Posts Tagged: Israeli Medicine
‘Shoulder to Shoulder’: Israeli Medical Delegation Assists in Aftermath of Devastating Hurricane in Jamaica
A team of 30 Israeli medical professionals who were deployed to Jamaica to assist the local population in the aftermath of the deadly Hurricane Melissa...
Israeli Doctor Who Saved Lives in Haiti Now in Charge of Treatment of Hospitalized Ex-President Peres (VIDEO)
Six years ago, the doctor currently in charge of the treatment of former Israeli President Shimon Peres -- who suffered a stroke earlier this week...
IDF Doctor in Emotional Reunion With Parents of Palestinian Baby Whose Life He Saved
An emotional reunion has taken place at a Jerusalem hospital between a Palestinian family and the IDF medical officer who saved the life of...
Safed Mayor Calls on Israeli Hospitals to Share Responsibility for Treatment of Wounded Syrian Refugees (VIDEO)
The mayor of Safed in the northern Galilee wants the Israeli Health Ministry to stop sending wounded Syrians to cash-strapped hospitals in the periphery, and...
Israeli Hospital Confirms: We Treated Hamas Chief Haniyeh’s Daughter
In one of several such known cases, an Israeli hospital on Sunday acknowledged that it had recently provided medical treatment to a family member of...
Israeli Hospitals Set Up Ebola Wards, as Country Prepares for Possible Cases From African Travelers (VIDEO)
Haifa's Rambam medical center announced Sunday that it has set up a ward containing three isolation tents for dealing with patients diagnosed with the...
Israeli Hospital Removes Bullet From Syrian Child’s Neck (VIDEO)
Surgeons at Haifa's Rambam Medical Center recently saved the life of a 5-year-old Syrian boy hit in the throat by a stray bullet during fighting...
12,000 U.S. Physicians Watch New Israeli Brain Catheterization Technique Live Online (VIDEO)
In a first, some 12,000 medical professionals in Washington, D.C., watched a new Israeli brain catheterization technique, livestreamed from Jerusalem's Sha'are Tzedek Medical Center on...
As Ice Bucket Challenge Draws Attention to ALS, Israeli Cure Gathers Pace
While people across the world - or at least those who post to YouTube - are taking the "ALS Ice Bucket Challenge," and hopefully actually...
Precedent: Israeli Court Imposes Cancer Treatment on Minor Despite Family’s Opposition
A judge in Tiberias on Monday ordered doctors to begin chemotherapy and radiation treatments for a leukemia-stricken 14-year-old, against his and his parents' wishes. The youth...
Israeli Trained Scientist Saves Man’s Leg With Medical Maggots
When Waclaw Tyszkiewicz checked himself into the Rouge Valley Centenary Hospital in Ontario, Canada recently with an infection in his foot that was spreading to...
Orthodox Rabbi May be First ALS Patient Cured by Israeli Drug
Haredi leader Rabbi Refoel Shmulevitz, a victim of the motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), may be the first known patient cured of ALS,...
15 Quirky and Game Changing Israeli Inventions
MEDICINE Invented by electro-optical engineer Gavriel Iddan, the PillCam takes images of the digestive tract and detects gastrointestinal diseases such as Crohn's disease. Patients swallow...
Making the Positive Case for Israel
The world well knows of Israel's military prowess in protecting its citizens against threats of terrorism and the even greater threat of a...
