscope” at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. She was the first Israeli to be born thanks to the device, which raises the success rates of in-vitro fertilization (IVF).

SMILING MOTHER Miri holds her newborn son – Photo: Courtesy

Experts said the device has increased by an impressive 11 percent the success in achieving a pregnancy in couples with fertility problems.

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| December 11, 2013
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Jewish women live longest – New Immigrants more prone to illnesses

 

 

Israel’s Health Ministry presented new figures revealing major gaps in Israeli society: While some enjoy high life expectancy with access to doctors & crucial treatments, other suffer from diabetes, heart diseases & obesity.

By Yaron Kelner

Want to be healthy? You have a better chance of that if you’re a Jewish educated and wealthy native Israeli woman living in central Israel . According to figures compiled by the Central Bureau of Statistics and published by the Health Ministry, Arabs live less, new immigrants are more prone to illnesses and the lower socioeconomic classes eat less healthy food.

Israeli operating theater

Israeli operating theater – Israel Today

The data were presented ahead of a conference titled: “Health System Deals with Inequality.” Continue Reading »

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| December 10, 2013
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Israeli Doctors Warn: Don’t use Vaporizers

Israeli pediatricians have come out and began a campaign to warn parents against humidifiers & vaporizers as ineffective & potentially deadly.

By Maayana Miskin

 

The Israel Pediatric Association has issued a strong warning against the use of vaporizers (humidifiers) in children’s bedrooms, Kikar Hashabat reports.

Many parents use such machines during the winter in hopes of easing or preventing coughs and other respiratory illness.

Doctors warned that not only is there no proof that the machines are effective, but they can actually pose a health risk – and at times, can even prove fatal.

The threat that has pediatricians worried is Legionnaires’ disease, a potentially fatal illness caused by a bacteria carried by amoeba that grow in stagnant water. Continue Reading »

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| November 20, 2013
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Israeli doctors unable to save Hamas PM’s granddaughter, returns to Gaza ‘clinically dead’

Israeli Doctors in Petah Tikva deemed 1yr-old Amal Haniyeh’s chances of survival slim, before returning her home to Gaza.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The granddaughter of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh was returned from an Israeli hospital to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday reportedly in a state of “clinical death” after Israeli doctors were unable to save her, AFP cited Palestinian sources as saying Monday.

Haniyeh speaks in front of the 'Mavi Marmara,' Mon

Haniyeh speaks in front of the ‘Mavi Marmara,’ Mon – Photo: REUTERS/Osman Orsal

The one-year-old Amal Haniyeh was admitted in serious condition to Schneider Children’s Medical Center for Israel in Petah Tikva on Sunday after being diagnosed with an acute digestive tract infection, source in Gaza said. Continue Reading »

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| November 20, 2013
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New Eardoc Device Stops Earache in Seconds

A new Israeli device called The EarDoc can improve the quality of life for sufferers of earaches.

 

For years, eleven-year-old Lee Jorbin suffered with chronic, painful earache. Recently, she began using a new Israeli device, the Eardoc, which releases air and fluids trapped inside the ear, rapidly curing inflammation.
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All her life, eleven-year-old Lee Jorbinsuffered from earache. “In summer”, remembers her mother Danit, “it was because she went swimming. In winter, colds and viruses brought it on. It was a kind of ritual.Every few weeks an earache erupted and Lee would stop normal activities, including school, and lie at home in pain, waiting for the storm to blow over”. Continue Reading »

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| November 18, 2013
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Gaza PM Ismail Haniyeh’s granddaughter transferred to Israeli hospital

 

Haniyeh’s granddaughter, 1 yr-old Aamal Haniyeh, was admitted to Petah Tikva hospital and later returned to Gaza after her condition could not be stabilized.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

The granddaughter of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh was transferred on Sunday to Schneider Medical Center in Petah Tikva for treatment, sources in the Gaza Strip confirmed. She returned to the Gaza Strip after her condition worsened.

Ismail Haniyeh during Friday prayers - Photo: Vahid Salemi/AP

Ismail Haniyeh during Friday prayers – Photo: Vahid Salemi/AP

The sources said that the girl, Amal, was in serious condition after being diagnosed with acute infection in the digestive system.

Amal is the daughter of Haniyeh’s oldest son, Abdel Salam, who confirmed on his Facebook account that his one-year-old daughter had been transferred to Israel. Continue Reading »

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| November 7, 2013
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Transcranial magnetic stimulation to activate underused neural connections.

With electromagnetics & metal caps, 2 Israeli companies aim to treat 10 diseases or disorders, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s & autism.

 

JERUSALEM (JTA) — It looks like a futuristic salon hair dryer.

Connected to a computer by a bright orange strip, the half-cube with rounded corners sits comfortably atop the head, a coil of wires resting on the skull.

The Israeli company Neuronix uses electromagnetic pulses to treat Alzheimer’s patients. (Neuronix)

The Israeli company Neuronix uses electromagnetic pulses to treat Alzheimer’s patients. (Neuronix)

As a doctor stands at the computer, the patient gets comfortable. A few seconds later, a brief electromagnetic pulse hits the head.

Do this every weekday for six weeks, doctors tell Alzheimer’s patients, and you’ll feel your brain come back to life. Continue Reading »

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| November 2, 2013
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American Jewish women giving birth later than others

Modern advances in reproductive medicine allows a viable pregnancy up to age 55 — which is good news for many American Jewish women, who generally have children later than other American women.

 

NEW YORK (JTA) — American Jewish women are giving birth later than other women, sometimes delaying childbearing into their late 30s or even 40s.

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The much-discussed Pew Research Center survey of American Jews released this month found that Jews aged 40 to 59 have an average of 1.9 children, compared to 2.2 children per adult among the same-age cohort of the general public.

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