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Israeli Medical NGO Treats Its 5,000th Child
One-year-old Fatma is crying in her hospital bed, and for good reason – she’s hungry. She hasn’t eaten since the evening before, in preparation for the open-heart surgery she’s going to be wheeled into any minute. Her mother, Balkis, is trying to soothe her. Nineteen years ago, she herself was in a similar position, waiting at the very same hospital — Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel — … [Read More....]
Patients Of The Future Will Be Treated By Virtual Doctors
Home checkup kits will arrive at home by drone, carrying devices to draw and analyze blood. Sensors placed around the house will monitor gait and transmit information on the status of back trouble. Smartphones will be able to check eyesight, breath or voice to scan for specific ills. Should anything be amiss, the virtual doctor would schedule an appointment with the relevant professional. … [Read More....]
Cutting Edge New Devices Sure To Change Everything
Medical devices that could disrupt the healthcare field will be among the cutting-edge technologies to be revealed at the 18th annual MIXiii-Biomed Conference and Exhibition, May 14-16 in Tel Aviv. More than 1,000 scientists, key opinion leaders, entrepreneurs and investors from 45 countries are expected to join 5,000 Israeli counterparts at the event. Sessions will explore topics such as … [Read More....]
Israeli Biotech Startup Combines Immunology, AI To Help Develop Better Drugs
The world of pharmaceutical drug development and discovery is notoriously complex, expensive, and slow-moving. It can take billions of dollars and between a decade or two from the research and development stage to market approval. And rightly so. After all, human lives are at stake. But imagine if you could feed data about a new pharmaceutical drug into a machine learning approach that can then … [Read More....]
Israeli Scientists Unveil 3D-Printed Heart
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say their ‘major medical breakthrough’ will advance possibilities for transplants AFP — Scientists in Israel unveiled a 3D print of a heart with human tissue and vessels on Monday, calling it a first and a “major medical breakthrough” that advances possibilities for transplants. While it remains a far way off, scientists hope one day to be able to … [Read More....]
How Circadian Rhythm Affects Your Health
Far more than your alarm clock, what governs your wake-sleep cycle is the internal circadian clock regulating your whole body. This biological timekeeper also affects hunger, thirst, body temperature, mood, hormone fluctuations and more. This is a hot topic in Israel and abroad due to the “extreme importance of the circadian clock on many different processes in neurobiology and metabolism,” says … [Read More....]
Israeli Study Shows More Successful Method For Skin Grafts
Skin grafts are modern medicine miracles, saving the lives of people suffering from severe tissue damage. Unfortunately, they are also complicated to perform and carry the risk of infection, rejection and a whole lot of pain. d. Instead of using the patient’s own skin or the skin of others, lab-grown tissue is used to replace or regenerate the damaged area. This too is a very complicated … [Read More....]
Sleep Vital to Repair DNA Damage
It’s no secret that a good night’s sleep is important. But it’s also pretty strange that all living things require substantial shut-eye that leaves them vulnerable in a world full of danger. So what makes the benefits of sleep so great that it’s worth the risk? This is the question that researchers from Bar-Ilan University sought to answer. In a study now published in Nature Communications, … [Read More....]
Migraine Relief From An Israeli Neuro-Modulation Device
Fourteen percent of American adults suffer from migraines or severe headaches. Among women aged 18 to 44, the number soars to 23%. There is no cure for migraines, and over-the-counter pain relief medicines do not always work. One of the most promising treatments is occipital nerve stimulation, where a small pulse generator is implanted at the base of the skull to send pain-relieving electrical … [Read More....]
Endometriosis Target For Medical Cannabis
Israeli startup Gynica will research and develop its cannabis-based treatment at the newly licensed Lumir Lab on the Hebrew University campus. Gynica, an Israeli startup specializing in cannabis-based solutions in the field of women’s health, is the first company that will carry out research and development at the newly licensed Lumir Lab established on the campus of the Hebrew University of … [Read More....]
Israelis Discover Treatment For Brain Tumors
A new treatment for aggressive brain tumors (glioblastoma) shows great promise, according to a report by Israeli scientists that was published recently in the journal Nucleic Acids Research. Glioblastoma is a serious and incurable brain cancer. Patients receiving this diagnosis typically have 11 to 20 months to live. One of the main difficulties in treating this cancer is that its cells … [Read More....]
Self-Repairing Health Wearables Powered By Body Heat
Israeli scientists have developed an integrated system of wearable monitors that passively detect and transmit vital signs as early markers for disease. Such wearables aren’t unique, but this system is unprecedented because it’s powered by energy from the wearer’s movements and body heat, and can fix its own tears or scratches. The wearable system could spare patients pain, greatly reduce … [Read More....]
