Tag: Medical Innovations
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Electronic migraine relief band scores European approval
A band that transmits electrical signals and stops migraine pain has been approved by the European Commission for pharmaceuticals.
Relivion, patented by Netanya-based Neurolief, is a brain neuromodulation device geared toward helping individuals who suffer...
Lifesaving solution for MDA wins ‘Great Minds’ hackathon at Jerusalem tech college
More than 80 Jerusalem College of Technology students from Israel and 23 countries gathered at the college’s Machon Lev campus and worked around the clock last Wednesday evening through Friday morning as part of...
Researchers at Tel Aviv University discover potential new treatment for epilepsy
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis may help epilepsy patients.
Published in the scientific journal Neuron, the findings of Professor Inna Slutsky of the university’s faculty of...
Medicine and design exhibit opens at Hadassah Academic College in Jerusalem
An inaugural exhibition at the Azrieli Gallery on Hanevi’im Street in Jerusalem (also known as “Hospitals Street”) at Hadassah Academic College’s new Helmsley Building opened its first-ever exhibit on medicine, designers and cultural implications,...
Turn your smartphone into a medical diagnostics microscope
If your eye is oozing and red, and an infection is suspected, you need to make an appointment with your doctor and get a lab analysis before you can start antibiotic treatment.
Physicist-turned-biologist Ariel Livne...
Israeli cannabis comes to America in relevant form, that of ‘repairing the world’
With Israel having just approved medical cannabis to be exported, the United States is a destination for the Israeli firm Tikun Olam, which is Hebrew for the Jewish obligation to “repair, heal or fix the world.”
Although it...
Knesset votes to approve exporting of medical cannabis
Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday voted unanimously to allow the country to export medical cannabis.
The final tally was 21-0. The bill now requires the approval of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and cabinet members.
“This is...
For the past decade, Innovation: Africa has taught developing nations how to improve their...
Imagine giving birth in the dark. For those fortunate enough to have a charged smartphone, the husband will use the phone as a makeshift flashlight, enabling the doctor to see what his hands are...
Israeli breakthrough device developed to aid migraine relief
Some 14 percent of American adults suffer from migraines or severe headaches. Among women aged 18 to 44, the number soars to 23 percent. Currently, no cure for migraines exists, and over-the-counter pain relief...
Israeli startup develops breakthrough in radiation cancer therapy
An Israeli medical technology company that developed a breakthrough in radiation cancer therapy announced on Wednesday it would begin clinical trials with leading medical institutions in Italy with the target of receiving approval from...