Monthly Archives: August 2026

Medical miracle in Tzfat

Posted on August 9, 2026

66-year-old Gonen Klein, of Degania Bet, had advanced metastatic prostate cancer. After treatment with Lutetium-177 PSMA at Ziv Medical Center in Tzfat, follow-up imaging and blood tests showed no detectable sign of disease. His wife Rivka said “I feel I’ve … Continue reading →

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The heart of Africa

Posted on August 9, 2026

The previous newsletter reported on the work of doctors from Israel’s Save A Child’s Heart in Rwanda. Now they have moved on to Zambia, training the country’s first pediatric heart surgeons, plus several from neighboring Tanzania. Together, they saved 10 … Continue reading →

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Walking

Posted on August 9, 2026

Bar-Ilan University researcher Jonathan Rabinowitz has led to a new feature in the Moovit app that allows public transportation users to choose routes with more walking while reaching their destinations in the same amount of time – or even faster. … Continue reading →

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Sheba to become an AI-powered hospital

Posted on August 9, 2026

Israel’s Sheba Medical Center will become OpenAI’s first International fully AI-powered hospital. It will allow physicians, nurses, researchers and staff to gain secure access to an advanced AI-powered platform that supports faster, better-informed clinical decisions. https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/israeli-hospital-to-become-openais-first-international-partner

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Surprising medication can stop cancer spread

Posted on August 9, 2026

Researchers say mouse models and data from 5 million health fund members show sildenafil (the active ingredient in Viagra), in combination with statins, can improve outcomes by blocking the supply of cholesterol that cancer cells need to metastasize. https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-world-first-israeli-scientists-find-active-ingredient-in-viagra-may-stop-cancer-spread/ https://aacrjournals.org/cancerres/article/doi/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-26-1818/786876/PDE5a-Inhibition-Restricts-Cancer-Metastasis-by

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AI to diagnose PTSD

Posted on August 9, 2026

Israel’s Hemispheric is developing Descartes, an AI model trained on 250,000 hours of electroencephalogram (EEG) brain data taken from 100,000 paid volunteers over seven years. Descartes decodes the language of the brain’s electrical activity to diagnose conditions such as PTSD … Continue reading →

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Treatment for fatal brain disease

Posted on August 9, 2026

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have proved that the medication Davunetide may significantly slow the progression of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in women. PSP is a rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease due to abnormal accumulation of tau protein in the … Continue reading →

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Charred beams unearthed from roof of 1st Temple

Posted on August 9, 2026

Days before the Jewish holiday of Tisha b’Av, which commemorates the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem, charred wooden beams testifying to this very event were revealed to have been found by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). https://www.israpundit.org/charred-wooden-beams-from-first-temple-destruction-found-in-jerusalems-city-of-david/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P2lfAdk8hU https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-903024

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Match made in heaven

Posted on August 9, 2026

Yonatan Rom’s life was saved in a terrorist attack by Eyal Tam in 2002. 24 years later, Yonatan decided to donate a kidney through Matan Chaim (see here previously). Amazingly, he was matched to Reuven Tam – the brother of … Continue reading →

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French immigration jumps 30%

Posted on August 9, 2026

The pace of French Aliyah continues to rise. Approximately 2,400 immigrants arrived from France between the beginning of 2026 and the end of July, an increase of more than 30% over the corresponding period in 2025. 7,000+ French Jews have … Continue reading →

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