Tag Archive for Medicine

| November 1, 2013
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Weizmann molecular biologist: ‘We have found the fountain of youth’

 

Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science have made a significant breakthrough in harnessing stem cells to create transplant organs. In an interview, the lead researcher went as far as positing that the breakthrough could open doors to the regeneration of human cells.

By Amir Mizroch

 

Scientists from the Weizmann Institute have made a significant breakthrough in harnessing stem cells to create transplant organs “made to order”, the institute reported on Thursday. And in an interview, the lead researcher went as far as positing that the breakthrough could open doors to the regeneration of human cells, sperm creation, gene therapy research, as well as genetic engineering and cross-species DNA melding.

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| October 27, 2013
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IDF’s Medics: 1st responders to wounded Syrians

 

Sgt. Mayan Yogev, is one of IDF’s 1st medic responder to wounded Syrians in need of immediate medical attention. ‘She grants every Syrian in need of help medical care without hesitation, as if they’re IDF soldiers,’ soldiers praise, ‘her goal is saving lives, regardless’

By Yoav Zitun

Sgt. Mayan Yogev is probably the busiest paramedic in the IDF: As part of her role as paramedic for the Nahal‘s scouting brigade, which patrols Israel’s Golan Heights on the Syrian border, she has become the IDF’s first responder along what has recently becomes Israel’s most pressing border region.

Seg. Yogev in the field - Photo courtesy

Seg. Yogev in the field – Photo courtesy

After a number of strenuous months, during which she took care of hundreds of wounded Syrians, she and her brothers in arms will head south for training. Continue Reading »

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| October 25, 2013
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Tanzania’s 1st Pediatric Heart Surgeon Returns Home

 

First pediatric open heart surgery performed in Tanzania by medical team trained in Israel.

By Adam Ross

 

The South-Eastern African state of Tanzania now has its first pediatric heart surgeon, after Dr Godwin Godfrey returned home following five years of training in Israel.

Joint team performs surgery in Tanzania – Photo: Save a Child’s Heart

The Israel based humanitarian project Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), organized Dr Godwin’s training in a landmark achievement that also saw it train a complete surgical team from a foreign state for the first time.

Since being established in 1995, SACH has trained doctors and nurses from all over the world and brought over 3,000 children to Israel from countries in Africa, South America, Europe, Asia, and throughout the Middle East, including the Palestinian Authority (PA), for life saving surgery at Holon’s Wolfson Medical Center. Continue Reading »

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| October 22, 2013
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Israelis Saving African Lives

Israeli medical teams volunteer to travel to various parts of Africa to provide life-saving heart treatment to thousands of suffering children.

By Ryan Jones

 

 

It is no longer unusual for Israelis to travel abroad to help the sick and needy around the world, as a team of 20 doctors and medical staff did on Sunday when they flew to Tanzania to provide free heart surgeries.

Israelis Saving African Lives

Israelis Saving African Lives – Israel Today

But it still creates a small swell of national pride when one reads of the latest humanitarian mission, especially for those of us who are believers and see in these missions the fulfillment of God’s commandment for Israel to be a blessing to the nations, not to mention Yeshua’s teachings on loving both your neighbors and your enemies. Continue Reading »

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| August 14, 2013
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End of an Era: Mercury Thermometers Banned in Israel

 

The Health Ministry in Israel, has banned the use of  sphygmomanometers (blood pressure monitors) & thermometers that use mercury.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

Remember when the glass thermometer your mother would use to figure out if you could stay home from school would be drop for some reason, and break — and and the little silver droplets of mercury would roll around the floor?

An Israeli health fund clinic

An Israeli health fund clinic – Photo courtesy

Those days are over.

