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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 346

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Illustrative image: A patient having their brain activity using an encephalography, which Israeli scientists say could be used to assess whether people in comas are processing sounds around them (romaset vis iStock by Getty Images)
July 14, 2022, 8:49 pm
Israeli study: Brainwaves may be key to gauging awareness in unconscious people
Peer-reviewed research finds correlation between alpha-beta waves and sound processing
By Nathan Jeffay
Britain's Prince Charles, left, meets President Reuven Rivlin at his official residence in Jerusalem, Jan. 23, 2020 (Victoria Jones/Pool via AP)
June 9, 2021, 11:29 am
Rivlin asks Prince Charles to intervene in case of sick UK toddler
President pens personal appeal to royal heir asking for his assistance in allowing 2-year-old Alta Fixsler to be brought to Israel for treatment
By ToI Staff
The Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, where Alta Fixsler has been treated since her birth. (Wikimedia Commons)
June 7, 2021, 9:03 pm
Health minister appeals to UK counterpart to intervene in case of ill toddler
Edelstein asks Health Secretary Hancock to help the family of Alta Fixsler receive permission to bring her to Israel for treatment
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a nose (RusN; iStock by Getty Images)
April 30, 2020, 5:40 pm
Israel scientists develop ‘sniff test’ that predicts consciousness recovery
Weizmann Institute study published in Nature; all of the brain-injured patients who responded to odors in the test regained consciousness, researchers say
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative. (iStock)
April 24, 2019, 8:04 pm
Emirati woman wakes up after 27 years in a coma
Munira Omar opened eyes last May, but family says it kept story in wraps until her condition stabilized
By AFP
The Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix, Arizona, May 2018 (screenshot: Google Street View)
January 6, 2019, 6:48 am
US woman in vegetative state for decade reportedly gives birth
Police launch investigation; staff at Phoenix health care facility didn’t know she was pregnant until baby’s head was starting to emerge
By AP
Roei Sadan on the summit of Stok Kangri, in northwest India, moments before his life changed. (Courtesy Roei Sadan)
April 10, 2016, 8:59 am
Back on his feet, an Israeli adventurer takes on the journey of his life
Roei Sadan spent five years circling the world by bicycle, but after recovering from a 500-meter fall, he could have never guessed it would prepare him for his toughest challenge yet
By Melanie Lidman
Ariel Sharon (photo credit: Eyal Yitsah/Flash90)
January 5, 2014, 11:57 am
Ariel Sharon ‘a true lion,’ condition grave but stable
Former PM’s heartbeat and blood pressure ‘good,’ hospital director says, but 85-year-old still in ‘immediate danger’
By ToI Staff
Ariel Sharon stands in front of the Temple Mount during his term as prime minister in July 2000 (file photo: Flash90)
January 4, 2014, 7:31 am
Grandchildren visit as Sharon’s condition stays critical over Shabbat
Doctors say no drastic change, but gradual deterioration, in life-threatening condition of 85-year-old former PM
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon (photo credit: Sharon Perry/Flash90/File)
January 3, 2014, 12:46 pm
Ariel Sharon’s condition ‘critical, gradually deteriorating’
Despite doctors’ best efforts, 85-year-old former PM suffering from continuous organ failure, hospital director says
By ToI Staff
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon (photo credit: Sharon Perry/Flash90/File)
January 2, 2014, 12:01 pm
Ariel Sharon’s condition remains life-threatening
Former PM’s family at bedside after hospital confirms he is experiencing malfunction of vital organs
By Yifa Yaakov
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon, in 2004 (photo credit: AP/Oded Balilty/File)
January 1, 2014, 7:05 pm
Ariel Sharon near death after grave deterioration in his condition
85-year-old former prime minister and defense minister, comatose since 2006, suffers renal failure in hospital
By Ilan Ben Zion and AP
Former prime minister Ariel Sharon (photo credit: Sharon Perry/Flash90/File)
September 4, 2013, 2:06 am
Ariel Sharon undergoes surgical procedure
Former PM, in a coma since 2006, is returned to rehabilitation department at Sheba Medical Center
By Yoel Goldman
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is taken to court for a session in his trial in Cairo in September 2011. (photo credit: AP/Mohammed al-Law)
June 12, 2012, 10:58 pm
Mubarak stable, but fears prison doctors out to kill him
Lawyer wants former Egyptian president transferred to military hospital
Ailing former president Hosni Mubarak during a January court appearance in Cairo. (photo credit: AP Photo/Mohammed al-Law)
June 11, 2012, 4:16 pm
‘Mubarak has fallen into a full coma’
Spokesman for Egypt’s Interior Ministry confirms deteriorating health of ousted president, according to CNN report
By AP and ToI Staff
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