Monthly Archives: April 2023

Matching patients to the best treatments

Posted on April 30, 2023

The normally anti-Israel BBC has discovered Israel’s Genetika+ (see here previously) which is developing a precision tool that uses Artificial Intelligence to determine if a particular antidepressant will work for an individual. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65260592

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Relieve stress with an AI-based nutrition coach

Posted on April 30, 2023

April is Stress Awareness Month in both the USA and UK, Israeli-US startup myAir has marked it by launching its stressless routine smart food platform. It includes 24/7 personal support from an AI-based nutrition coach to supplement its nutrition bars … Continue reading →

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Relieving social anxiety without pills

Posted on April 30, 2023

An Israeli-led study of 105 adults with social anxiety disorder used therapy based on eye-tracking, combined with a musical reward. The “gaze-contingent music reward therapy” (GC-MRT) was just as successful (50%) as the standard psychiatric medicine. https://www.israel21c.org/musical-technology-relieves-social-anxiety-without-drugs/ https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220533

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Preventing mosquito bites

Posted on April 30, 2023

Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have discovered that a thin coating of natural, sustainable, cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) applied to human skin, decreases the number of mosquito bites by 80%. In combination with the naturally occurring amino acid Indole, it is … Continue reading →

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Diffusing radiation therapy for inoperable cancer

Posted on April 30, 2023

Israel’s Alpha Tau Medical (see here previously) has used its Alpha DaRT radiation therapy to treat its first patient with advanced inoperable pancreatic cancer. The Montreal trial will treat 30 patients with Stage II, III, or IV pancreatic cancer or … Continue reading →

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Victims of terror saved lives

Posted on April 16, 2023

Organs donated by Or Ashkar and Lucy Dee have been transplanted into 10 patients. Their corneas have given sight to even more. The wife of one of the heart transplant patients said, “I heard that Or Ashkar had a heart … Continue reading →

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70 UN Ambassadors attend Israeli Passover Seder

Posted on April 16, 2023

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan, in collaboration with Aish Global, hosted a model Passover Seder at the UN that was attended by 70 global Ambassadors. It included traditional Passover foods, Haggadah readings, and explanations of Seder customs. … Continue reading →

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Let’s get packing

Posted on April 16, 2023

Tel Aviv’s Chabad center enlisted the help of protestors in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square to pack food boxes for the needy before the Passover festival. Many passersby also joined in the humanitarian initiative to help and connect the entire Israeli … Continue reading →

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Everything is Kosher for Pesach

Posted on April 16, 2023

Avi Abelow stops to fill up his car with gas at a gas station in Israel and shares his amazement that all the products sold in the shop are Kosher for Pesach.  Everything! https://pulseofisrael.com/2021/03/31/passover-proof-israel-home/

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Bar Mitzvah celebration for 120 orphans at the Kotel

Posted on April 16, 2023

Colel Chabad sponsored and organized a joyous Bar Mitzvah celebration at the Western Wall for more than 120 orphans who had lost at least one parent. The Kotel event was followed by a gala celebration in Jerusalem’s International Convention Center. … Continue reading →

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