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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

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Illustrative: A nurse cleaning a wound on a patient (Serhii Hryshchyshen via iStock by Getty Images)
January 31, 2023, 12:45 pm
Autism intensifies experience of pain, Israeli study finds, challenging assumptions
Largest study on pain responses may affect medical treatment by making doctors and nurses aware that patients with autism may be hurting more than others, but don’t communicate it
By Nathan Jeffay
A medical clown from Dream Doctors, an Israeli nonprofit that was observed in new peer-reviewed research on medical clowning (courtesy of Dream Doctors)
January 17, 2023, 5:41 pm
Science of silliness: Israeli study deconstructs medical clowning so MDs use it more
Research is first to empirically map clowns’ skills, authors say, claiming it will help doctors understand their work and better integrate it into treatment
By Nathan Jeffay
Orit Strock, now National Missions Minister, seen at the Religious Zionist party headquarters in Modi'in on elections night, March 23, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
January 11, 2023, 7:42 pm
Doctors union takes aim at minister who claimed faith is grounds to deny treatment
Israel Medical Association runs TV, radio ads saying MDs will never discriminate against patients, after far-right Orit Strock said they should be able to if it violates religion
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: Doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, in Jerusalem, on January 20, 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 10, 2023, 7:26 pm
Israel to trim med student internships in bid to tackle ‘dire’ shortage of doctors
Decision to halve length of medical internships and restructure them will boost number of practicing physicians and lead to better-trained doctors, Health Ministry says
By Nathan Jeffay
An image from the Bar Ilan University lab of Prof. Cyrille Cohen, showing two immune cells in green fighting a cancer cell in red, in the new immunotherapy invented there (Cyrille Cohen, Tilda Barliya and Astar Shamul)
January 4, 2023, 4:55 pm
After demonstrating 57% remission rate, Israeli immunotherapy licensed by US firm
Some 85% of patients improved after taking new therapy developed by Bar Ilan and Hadassah; method involves adding artificial molecule to T-cells
By Nathan Jeffay
Mekrit Malachi with her parents (left) and Dr. Nevo Margali of Shaare Zedek Medical Center (courtesy of Shaare Zedek Medical Center)
December 21, 2022, 9:09 pm
Israeli doctors remove brain tissue from toddler’s nose to avert ‘catastrophe’
Parents were told mark on two-year-old’s nose was nothing to worry about; mom investigated anyway and discovered it was brain tissue and that skull needed sealing
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: A doctor showing an x-ray of a fracture to a patient (DragonImages via iStock by Getty Images)
December 13, 2022, 5:42 pm
Israeli gel boosts ability of bones to heal themselves, mice trial finds
Bones already have inbuilt healing ability for small fractures; water-based gel convinces the body that it can regenerate bone over larger gaps
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: a woman experiencing a hot flush from menopause (Highwaystarz-Photography via iStock by Getty Images)
December 2, 2022, 11:53 am
Gynecology research neglects women after onset of menopause — Israeli study
Sociologist argues that while the transition is a major life event for half of the population, scholarship has overlooked it, causing women to miss out on medical progress
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: a pharmacist (JackF via iStock by Getty Images)
November 17, 2022, 6:01 pm
Escalating drug shortage poses danger to Israelis’ health, warns head pharmacist
Some insulin lines, heart medicines, psychiatric drugs and blood pressure pills are unavailable, says Pharmacists Association chair, estimating number of missing products at 150
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: gum recession in a human mouth. (alex-mit via iStock by Getty Images)
September 17, 2022, 6:01 am
Israeli foam to reverse receding gums soon set for human use, after success on dogs
Peer-reviewed study shows biological foam made of proteins helped reverse condition in 9 dogs; innovators say human version may be approved within two years
By Nathan Jeffay
Rambam Health Care Campus physicians Dr. Shai Menachem, left, and Dr. Ory Keynan, perform back surgery using the anterior-to-psoas method for the first time in Israel. (Courtesy of Rambam Health Care Campus)
August 23, 2022, 10:57 am
New to Israel: Back surgery via the waist, using advanced keyhole method
An 80-year-old woman becomes the first Israeli to receive a spinal fusion operation — which normally involves opening up the back — via a tiny incision in the waist instead
By Nathan Jeffay
Palestinian healthcare workers are trained in remote care for pregnant women at Sheba Medical Center in this undated photo (Courtesy)
July 12, 2022, 1:36 pm
Israeli hospital trains Palestinian health workers in remote care for pregnant women
Tel Aviv-area Sheba announces OB-GYN Beyond program to improve healthcare for women in Hebron area, hoping it will eliminate some logistical, bureaucratic, security obstacles
By ToI Staff
An outpatient at the ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran Rehabilitation Village, where a new hospital has opened (courtesy of the ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran Rehabilitation Village)
April 12, 2022, 10:49 pm
In Negev Desert, where healthcare lags, new rehabilitation hospital opens its doors
For the first time, southern Israel has its own hospital offering rehab after strokes, injuries, and accidents, boosting provision of rehab beds nationally by 10%
By Nathan Jeffay
A view of the Royal Courts Of Justice, which houses the High Court, in London, Jan. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
May 29, 2021, 11:41 am
British court rules brain-damaged Jewish girl’s life support can be withdrawn
Judge says Alta Fixsler, 2, has ‘no prospect of recovery’; her ‘devastated’ parents say they want to transfer her to an Israeli hospital and are considering appeal options
By ToI Staff
Shirel Hilel (Screen capture: Channel 13 news)
April 2, 2021, 8:58 pm
Hospital blamed over women’s death from heart inflammation after vaccination
Family of Shirel Hilel accuses Ziv Medical Center of neglect: ‘She just deteriorated before their eyes and no one even lifted a hand’; not clear whether case tied to vaccine
By ToI Staff
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