In Israel, the end of an era has arrived: The Health Ministry has banned the use of thermometers and sphygmomanometers (blood pressure monitors) that use mercury, also known as “quicksilver” 

The directive was prompted by a decision issued earlier this year by the World Health Organization to minimize use of the elemental metal – mercury – which is poisonous when ingested. Continue Reading »

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| July 14, 2013
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Hebrew University method enables early detection of diabetics’ bleeding retinas

Localized leakage can be detected and treated by new method from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, using laser ablation, potentially minimizing damage & saving vision.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
 

 

Diabetics must be regularly examined by their ophthalmologist to look for leakage of blood inside the retinas of their eyes, which could result in blindness.
The grounds of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

The grounds of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.- Photo: Courtesy of the Hebrew University

Now the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s technology transfer arm, Yissum Research Development Company, has patented a method for detecting retinal microaneurysms that pose a high risk for leakage. The novel method will enable early diagnosis and treatment of the condition, potentially minimizing damage and saving vision.

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| June 29, 2013
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Israeli Rabbi Decrees: Grass is kosher if it’s medicinal

If grass is administered to relieve pain, then the person giving it is “performing a mitzvah,” and the person using the drug is using it “in a kosher fashion.”

By JTA

 

 

TEL AVIV (JTA) — An Israeli Orthodox rabbi ruled that distributing and smoking medicinal marijuana is kosher, but using weed for fun is forbidden.

Marijuana leaf - Photo Reuters

Marijuana leaf – Photo Reuters

Efraim Zalmanovich, the rabbi of Mazkeret Batia, a town south of Tel Aviv, made the distinction in a recent halachic ruling, NRG, the news site of the Maariv daily reported on Friday. Leading rabbis frequently weigh in on matters of reconciling halacha, or Jewish law, with modern living. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2013
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Israel Keeps You Beautiful With New ‘Seamless’ Incision Closure Technique

A revolutionary way to close incisions without staples or stitches, leaving a beautifully seamless closure, has been developed by an Israeli company.

By Hana Levi Julian, MSW, LCSW-R

 

 

An Israeli company has come up with a way to close incisions without stitches or staples, leaving a seamless closure.

IonMed Biowelding process

IonMed Biowelding process – Photo: courtesy of IonMed.com

The technology, IonMed Plasma Tissue Welding, uses a cold plasma biowelding device called the BioWeld1.  The system is designed and engineered to be reliable and easy to use. About the size of a shoebox, the device has a relatively small footprint. Intuitive; two different modes of operation. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2013
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Palestinian & IDF Medics Team Up…a Lot!

Once again, Israeli & Palestinian medics arrive at the scene of an accident where they work together with only one thing on their minds, to save lives.

By IDFblog.com

Yesterday, a young Palestinian man was struck by a car while riding his donkey in the village of Huwwara, near Nablus. To save his life, IDF paramedics and Magen David Adom – an Israeli civilian volunteer organization – joined together with the Palestinian police and the Red Crescent.

Medics of the IDF, Magen David Adom, the Red Crescent and the Palestinian police treat a Palestinian patient

Medics of the IDF, Magen David Adom, Red Crescent and Palestinian Police treat a Palestinian patient. – Photo courtesy: IDF blog.com

 

One of the first on the scene was IDF paramedic 2nd Lt. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2013
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Israeli & Jordanian students learn Medicine to save lives together

After 3 years of studies, joint Jordanian & Israeli emergency medical program at the Ben Gurion University, graduates their first class of  paramedics, in the hope it will increase Israel-Arab cooperation in natural disasters or other regional emergencies.

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit

 

 

 

Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) graduated its first class of Jordanian and Israeli students who completed a special joint-emergency medicine BA program earlier this year. The first graduating class at the Israel-Jordan Academic Emergency Medicine Collaboration included 54 graduates who spent three years studying emergency medicine and medical response.

Dr. Mohammed al-Hadid at left signing diplomas with BGU Rector Prof. Zvi Hacohen Photo: Yoav Galai

Dr. Mohammed al-Hadid at left signing diplomas with BGU Rector Prof.

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| May 9, 2013
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P.A. Health Minister in historic visit to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital

P.A.’s Minister of Health, Dr. Hani Abdeen, visits patients at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital & emphasized the importance of cooperation in teaching, healing & research.

