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Israeli charity Save a Child's Heart marks 30 years, 9,000 children treated

SACH volunteers and supporters met last Friday with President Isaac Herzog at his official residence to celebrate the 30th anniversary of SACH’s founding.

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog host children receiving lifesaving cardiac care through Save a Child’s Heart, in the President's Residence in Jerusalem, October 2026
UltraSight team.

Israeli-led firm developing AI-guided cardiac sonography raises $24 million to expand in US market

Eligible building committees in Givatayim will actually pay only NIS 800 for a package that includes a resuscitation device, cabinet, installation, signage, and instruction

This is the city that will subsidize the installation of defibrillators in residential buildings

Three-and-a-half-year-old Rafael and his mother beside the Berlin Heart device following one of the surgeries he underwent at Clalit's Schneider Children's Medical Center.

Kafr Kassem girl's organ saves Jerusalem boy in life-saving heart transplant


Australian martial artist dies for 28 minutes before coming back to life

An Australian taekwondo instructor died for 28 minutes after suffering a heart attack at a basketball game. He describes his out-of-body experience and urges others to learn CPR.

 Illustrative: When Phill Zdybel was dead, he described it as if his brain was still alive and he was able to see everything as a bystander.

Stressed? Bloated? The two may just be connected

Most of us sometimes suffer from stomach pains, bloating and heartburn, and the reason for this is often unrelated to the food we eat; it's our mood.

 Stress (illustrative).

Sagui Gavri: The heart healer from Kibbutz Nir Am - opinion

Sagui Gavri heads Hadassah's Department of Pediatric Cardiology and performs heart surgery on Israeli and Palestinian children. He also lives in Nir Am, along the Gaza border.

 LONG HISTORY of bravery: Battling to extinguish a fire in a Kibbutz Nir Am restaurant, hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, 2007.

How sharp are you? Find the five hidden hearts in this picture

In the foreground we see a woman walking with her dog, but there are also several hearts hidden in the landscape. Will you be able to find them?

 Can you find all five hearts in the picture?

Severe COVID-19 linked to 16-fold increase in risk of heart rhythm disorder

The researchers found an increased risk among older patients and male patients.

 SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus behind COVID-19 (Illustrative).

Nahariya hospital implants cardiac pacemaker in 102-year-old woman

Kafri has a birth certificate from the time of the British Mandate that was written in three languages: Hebrew, English and Arabic.

 Rachel Kafri and Prof. Shaul Atar on her follow-up visit after implanting the pacemaker

Afraid for your heart? This diet could help prevent heart attacks

Women who followed the Mediterranean diet had a 24% lower risk of heart disease and a 23% lower risk of early death.

 Heart attack (Illustrative)

Traffic is bad for your heart's health – study

According to the WHO, untreated hypertension can lead to a myriad of conditions like Angina, heart attacks, heart failure, irregular heartbeat and sudden death.

 A traffic jam during the holiday season in Jal el-Dib, Lebanon, on December 22, 2022. Psychologists say traffic congestion may be a contributing factor to road rage.

If you have heartburn, avoid these foods

A nutritionist explains what heartburn is and whether it can be alleviated or prevented with the help of diet - and why shouldn't you go to bed after a meal.

 Heartburn hurts!

Israeli and Palestinian get to the heart of the matter - opinion

The operation that his Palestinian health service was suggesting would cost Mohammed in the ballpark of NIS 60,000.

 A SCENE in downtown Jerusalem. Although Jews and Muslims remain strangers,  there’s a lot that binds us, whether it be a distrust of government, our goals of providing a good and secure life for our children, and a realization that neither the people of Israel nor the people of Palestine are going