A rap music video produced by Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem has gone “viral”. It features the hospital’s doctors and nurses dancing and singing the virtues of anti-bacterial hand gel. The Hebrew video, uploaded on September 21, has already … Continue reading →

The Ramat Gan Wildlife hospital treats over 2000 animals every year, including snakes, weasels, deer, hyenas, crows, pigeons or baby hedgehogs. On one day 170 wild creatures were having treatment. Many injured birds arrive, as Israel is on a major … Continue reading →

Back in June 2011 I reported on BreathID from Israel’s Exalenz, which tests for H. pylori. The bacterium causes peptic ulcers and gastric inflammation, and is associated with stomach cancer. Today, BreathID is used in 220 US centers, producing results … Continue reading →

Doctors can now prescribe cheaper alternatives for heart patients using Adenoscan and sufferers of primary hyperlipidemia and mixed dyslipidemia previously using Niaspan. http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000881048&fid=1725

AstraZeneca and Hadasit, the commercial arm and technology transfer company of Israel’s Hadassah University Hospitals have agreed to identify, evaluate, and jointly develop new treatments for several diseases, primarily focused on cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes. http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2013/09/24/british-astrazeneca-and-israeli-hadasit-launch-drug-discovery-alliance/

Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science has launched The Personalized Nutrition Project. Over the course of ten days, local volunteers will have their glucose intake and absorption monitored. Using the data, scientists profile each individual’s response to foods and tailor a … Continue reading →

Tel Aviv University scientists have manufactured cardiac tissue from spring-shaped fibers. The elastic tissue mimics the expanding and contracting heart and is more suitable for transplants than tissue made from straight fibers. http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=19153