Heart attack

IDF rolls out innovative blood test to spot heart attack risk years in advance

The move places the IDF at the forefront of public bodies in Israel applying advanced preventive medicine, as the test is not yet part of routine screening in the health funds.

Illustration of a blood test.
Defibrillator

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THE MAYO CLINIC headquarters in Rochester, Minnesota: Though being overweight or obese is certainly a risk factor and increases one’s odds of suffering a cardiac event, the Mayo Clinic cites data that 15-30% of thin people will get heart disease, the writer notes.

It’s time to treat heart disease like the preventable crisis it is - opinion

Hernán Damiani

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Husband saves wife's life right after completing MDA's CPR course

During Rosh Hashanah, Dana felt pain in her chest, had difficulty breathing and collapsed. Gil, who found her barely conscious on the shower floor.

Gil, his wife Dana, and MDA Paramedic Ahmad Abo Shah.

Soroka researchers develop new method to diagnose heart attack

The preliminary research tested the presence of troponin, which is found in the blood heart attack patients, in the patients' saliva.

Virtual image of human heart

Medical miracle: 13-yr-old who suffered heart attack saved by MDA

The team carried out chest compressions as agonizing minutes dragged by, in addition to administering medication and electric shocks via a defibrillator.

Eilon Atel was saved by paramedics Feras Rayes and Amit Orenshten after suffering a heart attack while playing football. July 2020

Medical miracle in Jerusalem: Hadassah revives teen after heart attack

When the family entered the 17-year-old's room, they found her lying on the floor - blue to the face, without a pulse.

Donia Mashasha pictured with her brothers, alongside Dr. Gil Dagan - who led the fight for her life.

Crying Israeli falafel shop owner suffers heart attack

'It is definitely possible to say that he took these things to heart. Without a doubt'

Yuval Carmi, an Israeli falafel shop owner, with Prof. Kobi George at the Kaplan Medical Center

Hillel's Tech Corner: Vectorious - Taking technology to heart. Literally.

The Vectorious team, which is now more than 30 members strong, has successfully implanted in-heart micro computers in multiple countries across Europe and Israel.

Vectorious' in-heart microcomputers

Sharp decline in citizens turning to hospitals, even in critical cases

Doctors are reporting that people are beginning to fear turning into the emergency room. "Heart diseases are just as prevalent as they were before the coronavirus"

People are seen in front of the entrance to the emergency room at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem

Israeli researchers discover 'blue dye' to repair hearts after attack

"Because Chicago Sky Blue is non-toxic, we think it might be tested to prevent further damage following the initial injury of a heart attack."

A 3D printed, small-scaled human heart engineered from the patient’s own materials and cells.