Body shaping goes European
Israel’s Ultrashape Medical has obtained EU CE Mark certification for its Vertical Dynamic Focus technology that removes fat and cellular tissue non-invasively.
New mothers re-wire their brains
Hebrew University researcher Dr Adi Mizrahi has proved that the apparent instinctive maternal abilities of new mothers are actually the result of changes in their neo-cortical networks.
A protein to protect against Parkinson’s
PRX-105 from Israel’s Protalix Biotherapeutics may help drive the brain’s transcription machinery to follow a protective path leading to new treatment options for Parkinson’s disease.
Patch delivers Parkinson’s drug
Israeli biotech Neuroderm has achieved promising results in trials of ND0611, a carbidopa patch for treating Parkinson’s disease.
Preventing gangrene
Pluristem Thereputics’s PLX-PAD stem cell treatment has had success in combating critical limb ischemia (blockage of the arteries in the limbs), which can lead to gangrene and amputation.
Historic opening of medical school in the Galilee
124 students began their studies at Bar-Ilan’s radical new institute, dedicated to preventing disease and promoting health. They included 54 Israelis who have returned to their homeland from foreign universities. President Peres stated, “The Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee will change the face of the State of Israel.”
The new MDA vehicles
See this great film of the new Magen David Adom emergency command & control vehicle and all-terrain response car. I only realised at the end that the interview takes place inside the vehicle!
Watering kids helps them lose weight
Researchers at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center Children’s hospital found that drinking water increases the metabolic processes in their bodies, providing a highly effective mechanism for burning energy and calories.
New Jerusalem MDA HQ
The $10m state-of-the-art station includes a modern blood collection centre, auditorium, visitors’ centre, facilities for more than 60 ambulances and mobile intensive care units and those who man them, and an advanced system for locating every building in the city and its environs.
Artificial pancreas for children
Hailed as a world breakthrough, physicians from Schneider Children's Medical Center in Israel completed a successful trial of the MD-Logic Artificial Pancreas (MDLAP). It offers the potential of a “normal” life for diabetic youngsters by using an automatic insulin delivery system during the night. It thus eliminates the need for regular self-testing of blood glucose levels and insulin injections.