Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

3D-printing body parts

Posted on June 2, 2024

Since Oct 7, Israel’s Synergy3d Med has progressed from 3D-printing prosthetics for animals (see here previously). Its Patient Specific Instruments (PSIs) create customized replacement limbs or implants of bones and joints for wounded Israelis, inside hospitals in a few hours. … Continue reading →

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Caring for patients remotely

Posted on June 2, 2024

An updated article about Israel’s Laguna Health (see here previously) whose AI platform records and analyzes conversations during telehealth consultations for social, emotional, and cultural context. It highlights issues enabling care managers to treat their hundreds of patients as individuals. … Continue reading →

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A virtual hospital

Posted on June 2, 2024

Israel’s Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva has launched a virtual medical center in line with a 25% increase in demand for telehealth services since Oct 7. The Beilinson NEXT service is available for no additional cost to all Israelis. They … Continue reading →

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Wearable devices can save lives

Posted on June 2, 2024

Dr. Shirit Kazum-Beiser is Head of the Sports Cardiology Clinic at Israel’s Beilinson Hospital. She said that smart technology accessories, such as smartwatches, provide data that cardiologists can use to advance research and development and, with new AI tools, can … Continue reading →

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Transforming healthcare

Posted on June 2, 2024

The 150 innovative Israeli health-tech companies presenting at the 2024 BioMed Israel conference featured several new to this newsletter, including Epilog (companion app); Innoventric (valve replacement); Pangea Bio (AI oncology); and QRGenetics (AI therapy discovery). https://www.israel21c.org/13-israeli-med-tech-startups-that-could-transform-healthcare/ https://epilog.world/ https://www.innoventric.com/ https://pangeabiomed.com/ https://qrgenetics.com/

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One happy donkey

Posted on June 2, 2024

Miri, a 7-year-old female 3-legged donkey with an abscess under its hoof was in so much pain, that euthanasia was the only option. But after one injection of liposomal-CBD from Israel’s Innocan (see here previously), Miri regained her mobility and … Continue reading →

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From the lowest to the highest

Posted on June 2, 2024

Israel’s Ran Kraus has climbed to the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. He dedicated the achievement to his friend Matan Mordechai Lior, an Oct 7 victim. Krauss has also successfully climbed Kilimanjaro (Africa), Elbrus (Russia), and Aconcagua … Continue reading →

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Bedouin girl saved

Posted on June 2, 2024

Israeli doctors have revived Amina al-Hassouni, the seven-year-old Israeli Bedouin Arab Muslim girl who was critically wounded in Iran’s massive missile and drone attack on Israel in April. She had been put into an induced coma whilst surgeons fought to … Continue reading →

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2,300-year-old ring found in Jerusalem

Posted on June 2, 2024

Archaeologists discovered a 2,300-year-old child’s ring at an excavation in Jerusalem’s City of David archaeological park. The gold and gemstone ring upgrades the previous historical view of the nature and stature of Jerusalem’s inhabitants in the Early Hellenistic Period. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/390606 … Continue reading →

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Israel’s largest mezuzah scroll

Posted on June 2, 2024

Rabbi Meir Peretz from Ashdod has written a 56 cm (22-inch) mezuzah – roughly a third of the size of an average person. Rabbi Peretz is a certified Sofer (scribe) of the Mishmeret Stam Institute, but admitted it was a … Continue reading →

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