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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 366

heart attacks

Image of two small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), one on top of the other, captured using cryogenic electron microscopy. The double-layer membrane, a hallmark of sEVs, is clearly visible. (Leor's lab, Neufeld and Tamman Cardiovascular Research Institutes, School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University and Lev Leviev Cardiovascular and Thoracic Center, Sheba Medical Center)
April 18, 2024, 9:55 pm
Tel Aviv University study finds link between heart attacks and cancer growth
Researchers shows factor-rich microscopic particles escape from the healing heart and travel through the bloodstream to reach existing tumors
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A heart model grown from stem cells (screenshot courtesy of Tissue Dynamics)
August 8, 2023, 8:16 pm
Created from stem cells, Israeli researchers grow tiny, beating model of human heart
The size of a third of a grain of rice, organoid connected to sensors reveals previously unknown aspects of cardiac physiology
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image: medics try to resuscitate a patient after a heart attack (Chalabala via iStock by Getty Images)
February 27, 2022, 2:11 pm
Israeli study mines donor poop for bacteria that could avert heart attacks
Researchers find most of 200 heart attack patients had important gut bacteria missing and believe restoring it may keep hearts healthier; wider trial planned
By Nathan Jeffay
The coronavirus infecting a blood vessel (courtesy of Tel Aviv University)
November 3, 2021, 2:50 pm
COVID proteins that trigger strokes and heart attacks identified by Israeli team
Discovery, made through ‘peek in virus’s black box,’ could lead to therapies that halt havoc wrought on vascular system, say Tel Aviv University scientists
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative photo of a couple kissing at the beach. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 23, 2020, 2:05 pm
Israeli research urges resuming sex soon after a heart attack
Many who undergo cardiac events fear bursts of physical exertion, but regular sexual activity improves self-perception and is linked to better survival rates, 3-decade study finds
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. An ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
August 31, 2020, 5:45 pm
Bride, 34, fighting for her life after collapsing at wedding
Woman taken to Beersheba’s Soroka after suffering cardiac arrest; hospital: ‘Her condition is very serious’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A doctor holds a swab and a test tube (Malkovstock; iStock by Getty Images)
August 28, 2020, 10:38 pm
Israeli researchers: Spit test could allow 10-minute detection of heart attacks
Study examines alternative to current blood-testing methods, with doctors saying results in minutes, instead of an hour, can be life-saving when time is critical
By ToI Staff
3D rendering of a man having a heart attack (iStock)
August 4, 2020, 1:49 pm
Scared of COVID, heart attack patients waste ‘golden hour’ before hospitalizing
Delaying ER arrival due to virus fears causes 60% increase in worst-case scenarios, but Israelis buck world trend of staying away from hospital completely
By Nathan Jeffay
US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders Independent-Vermont, is lit by spotlights as he speaks at a campaign event in Tacoma, Washington, February 17, 2020. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
February 20, 2020, 8:15 am
Questions about Sanders’ health linger after heart attack
Front-runner Democrat candidate, 78, promised comprehensive medical records after hushed up October incident, but eventually only published letters from 3 doctors attesting fitness
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and LAURAN NEERGAARD
Illustrative: Screen capture from video of an Israeli doctor and a teacher, left, who survived a near fatal heart attack after two pupils kept her alive using CPR, December 17, 2019. (Courtesy Hadassah Hospital)
December 17, 2019, 10:39 pm
Pregnant teacher has heart attack, ‘dies’; students perform CPR, save her life
Chen Danziger, 29, in her fifth month, collapses outside of her school in Beit Shemesh; two students keep her heart pumping until medics arrive
By Stuart Winer
US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally on November 26, 2019, in Sunrise, Florida. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
November 27, 2019, 8:32 pm
Trump posts image of himself as a shirtless Rocky Balboa
Denying health woes, White House says US president’s November 17 hospital visit was routine; Trump tells supporters doctors praised his ‘gorgeous chest’
By ToI Staff
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., departs Burlington International Airport after disembarking from a plane in South Burlington, Vt., on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Sanders is back home in Vermont after being treated for a heart attack in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
October 8, 2019, 10:12 pm
After heart attack, Sanders says he was ‘dumb,’ should have listened to symptoms
Democratic presidential candidate, 78, speaks before appointment with a cardiologist
By AP
Sexual activity, in moderation, may boost long-term survival rates for heart attack survivors, according to a new paper in the American Journal of Medicine. (iStockPhoto)
August 6, 2019, 11:46 am
Weekly sex could boost survival among heart attack survivors
Patients who have sex once a week had a 37% lower mortality rate than those who abstain, Israeli study finds
By ToI Staff
Jack Rubinstein, MD, associate professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, is shown demonstrating a layman's version of tefillin (Courtesy/ University of Cincinnati)
October 15, 2018, 4:06 am
Wearing tefillin could be good for the heart, US study indicates
The act of tightly wrapping leather strap around the arm on a daily basis appears to help blood flow and lower risks of a heart attack, according to University of Cincinnati study
By ToI Staff
An MDA medic hangs up a defibrillator at a mosque in Sakhnin on May 18, 2018. (Screen capture/YouTube)
May 20, 2018, 12:25 am
Sakhnin residents raise funds to install defibrillators in city mosques
Brothers from northern city raise funds to buy 6 life-saving devices for Ramadan, where dawn to dusk fast can be taxing for patients with heart diseases
By ToI Staff
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