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Surgeons at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya have been using hypnosis instead of anesthesia prior to drilling holes in the skull for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). Psychologist Dr Udi Bonshtein says it helps shorten and improve medical treatment.

Two Technion faculty members have been awarded prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants. Prof Efrat Shimron for her development of a low-cost, small portable MRI machine, and Prof Ariel Rapaport for his work on fractal geometry.

A new study from Tel Aviv University and Dana Dwek Children’s Hospital shows that obese children with illnesses had over twice the fat in their liver than healthy obese children. A Mediterranean diet may provide protection against metabolic illness, even in the case of obesity.

Latest news from Israel’s Technion Institute includes AI analysis of imperfect ECG images to pinpoint critical heart problems (see ) plus how dopamine rewires the brain to help learn new movements (see ).

Scientists at Israel’s Ben Gurion University have discovered how cells control energy levels and have developed molecules that lowered blood glucose levels in lab tests. The scientists believe these could form the basis of tools to cure diabetes, cancer, and other metabolic disorders.

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, together with the IDF Medical Corps, have unveiled a new autoinjector that could drastically reduce deaths from severe bleeding. It delivers Tranexamic Acid (TXA) to stabilize blood clots and reduce blood loss.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Sourasky Medical Center (“Ichilov”) have measured patients’ memory just by tracking their eye movements as they watched animation videos. It can measure memory in subjects who cannot speak, such as infants, patients with brain injuries, or even animals.

Israel’s TruLeaf Medical (see previously) successfully implanted its RoseDoc docking device in two patients in India. It is the first step in a two-stage catheter-based procedure to replace faulty tricuspid and mitral valves, without open-heart surgery.

Researchers from Israel’s Ben Gurion University and in Harvard and Leipzog, have uncovered innovative biological evidence that diet can directly influence brain aging. The Good Mediterranean Diet reduced proteins Galectin-9 and Decorin, which were very high in degenerated brain ages.

Scientists from Tel Aviv University have introduced an innovative gene therapy method to treat impairments in hearing and balance caused by inner ear dysfunction. The research is featured in the EMBO Molecular Medicine magazine and highlighted on its cover.