By JTA

 

JERUSALEM — A Palestinian Authority minister of health visited Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem reportedly for the first time.

Palestinian Authority Minister of Health Dr. Hani Abdeen visits eight-year-old Sarah Ghanem. a patient in the Pediatric Hemato-Oncology Department, from the village of Durah, near Hebron

Palestinian Authority Minister of Health Dr. Hani Abdeen visits eight-year-old Sarah Ghanem. a patient in the Pediatric Hemato-Oncology Department, from the village of Durah, near Hebron – Photo: .Hadassah.org

 

Dr. Hanu Abdeen, accompanied by other senior officials from the Palestinian Authority, visited the hospital on Sunday and met some of the dozens of Palestinian physicians who are doing their residency training there. Continue Reading »

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| April 28, 2013
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Iraqi children come to Israel for heart surgery

 

‘Save a Child’s Heart’, 

an Israel-based int’l organization, coordinates arrival of children, 1, 4 & 5 at a time to the Israeli hospital.

180 Iraqi children have been treated in Israeli operating rooms in past decade.

By Omri Efraim

 

Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar approved Sunday the arrival of three Iraqi children – aged one, four and five – to Israel, in order to receive lifesaving medical care at the Edith Wolfson Medical Center in Holon. The three are expected to arrive at the Israeli hospital within the next few days.

שאמה ואמה. הגיעו מעיראק בסיוע עמותת "הצל לבו של ילד" (צילום: שילה שלהבת)

Shama and her mother, from Iraq – Photo: Sheila Shalhevet

Sa’ar approved the children’s entrance to the country on grounds of humanitarian aid, promoted by Save a Child’s Heart, an Israel-based international project, which has so far coordinated cardiac surgeries for some 3,000 children from 44 countries. Continue Reading »

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| April 11, 2013
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Haifa’s Rambam Hospital Teaches Int’l Teams to Treat Trauma Victims

Last week 26 doctors, nurses & hospital administrators from 17 countries participated in a unique medical seminar at Rambam Hospital’s Health Care Campus.

By David Lev

 

Last week 26 doctors, nurses and hospital administrators from 17 countries completed a unique seminar at Rambam Health Care Campus. The two-week course, held with Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs , has a simple–– and essential ––goal: to share Rambam’s rich experience and knowhow in treating trauma victims with medical personnel worldwide.

The course consists of lectures, workshops, simulations and tours throughout Rambam and Israel. All prepare attendees to build systems for treating victims of disaster –– both natural and manmade–– in their own countries. Continue Reading »

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| January 25, 2013
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TAU Medical Researchers Develop New Treatment for Stroke

Medical researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered a new treatment for stroke & other brain damage that can help even months after the event.

By Hana Levi Julian, MSW, LCSW-R

 

A doctor at Tel Aviv University has come up with a new treatment for stroke and other issues that can restore significant neurological function even years after the initial event.

Dr. Shai Efrati, a member of TAU’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine, theorized that high levels of oxygen could reinvigorate dormant neurons in brain tissue chronically damaged by stroke, traumatic brain injury and metabolic disorder.

The conditions are major causes of brain damage and permanent disabilities such as motor dysfunction, psychological problems, memory loss, outright dementia and more. Continue Reading »

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| January 17, 2013
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Licensed U.S. Doctors can now practice in Israel without retaking medical exam

Israeli citizens who went to the U.S. for school and immigrant American doctors will no longer be required to retake medical licensing exam.

 

The Knesset Labor, Welfare and Health Committee voted Wednesday to exempt Israelis who studied medicine abroad, as well as immigrant physicians, from the Israeli medical licensing exam if they have passed the U.S. licensing exams.

Medical students at Hadera’s Hillel Yaffe hospital

The committee also approved the retroactive licensing of any physician who has passed the U.S. exam, the USMLE, during the past 10 years. However, the committee also ruled that candidates who failed the Israeli medical exam cannot take the USMLE instead. Continue Reading »

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