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Children arrive for their first day of school at Gamla School in the northern town of Katzrin, on September 1, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 4, 2026, 11:43 pm
After three years of war, Israeli kids bear the brunt of still-rising mental toll
Clalit Health Services finds psychiatric emergency visits among children and adolescents rose 121.3% last year; PTSD diagnoses across population doubled after October 7 and continue to rise
By Diana Bletter
Prof. Roi Gazit, left, head of the stem cell laboratory at the Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Courtesy/Dani Michalis), and Dr. Ofir Cohen, also from BGU’s Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics.
July 18, 2026, 4:40 pm
Israeli study finds antibiotics can reverse salmonella damage to stem cells in mice
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers say findings may improve chances of success for some of the 90,000 stem cell transplants performed annually in humans worldwide
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative image of an elderly woman lying in a hospital bed. (gorodenkoff, iStock by Getty Images)
July 15, 2026, 11:51 pm
Study: During heatwaves, chronic disease sufferers visit hospitals more, stay longer
Pointing to the need for high staffing and more beds during hot summers, Taub Center research finds that more men and more affluent people rush to hospitals for heat stress
By Sue Surkes
Elderly people work out with wooden dumb-bells in the grounds of a temple in Tokyo on September 17, 2012, to celebrate Japan's Respect-for-the-Aged-Day. (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP)
December 2, 2025, 7:23 am
Medical Holy Grail: Israeli researchers isolate elusive cells that may slow down aging
In peer-reviewed study, Prof. Alon Monsonego’s lab finds that ‘T helper’ blood cells, abundant in ‘super-centenarians’ in high-life-expectancy zone in Japan, may point the way to longevity
By Diana Bletter
Emily Levi. (Facebook)
May 17, 2022, 11:59 pm
Israeli diagnoses her own rare condition while watching Grey’s Anatomy
Emily Levi suffered from joint dislocations for years until she found answer in medical drama; today, she is the CEO of a clinic in Petah Tikva that aims to assist others like her
By ToI Staff
Yasinya, 10, center, her mother, left, and Dr. Alex Gileles, right. (Hadassah spokesperson)
March 25, 2022, 6:50 pm
Israeli doctor saves life of Ukrainian girl, 4, suffering from rare genetic disorder
Yasinya, who has cystic fibrosis, arrived at Israeli clinic at Polish border with lungs nearly blocked; ‘It felt like providence,’ says Alex Gilelis, who was able to treat her
By Tobias Siegal
A boy cries standing beside a relative being treated for tuberculosis at a TB hospital on World Tuberculosis Day in Hyderabad, India, March 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
May 7, 2020, 6:06 pm
Millions at risk from other diseases pushed to margins by COVID-19 crisis
Health experts warn the coronavirus pandemic is already denying untold numbers of patients treatment for illnesses such as tuberculosis, pneumonia and malaria
By Patrick Galey
Illustrative photo of a 2009 missile strike in Ashkelon. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
September 12, 2019, 10:46 pm
Red tape hobbles traumatized Gaza border residents hit with fibromyalgia
As medical professionals link stress with the debilitating condition, more citizens within the Hamas missile range are diagnosed, but face a painful fight for treatment
By Michal Koren-Kariv
The Jerusalem office of the Israeli drug company Teva Pharmaceuticals (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 26, 2016, 5:39 pm
Teva, IBM to tackle new drugs, chronic diseases with AI
Companies say they will expand their existing global e-Health alliance using the IBM Watson Health Cloud
By Shoshanna Solomon
Brian Berman, his wife Dafna Berman, and their children, (from left to right): Noam 11, Nava 6, Ranaan 9, Akiva 1, Eitan 13. (Courtesy Brian Berman)
October 7, 2016, 4:49 pm
Gaucher foundation CEO shows disease is no death sentence
Most prevalent among Ashkenazi Jews, the lifelong condition can now be treated with enzyme replacement therapy
By Cathryn J. Prince
Alex Kerten (Debbie Zimelman)
February 3, 2016, 2:18 am
Israeli healer treats Parkinson’s through talk and dance
Alex Kerten has helped thousands of Parkinson’s sufferers return to normal life with an unconventional mind-body method that is gaining international attention
By Simona Weinglass
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