Medical

After botched execution attempt, death row inmate Christa Pike awakes 'angry and confused'

She is the first person known to have survived a "completed execution attempt" in the US, her lawyers say, calling it a violation of the Constitution's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments.

A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.
Forehead reduction surgery can reshape the hairline and facial proportions.

Forehead reduction surgery in Turkey: What patients should know

Israel is emerging as a new destination for international hair transplant patients.

Turkey OUT, Israel IN: How Trichogenics became an international destination for hair transplants

FBI agents monitor suspicious activity; illustrative.

FBI staff psychiatric, medical records stolen by ShinyHunters, hackers claim


Israel must confront the growing economic toll of depression - opinion

Depression is costing Israel is costing the country between an estimated NIS 12 billion and NIS 16 billion per year.

The antidepressant drug Prozac, also known as fluoxetine, is seen on a table in Leicester, central England February 26, 2008 in this posed photograph.

How does CAR-T cancer treatment work? - explainer

A rigorous medical journey ends in a breakthrough, in the form of CAR-T therapy, achieving a rare, hard-won cancer-free result.

CAR-T causes less collateral damage to healthy cells than standard chemo.

Dozens rescued in severe flooding as Storm Byron wreaks havoc on Israel

14 Israelis rescued from vehicles across Yavne • Two students injured as tree collapses in Rishon Lezion • Netanya man found dead with severe hypothermia • 19-year-old from Bnei Brak still missing

View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

Hospital discharge should not be the finish line: Doctors must help patients reintegrate - opinion

A critical, defined part of a medical team's job must be managing the patient's transition to the community.

 An illustrative image of a nurse writing a prescription.

Closer to our 90 second goal: How United Hatzalah's ambuscooter can save more lives - opinion

An ambuscooter can ride through the narrow streets, right into the lobby of a high-rise apartment or office building long before an ambulance team arrives.

United Hatzalah launched a new unit of emergency response vehicles, December 9, 2025.

From private clinics to network clinics: Senior doctors strengthen Maccabi Aesthetics

Maccabi Aesthetics launches the "Doctors’ Team Collaboration" – top plastic surgery and medical aesthetics specialists offer treatments at network branches and private clinics for Maccabi members.

Prof. Yoav Barnea, Tony Cohen, CEO of Maccabi Aesthetics, and Eli Pesach, Director of Maccabi Aesthetics.

Hair transplant in Turkey: why so many people choose Dr. Terziler

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German bid for Zim with Saudi, Qatari backing raises Israel security concerns

Zim has said it will release no further information until a decision is made. 

Zim containers are stacked just outside Israel's port of Ashdod February 23, 2012

Why Collaboration, Not Competition, Will Cure Rare Cancers

International Neuroblastoma Awareness Day is marked each year on December 5 in more than 50 countries and the day’s theme, “Together We Can,” is more than a slogan

Shir with his mother

Complications arise from stopping weight-loss injections before pregnancy, study finds

Women who stop GLP-1 weight loss injections near pregnancy experience more complications, including rapid weight gain and gestational diabetes.

 Weight-loss injections 41% more effective than surgery in reducing obesity-related cancer risk.