Tag: Medicine
Steven Field elected chair, president of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous
Dr. Steven Field, a clinical assistant professor at the New York University School of Medicine and an NYU Langone Health physician, has been elected chairman and president of the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous.
The...
Bipartisan House bill supports stronger US-Israel healthcare ties
A new House bill, which goes by the “MIRACLE” Medical Technology Act—for “maximizing Israel-U.S. research advancement and collaborative leadership in emerging” medical tech—aims to strengthen U.S. and Israeli healthcare ties.
“Similar to the United States, Israel...
Israeli Healer’s Practice Incorporates Chinese Medicine
Roni Matalon Goldman has very healing hands, something that has served her well as an acupuncturist and practitioner of Chinese medicine. Besides her hands, the Rancho Bernardo practitioner has the training, too. In 2012,...
Court blocks Defense Ministry order to deport Gazan patients
Israel’s Supreme Court, sitting as the High Court of Justice, issued a temporary injunction on Wednesday blocking a Defense Ministry decision to return to the Gaza Strip some 20 Palestinian Arab patients who had...
Hamas to take 1,000 boxes of medicine for every one going to hostages
Medicines destined for Israeli hostages, but most of which will end up serving the Hamas terrorist organization, entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt, Ynet reported on Wednesday night.
"A senior Hamas official said that for every box...
Hostages in Gaza yet to receive medicines from Qataris
France has sent badly needed medicines to Qatar for Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, the European nation's embassy in Tel Aviv confirmed to the Times of Israel on Tuesday.
President Emmanuel Macron ordered the foreign...
‘Pioneer’ anesthesiologist Rebecca Twersky dies at 67
Dr. Rebecca Twersky, former chief of anesthesia at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Josie Robertson Surgery Center, died in mid-May at 67.
“In addition to her many professional accomplishments, Dr. Twersky was well known...
IsraAID to supply essential medical, relief items in wake of Afghanistan earthquake
IsraAID is launching a humanitarian response to the earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on June 22 and killed at least 1,000 people, injured more than 1,600 and damaged thousands of homes. Those numbers are expected...
Doctors find bullet in woman’s back three months after she felt ‘crazy pain’ at...
An Israeli woman recently discovered—three months after the fact—that she had been shot in the back while attending a wedding in Samaria, Israeli media reported.
Adi Bloy was celebrating at a friend’s wedding at Psagot...
Israeli doctors save life of Gaza child in complex surgery
Doctors at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa have saved the life of a 7-year-old boy from Gaza after performing a complex 11-hour medical procedure involving three simultaneous surgeries.
Madchat Tapash was born with...