Monthly Archives: January 2024

No cycle of violence here

Posted on January 7, 2024

Zippy Schrager, a 56-year-old Rabbi’s daughter, manages a cycle repair shop in Mailiya, a Christian Arab village in the Western Galilee, just 12 miles from Lebanon. Zippy learned how to fix bikes from the shop co-owner Ron Boutillier who is … Continue reading →

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Friends despite the war

Posted on January 7, 2024

Two Jews and two Muslims share an apartment run by Kivunim, an organization that helps young adults with disabilities. Despite Oct 7, the four flat mates get along just as before. Kivunim’s 45 apartments in Nahariya and Haifa house some … Continue reading →

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Restoring sanity in the ICU

Posted on January 7, 2024

Two Israeli hospitals (Beilinson and Assuta Ashdod) are trialing the innovative communication headset for locked-in patients developed by Israel’s EyeControl (see here previously). They want to see if it can reduce the incidences of delirium (nightmares & hallucinations) in ICU … Continue reading →

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Cure for Peripheral Artery Disease sounds good

Posted on January 7, 2024

Israel’s NovaPulse has developed a “virtual” stent that opens blocked arteries in the legs. The implant sits just under the skin on the leg; when the patient moves, they generate ultrasound waves that dilate the implant, allowing oxygenated blood to … Continue reading →

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Rehabilitating wounded soldiers

Posted on January 7, 2024

More on the Kemtai AI-powered virtual physiotherapist (see here previously) that Israel’s medical institutions and organizations are using to help get wounded IDF service people on the journey back to health. https://vimeo.com/707320029 https://nocamels.com/2024/01/virtual-physio-helping-wounded-soldiers-on-road-to-recovery/

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Computer games can lift depression

Posted on January 7, 2024

Neuroscientist Prof. Moshe Bar co-founded Israel’s Hedonia and created the computer game Mood Bloom to reduce negative feelings. It is based on a therapy called Facilitating Thought Progression (FTP) in which mini games require the player to focus less on … Continue reading →

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Nitric Oxide for cancer

Posted on January 7, 2024

Israel’s Beyond Air (see here previously) has partnered with US-based Beyond Cancer to produce a form of immunotherapy for solid tumors known as ultra-high concentration nitric oxide (UNO). The ultra-high concentration of UNO is undergoing Phase 1 human trials. https://nocamels.com/category/news-briefs/#post-126279

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The spirit of wounded soldiers

Posted on January 7, 2024

These brave soldiers send out such positive inspirational messages. https://www.jns.org/a-rare-glimpse-into-the-recovery-of-wounded-soldiers/

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Showers, tailor, laundry, beds

Posted on January 7, 2024

Not a John le Carre book title, but some of the innovative mobile services that Israelis have developed to provide IDF soldiers with basic necessities. Thanks to Brothers and Sisters for Israel, (see here) the NGO Restart (see here), Rabbi … Continue reading →

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Word of the Year – Resilience

Posted on January 7, 2024

Israel21c’s Word of the Year for 2023 is Resilience. Israeli NGO Eran defines it as “the ability to enlist internal resources such as flexible thinking, creativity and a willingness to receive help, together with external resources, in order to overcome … Continue reading →

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