Monthly Archives: February 2016

Protecting USA from radiation sickness

Posted on February 28, 2016

I previously reported (here) on the therapy from Israel’s Pluristem for treating patients exposed to lethal radiation doses. Pluristem is to join the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases program designed to protect people from catastrophic incidents. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/US-government-to-stocking-Israeli-bio-tech-cure-to-lethal-radiation-in-2017-445620

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Keeping hip and spinal surgeons on target

Posted on February 28, 2016

Another great invention from the students of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s BioDesign Medical Innovation program. Their BendGuide system monitors and detects minute changes in guide-wire trajectory during hip and spinal surgery. Surgeons can correct drilling trajectories, prevent guide-wire breakage … Continue reading →

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Another test for Alzheimer’s

Posted on February 28, 2016

Researchers from Tel Aviv University, the Technion and Rambam Medical Center propose testing the blood biomarker ADNP for cognitive aging and Alzheimer’s disease. ADNP is essential for brain formation and cognitive function. I reported another blood test in January (here). … Continue reading →

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Alzheimer’s therapy is available

Posted on February 28, 2016

I reported previously on the neuroAD transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and cognitive training from Israel’s Neuronix (see here). NeuroAD now has CE approval and is commercially available in Israel, Europe and Asia. US FDA approval is subject to results of … Continue reading →

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Exercise and dance to reduce Parkinson’s symptoms

Posted on February 28, 2016

I reported previously (in August) that dancing can treat Parkinson’s. Now Israeli Alex Kerten has developed a mind-body therapy for Parkinson’s called Gyro-Kinetics. It includes breathing exercises, relaxation and dance. http://www.timesofisrael.com/how-an-israeli-healer-treats-parkinsons-through-talk-and-dance/

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Angel pays electricity bill for soldier’s family

Posted on February 21, 2016

A soldier on a train pleaded with the Israel Electric Company not to cut off her elderly disabled family. Suddenly a fellow passenger grabbed her phone and paid her overdue 1,950-shekel bill. An eye-witness said the episode filled her with … Continue reading →

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Air-conditioning saves a life

Posted on February 21, 2016

Moving story of how a teenager’s desire just to get out of the summer heat resulted in him registering on Ezer Mizion’s bone-marrow database and from there to saving a 9-year-old with leukemia. http://www.ezermizion.org/blog/one-grows-up-and-the-other-by-kobi-arieli/  

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Largest-ever Conference of Presidents

Posted on February 21, 2016

The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations convened its 42nd consecutive annual Leadership Mission to Israel with a delegation of more than 100 leaders from the Conference’s 53 member organizations, the largest group ever. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/bibi-addressed-opening-of-conference-of-presidents-42nd-leadership-mission-to-israel/2016/02/15/

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Martial arts fighter now fights terror

Posted on February 21, 2016

Israel’s Noy Peles is a skilled former MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) champion. Last March she enlisted in the IDF and chose the Border Police, despite the adverse impact on her martial arts career. She now helps defend Jerusalem against terror … Continue reading →

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He helped fly a million Jews to Israel

Posted on February 21, 2016

Read about entrepreneur Aaron Frenkel’s role in flying Jews from the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to Israel. A phone call in 1988 triggered his entry into the aviation industry. Soon between 20,000 to 35,000 Jews per month were … Continue reading →

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