Heart
Medical ties linked Israel and Somaliland years before formal recognition
For more than two decades, the Israeli NGO Save a Child’s Heart has provided cardiac care to children from Somaliland, bringing patients to Israel for surgery at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.
Daily coffee cuts atrial fibrillation recurrence risk by 39%, JAMA study finds
Digital revolution in medicine at ICI Meeting 2025: Innovation in cardiovascular intervention
New study shows cannabis use doubles risk of death from heart disease
71-year-old with severe heart condition saved at Israeli hospital
Diamond chip coating on a tiny crown opens up calcified coronary arteries for the first time in Israel.
Huge study shows air pollution greatly increases death risk - study
People exposed to above-average levels of outdoor air pollution have a 20% higher risk of death, and a 17% higher risk of death from heart disease.
Women's heart attacks differ from men's, this gene may be why - study
Heart disease kills more people worldwide than any other disease, but it often goes undiagnosed in women, who are more likely to die of it than men. This gene may be why.
Israel’s most advanced cardiology hospital to open in Rambam Campus
The NIS 200 million, Eyal Ofer Heart Hospital will serve as a centralized location for all the cardiology treatments offered on the Rambam campus.
Do you take your coffee like this? It may help you live longer - study
A new study has found that those who drink coffee with sugar or unsweetened less likely to die in the following seven years than those who don't drink coffee at all.
Unique valve transplant performed successfully at Hadassah Hospital, first time in Israel
The operation that was required had only been done in a few major centers around the world.
Wolfson Medical Center opens Helmsley Pediatric Heart Institute
The hospital said that the new department will expand the capabilities of its existing pediatric cardiology unit.
New technology prevents need for replacement of heart valve transplants - study
Heart valve transplants from animals tend to degenerate over the next decade because of foreign sugars they produce.
What happened to Israel’s Holocaust restitution program?
Shurat Hadin is working to restart the HEART project that gave hope to hundreds of thousands of Holocaust-scarred families.
US man recovering after 'breakthrough' pig-heart transplant
The surgery is among the first to demonstrate the feasibility of a pig-to-human heart transplant. If proven successful, scientists hope pig organs could help alleviate shortages of donor organs.
