Many articles describe how 12-year-old Little League World Series baseball player Easton Oliverson emerged from a coma after a serious fall. His recovery was aided by Israeli neurosurgeon Dr Oded Goren who currently practices at Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania. … Continue reading →

SCICC with American Israeli Medical Association and Elite Entrepreneur Organization host the “Merage Medical-Biotech Innovations” featuring 20 Israeli biotechs. Sep 14 @ 7.30pm in San Fernando Valley. RSVP: [email protected] or [email protected] https://www.dropbox.com/s/1la78kouzbsm8ej/MerageSep2022-Fellows.pdf?dl=0

Tel Aviv University researchers have developed musical tests that measure brain activity in old age. 50 patients from Dorot-Netanya Geriatric Medical Center performed melodies on different musical instruments while electrical brain activity was recorded. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/08/220817104010.htm https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2022.773692/full

Rambam Health Care Campus is the first Israeli hospital to fix back problems via “anterior-to-psoas” keyhole surgery using a minimally invasive incision in the waist. It takes advantage of an “anatomical corridor” running from the waist to the back, where … Continue reading →

Two students at Israel’s Technion Institute have written a machine learning algorithm that predicts the development of atrial fibrillation (AFib) – a condition that causes strokes. Using one million ECG recordings from more than 400,000 patients, their algorithm was 95% … Continue reading →

Cardiologists at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center are the first in Israel to fix life-threatening heart aneurysms by minimal catheterization. Four patients underwent the 2.5-hour procedure in which an implant is threaded via the arm or leg to the … Continue reading →

Israel’s AvoMed has patented an ecofriendly process to extract PFA (polyhydroxylated fatty alcohol) from normally trashed avocado pits. PFA is a bioactive compound that AvoMed use to developed skin-care products to treat sun damage and inflammation. https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/08/12/israeli-tech-turns-avocado-pits-into-beauty-aids/

Researchers from Israel’s Bar-Ilan University have produced tiny diamonds that can deliver medicinal and cosmetic treatments to cells, through layers of human skin. They are also effective antioxidants. The nano-diamonds are produced by detonating explosives inside a closed chamber. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/technology-science/1661859600-israeli-researchers-create-nanodiamonds-used-for-medical-treatment … Continue reading →

Researchers at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Organization have developed an AI algorithm to identify, with 96% accuracy, all possible harmful mutations of the TP53 cancer-causing gene. The breakthrough can improve genetic screening and customized treatment for cancer patients. https://hadassahinternational.org/breakthrough-research-at-hadassah-cancer-institute-pinpoints-harmful-mutations/ https://academic.oup.com/bib/article/23/2/bbab524/6510957?login=false