Tag: Cancer
Longtime Jewish journalist suggests ‘BBC’ may have exposed her to cancer
Dame Esther Rantzen, a prominent Jewish British journalist, recently told the Daily Mirror that her cancer diagnosis may be connected to her time working for the BBC.
The 83-year-old spent a significant part of her early career in the former...
Adelson family donates $40 million to Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
On the one-year anniversary of his death, the family of businessman and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson has announced a $40 million donation to the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. The donation, for the establishment of...
Israeli cancer care, heart treatment rank among world’s best in annual ‘Newsweek’ list
In its annual World’s Best Specialized Hospitals list, the U.S. magazine Newsweek names three Israeli medical centers.
The magazine ranks the top 250 hospitals for cardiology and oncology, the top 150 for cardiac surgery and pediatrics, and...
Researchers at Tel Aviv University discover cancer cells acting as ‘double agents’
Tel Aviv University researchers have for the first time studied the development of the most common type of brain cancer in animal models with normal immune systems to best simulate the development of the...
Tel Aviv University scientists develop rapid melanoma diagnosis technology
Innovative technology developed at Tel Aviv University will make it possible to automatically and immediately diagnose the life-threatening skin-cancer melanoma, a university spokesperson announced this week.
The new optical technology allows lesions to be diagnosed rapidly in...
Breakthrough in research could influence treatment of leukemia spreading to brain
An international research group from Israel and Scotland has reported in Nature Cancer a breakthrough that may influence the treatment of metastatic leukemia spreading to the brain. The researchers include hematological-oncological experts from Schneider Children’s Medical...
Former Chief Rabbi Sacks of United Kingdom is diagnosed with cancer
Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2013, has been diagnosed with cancer, announced a spokesperson on Thursday.
“Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has been recently diagnosed with cancer and...
Philanthropist, GOP donor Sheldon Adelson undergoing cancer treatment
Jewish philanthropist, Republican billionaire donor and Las Vegas Sands Corp. founder and CEO Sheldon Adelson has been undergoing cancer treatment and not been at his firm’s office since the end of December, said one...
10,000 Israelis swabbed to be possible bone-marrow match for bride with leukemia
Thousands of Israelis from across the country have been giving saliva samples in hopes of becoming a match for an Israeli bride fighting to beat leukemia.
The family of Roni Cohen, 27, and her fiancé,...
Pilot program offers free genetic testing for Ashkenazi Jews to detect cancer risk
Cancer touches us all. But it’s no secret, at least in the medical community, that elevated genetic risk of several cancers disproportionately afflicts one community: Ashkenazi Jews.
Jews of Eastern European ancestry, commonly known as...