Heart

These sleep habits may put your heart at risk

Researchers tracked participants’ sleep patterns for close to a decade using wearable devices.

Sleeping. Illustration.
Anesthesia before surgery

From heart surgery to spinal tap: Physician ranks medical procedures by pain

A large-scale study found that the mortality rate from severe heart attacks has increased over the past decade among Americans aged fifty-five and under

Concerning data: A sharp increase in the number of heart attacks among young people

Some of the most popular supplements may actually work in the opposite direction when taken in excessively high doses

Caution: 5 popular dietary supplements that may harm the heart


This surgeon has helped children get heart surgery in Israel for decades

No. 30 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Save a Child's Heart president Prof. Arie Schachner.

 Prof. Arie Schachner, president of Save a Child's Heart.

Hello Heart's My Cholesterol in action

Cholesterol tracking has been made easy by this Israeli med-tech start-up.

Hello Heart's My Cholesterol in action

Researchers find link between Monkeypox and myocarditis - study

A patient diagnosed with Monkeypox developed acute myocarditis, according to a new study.

Endomyocardial biopsy specimen. Extensive eosinophilic infiltrate involving the endocardium and myocardium (hematoxylin and eosin).

This heart abnormality can raise your risk for dementia - study

An abnormality in the heart's left atrium known as atrial cardiopathy is already linked to stroke and atrial fibrillation, but it may be independently linked to dementia as well.

Virtual image of human heart

Social isolation, loneliness increase risk of heart attack, stroke - study

Social isolation and loneliness are common, but under-recognized determinants of cardiovascular and brain health.

Organs in the body - transparent illustration

These seven healthy habits effectively reduce chances of a stroke - study

A new study found that there are seven health tools that can reduce your risk of suffering from one of the most dangerous medical conditions. These are the findings.

 Illustrative image of a girl in a facemask eating a cucumber, October

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.

 Dr. Danny Dvir during surgery at Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

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.

 The unrecognized villages around Ramat Hovav which suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby evaporation ponds of the chemicals and the IEC power plant. December 28, 2017

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.

 Heart attack (Illustrative).

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.

 Ambulances outside the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, March 30, 2020.