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Crowded Sourasky Medical Center Ichilov, Tel Aviv. (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)
February 12, 2019, 10:27 am
1 in 10 patients in Israeli hospitals left in hallways, survey finds
Overall, Israelis satisfied with inpatient medical treatment; separately, open-ended strike declared at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem
By TOI staff
Bernard Madoff leaves Federal Court Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 in New York. (AP/Frank Franklin II)
December 21, 2018, 6:12 am
10 years after Madoff ripped off the Jewish world, a sort of happy ending
Deep scars remain in the US Jewish community because of the Ponzi scheme, with some left financially ruined or worse, but many groups have managed to find their feet again
By Ben Sales
Dr. Gustavo A. Gutierrez of Mexico, a Hadassah ophthalmology resident. (Courtesy)
December 4, 2018, 12:56 pm
A century on, Hadassah’s ophthalmology department sees a global impact
From Africa to Ecuador, Israeli research and training contributes to a vision of healthy eyes for developing nations
By TOI staff
Prof. Chaim Lotan, left, Howard Milstein, and Ellen Hershkin at the Irma and Paul Milstein Heart Center at Hadassah Ein Kerem, Friday, October 12, 2018. (Courtesy)
October 15, 2018, 7:54 pm
Heartfelt donation brings a cutting-edge cardiac center to Jerusalem
With some of the most advanced medical technology, the Irma and Paul Milstein Heart Center is dedicated at Hadassah Ein Kerem
By TOI staff
Giraffes at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 18, 2018, 6:00 pm
Scientists go to zoo, find that cell size, not body size, affects lifespan
Close examination of pancreas in various animals, large and small, yields ‘shockingly beautiful and unexpected’ correlation for researchers from Israel, Canada, Germany
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of an embryo (Zffoto; iStock by Getty Images)
June 13, 2018, 5:42 pm
Cells learn from pregnancy, to make healthier babies next time round — study
Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center say their cell research may lead to new drugs that improve the chances of successful childbirths, avoid diseases in high-risk women
By Shoshanna Solomon
The Jerusalem YMCA auditorium full of midwives, doulas and childbirth educators at the two-day Childbirth Conference (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 2, 2018, 12:31 pm
How to ‘spin’ your unborn baby, and other birthing techniques
It’s not with a stationary bike, midwives and doulas learn, as they gather at Jerusalem’s YMCA for two days of advanced training
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Medical personnel at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center, on March 2, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 27, 2018, 10:24 am
Thousands of health professionals strike over manpower shortage
Physiotherapists, dietitians, speech therapists, occupational therapists and others walk out claiming they are overworked and unable to meet demand
By Stuart Winer
This Thursday, November 2, 2017 photo shows gel capsules of acetaminophen in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
April 24, 2018, 11:42 am
Israeli research links acetaminophen during pregnancy to autism, ADHD
Hebrew U team checks data on more than 130,000 mothers and children, finds increased risk associated with prolonged use of popular analgesic
By Michael Bachner
Adina Samuels
April 11, 2018, 1:16 pm
Adina Samuels
Harmony in the children’s ward
Where an hour of upbeat music means an hour of less pain in the world
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the annual health conference in Tel Aviv on March 27, 2018. ( AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
March 28, 2018, 12:24 am
Netanyahu released from hospital, diagnosed with mild viral infection
Prime minister had been admitted with high fever, cough; doctors say all tests negative, so he was sent home and told to rest
By TOI staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coughing while addressing an annual health conference in Tel Aviv on March 27, 2018. (AFP / JACK GUEZ)
March 27, 2018, 10:19 pm
Netanyahu taken to Jerusalem hospital with high fever
Prime minister’s condition worsened after he failed to get proper rest to overcome illness, physician says; deputy health minister says all tests negative and he’s ‘feeling better’
By TOI staff
Unidentified medical personnel from Hadassah Medical Center in Israel and the Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia, confer during a Hadassah team’s mission in Ethiopia to perform spinal surgeries on young patients, March 2018. (Courtesy of Hadassah via JTA)
March 27, 2018, 5:55 am
Israeli doctors perform lifesaving spinal surgeries in Ethiopia
Surgeon says some cases ‘were so bad that if we wouldn’t have operated… at least half of them would be dead by next year’
By Josefin Dolsten
Dr. Elisha Waldman (Michael Lionstar)
February 3, 2018, 8:31 am
Pediatric oncologist takes readers inside Hadassah hospital with new memoir
American-born Elisha Waldman reflects on the unique challenges of treating sick kids in religiously and politically complex Jerusalem
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Gaza resident Mohammed Taluli's hand before it was operated on by doctors at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center. (Hadassah Medical Center)
August 30, 2017, 5:41 pm
Israeli doctors successfully operate on Gaza ‘tree man’
Hadassah surgeon who treated Mohammed Taluli says rare disease has ‘no documentation whatsoever in the medical annals’
By TOI staff
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