Medicine
Healthcare innovation in Reichman’s MBA program focused on real-world implementation
Trump to expand prescription drug site with 600 cheaper generic medicines in push to lower costs
Sheba opens Israel’s only protected hyperbaric medicine center
Dripping acid: My battle with chronic bladder pain after cancer treatment - opinion
World AIDS Day: HIV diagnoses in Israel drop 22% in 2024, Health Ministry reports
The HIV/AIDS incidence rate dropped from 4.1 to 3.2 new cases per 100,000 people in 2024, the ministry confirmed in data published on World AIDS Day.
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) and Matricelf sign cleanroom manufacturing agreement
Within about a year, a paraplegic patient will be selected to receive the world’s first engineered nerve implant.
Britain's Prince William offers 'moment of comfort' to sick Gazan children treated in UK
Approximately 50 Gazan children are receiving specialist care in the UK after arriving with their caregivers in September, according to the Health and Social Care Department’s official statistics.
Oral cancer cases rise in Israel as HPV, smoking, alcohol consumption take effect
Oral cancer is considered one of the less-discussed malignancies, even though its incidence continues to rise steadily in Israel and worldwide.
New drug combo nearly doubles survival for BRAF-mutated lung cancer patients, trial shows
First-line use of encorafenib and binimetinib in BRAF V600E NSCLC recorded a median overall survival of 47.6 months, according to data presented at the ESMO congress.
New, promising oral HIV medication receives promising results in late-stage trial
Merck's drug is an antiretroviral treatment, a combination of medicines used to stop the reproduction of the virus.
Reflexology can reduce patients' anxiety before undergoing surgery, Israeli study finds
Also known as “zone therapy,” reflexology is an ancient practice that began in Egypt, China, and India and made its way to the West a century ago.
A global stage for Israeli innovation: 30 years of the ICI conference
On Monday, Israel’s leading cardiology innovation conference returned after two hybrid years, hosting global experts and awarding the $200,000 De-Haan Prize to a breakthrough med-tech firm.
Taliban policing hospital entrances, denying entry to women without complete burqa covering - MSF
The report comes after women were left laying in rubble for hours, waiting for female rescuers following an earthquake.
Convicted German nurse killed 10 patients in an effort to reduce his workload, prosecutors claim
Prosecutors had argued that the nurse injected his mostly elderly patients with painkillers or sedatives to ease his workload at night.
