Tag: Medical Treatment
Hippocrates and hypocrisy
Israel ought to have its head examined. Its bleeding heart could use a check-up, too.
Both became painfully clear this week and by no means for the first time. Whatever the prognosis, one thing is...
Haifa researchers: Autism linked to neuron development in embryos
University of Haifa researchers have discovered a significant association between autism and accelerated development of neurons in embryos.
The findings shed new light on the possible origins of autism and open up possibilities for new treatments.
An...
Study links autism to gut-brain axis, opening doors for therapy
A collaborative study conducted by a global team of microbiome experts has uncovered compelling evidence linking the gut microbiome to autism spectrum disorder.
The findings, which were published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Neuroscience in June, identified...
Innovative breast-cancer treatment uses anesthesia of nervous system around tumor
Researchers at the Technion‒Israel Institute of Technology have developed an innovative treatment for breast cancer based on analgesic nanoparticles that target the nervous system. The study, published in Science Advances, was led by Professor Avi...
Jewish parents lose appeal in European court to keep daughter on life support
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rejected an appeal by the parents of a brain-damaged Jewish child trying to stop a hospital from withdrawing their daughter’s life support, reported the BBC.
ECHR upheld a British court’s ruling...
Report: Hamas leader’s niece receiving medical treatment in Tel Aviv hospital
The niece of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has reportedly been receiving treatment at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital for more than a month, according to a report by Channel 12 on Thursday.
His niece underwent...
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...
Israeli government flies 6-year-old boy from Ethiopia for cardiac treatment
The Israeli NGO Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), along with the medical team at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, has provided life-saving treatment to thousands of children from around the world in the...
Decorated EMT becomes first female head of United Hatzalah chapter
Vicky Tiferet, a volunteer EMT with United Hatzalah in the northern Israeli town of Moshav Yuval, was appointed last week as head of the organization’s Emek HaHula chapter, becoming the first woman in the...
US patient receives Israeli coronavirus treatment with 100 percent survival rate
An American patient diagnosed with the coronavirus (COVID-19) has been given a treatment by Israeli-based Pluristem that, so far, has a 100 percent survival rate.
The development, which occurred under the Israel’s compassionate-use program, comes...