Monthly Archives: January 2013

When nothing else works

Posted on January 20, 2013

This personal story illustrates how important the new FitNeS epilepsy treatment from Israel’s BioControl Medical will be to those sufferers for whom medication has no effect on their seizures. http://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-company-develops-new-treatment-for-epilepsy/

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Live long and prosper

Posted on January 20, 2013

The latest life expectancy figures from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics show that Israelis have among the highest life expectancies on the globe, with an overall life expectancy of 81.7 years – two years more than the OECD average. Israeli … Continue reading →

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Teddy Bear hospital

Posted on January 20, 2013

Bar-Ilan University’s School of Medicine in the Galilee opened a “teddy bear hospital” in December designed to reduce anxiety about health care among young children. 150 preschoolers learnt not to fear hospitals and doctors by watching simulated treatment on their … Continue reading →

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15-year-old girl’s donated organs save four lives

Posted on January 20, 2013

Liel Naomi, who died as a result of edema of the brain, donated organs that saved the lives of four people, aged seven to 68. Her family said saving lives was foremost, and that the organ donations would commemorate Liel’s … Continue reading →

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Israelis discover breast cancer signal

Posted on January 20, 2013

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered protein S6K1. If this protein mutates it turns into a signal for cells to proliferate and cause breast cancer. The researchers are now working on reversing the mutation as a form … Continue reading →

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WiFi in Alaska

Posted on January 20, 2013

Israel’s Alvarion is deploying its fast wireless broadband service on the North Slope of Alaska, one of the remotest and harshest places on earth. Alvarion’s rugged equipment will allow the 7500 residents, including workers on the Alaskan oil rigs, to … Continue reading →

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Mobile communications for ships at sea

Posted on January 20, 2013

(Thanks to Atid-EDI) Israel’s Station 711 has launched its upgraded version of Fleetbroadband to give officers and crew a commercial, operational and personal link to the world while at sea. http://www.station711.com/about/news/2013/fleetbroadband-multi-voice-integrated-with-crewtalk-solution

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Saving water across the world

Posted on January 20, 2013

Israel’s Miya locates leaks, saving 600 million liters of water every day in Manila, Philippines. Other projects include the Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Rico and South Africa. http://sustainablebusinessforum.com/marcgunther/77456/miya-delivering-clean-drinking-water-scale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juIRpxxbPfc

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Reinforcing the new corvette

Posted on January 20, 2013

(Thanks to Israel21c) The new Chevy Corvette C7 Stingray sports car is lighter and stronger thanks to the same very dense plastic composite material that protects US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. The material is manufactured by Plasan Sasa, which … Continue reading →

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Israeli expert’s mission to save India’s rivers

Posted on January 20, 2013

Renowned water expert Dr Yoram Oren has been developing nano-filtration membrane separation to purify two of India’s mighty rivers. The Noyyal and the Bhavani have been polluted due to the large scale discharge of toxic effluents from dyeing units along … Continue reading →

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