Medicine

The investments, gathered from both public and private sectors, will be used in five projects centered on hardware, medical devices, mental health, and rehabilitation innovations. 

An Israeli-developed system installed on CT scanners at Assuta Medical Centers sharply shortened reporting times for suspected stroke and identified life-threatening intracranial hemorrhages.

Officials and experts say thousands of unqualified practitioners have entered hospitals and clinics, fueling medical errors and preventable deaths as enforcement lags.

The areas currently defined as outbreak zones are Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Bnei Brak, Harish, Modi’in Illit, Nof Hagalil, Kiryat Gat, Ashdod, and Safed.

Type-2 diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world, characterized by high blood-sugar levels and associated with damage to blood vessels, the heart, and the nervous system.

The hospital’s operations continued as normal, but experts are examining whether or not sensitive data may have been leaked. 

It can take up to 17 years for discoveries in scientific research to make it to clinical practice, but why wait that long?

A meta-analysis in Sleep Medicine Reviews confirmed that warm showers taken one to two hours before bedtime improve sleep latency, efficiency and total duration.

The doctor was dismissed from a hospital in Manchester after he was found to have left an unconscious patient to go have sex with a nurse in a nearby operating theater.

Jerusalemite of the Week: Dr. Maurit Beeri heads the Alyn Orthopedic Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, helping scores of children dealing with physical disabilities or injury recovery.