Jan 2, 2023
Virtual Reality Provides Kids with Non-Virtual Pain Relief
When children arrive for an operation at Assuta Ashdod hospital, it’s safe to say most are justifiably scared of what awaits them....
Dec 29, 2022
Israeli doctor pushes the frontier of surgery in Ethiopia
When Prof. Hanoch Kashtan visited Ethiopia in 2013, he did not know that the trip would change his professional life forever. “I used to...
Dec 22, 2022
This drug could stop Ashkenazi women from developing breast cancer
Jewish women of Ashkenazi origin have a 1-in-40 chance of developing a gene mutation that causes breast cancer. The mutation, which...
Dec 15, 2022
Israeli virtual hospital gives health, hope to Palestinians - take a look inside
An Israeli public hospital located only 21 kilometers from the Gaza border that regularly treats the victims of Palestinian terrorist...
Dec 1, 2022
Around 6,000 Israelis die yearly of infectious disease. Home hospitals help
Israel entered the coronavirus crisis with the highest number of people dying from infectious disease per capita in the developed world –...
Nov 26, 2022
How to stop a child from experiencing pain during hospitalization
What is a child who comes to a hospital afraid of? Everything, according to Dr. Noa Rosenfeld-Yehoshua, head of the Pediatric Intensive...
Oct 28, 2022
Turning the Tables on a Lifesaver
“I used to travel everywhere on a Magen David Adom motorcycle (Israel’s emergency medical fleet) so I would be ready to save lives 24/7....
Oct 9, 2022
The Enigma of Heart Health - Who are the “Some” that Heart Disease affects?
Why is it that some people die from heart disease while others don’t? More to the point, why is it that some people who smoke cigarettes,...