Monthly Archives: November 2013

Carmel Caves are new UNESCO heritage

Posted on November 10, 2013

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named the Carmel Caves site in northern Israel the newest World Heritage Site for “providing a definitive chronological framework at a key period of human development.” http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=12915

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More great Israeli music

Posted on November 10, 2013

Thursday’s Kol Cambridge playlist from DJ Antithesis on Tel Aviv’s Radio TLV1 featured new releases from Daklon, Shlomi Shaban, Alma Zohar, Eti Ankari, Gad Elbaz and Yaakov Shwekey & Shlomi Shabat in a fantastic duet. http://tlv1.fm/music/kol-cambridge/2014/01/23/weekend-soundtrack-kol-cambridge-7/

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Great Israeli music

Posted on November 10, 2013

Kol Cambridge’s DJ Antithesis on Tel Aviv’s Radio TLV1 pays tribute to the soldiers who keep us safe and reflects on the emotions that have flooded our hearts with a selection of Israeli singers and songwriters. http://tlv1.fm/music/kol-cambridge/2014/08/07/heres-to-a-peaceful-weekend-kol-cambridge/

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Baby saved with device just delivered

Posted on November 10, 2013

United Hatzalah volunteer medic Itzik Hillel saved the life of a one-month-old baby girl who had been left in a hot car. Itzik used a device called ResQme that shatters the car window without causing any risk to the child. … Continue reading →

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$50 million to advance personalized medicine

Posted on November 10, 2013

Nancy and Stephen Grand, of San Francisco, have donated $50 million to Weizmann’s Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine. The INCPM focuses on genomics, protein profiling, bioinformatics, and treatment discovery to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease. http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2013/11/06/nancy-and-stephen-grand-donate-50-million-to-name-the-israel-national-center-for-personalized-medicine-at-the-weizmann-institute-of-science

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More amazing Israeli medical devices

Posted on November 10, 2013

(Thanks to Nevet – www.BroaderView.org) This video (part 1 of 2) contains details of three Israeli devices that I hadn’t even heard about before. They are EarDoc, Unfo and Qure I will include details about these devices next week together … Continue reading →

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Pushing male fertility to the limit

Posted on November 10, 2013

(Thanks to Israel21c) Dr. Karen Tordjman of Tel Aviv University discovered a new genetic mutation in a sterile Androgen Receptor Insensitivity sufferer. She then used a treatment that theoretically had no hope, but within two years led to him successfully … Continue reading →

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5 children receive transplants

Posted on November 10, 2013

Within 72 hours the staff of Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva successfully transplanted five organs into five small children. They included a 7-year-old girl whose father donated a liver lobe and a 5-year-old boy who received a kidney … Continue reading →

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Amazing 3D medical holograms

Posted on November 10, 2013

Israel’s Real View is bringing fantasy to reality with 3-D holograms that doctors can use to save lives. Its advanced 3-D interactive visualization holographic system allows physicians to work with the patients’ true 3-D anatomy appearing as precise volumetric holograms … Continue reading →

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Enabling diabetics to sleep soundly

Posted on November 10, 2013

NightSense is an Israeli device worn by diabetics at night (the most dangerous time for diabetics) to detect sudden drops in blood-sugar levels (hypoglycemia). NightSense analyzes subtle changes in the movement of the hand that indicate changes in pulse and … Continue reading →

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