Pediatrics
Gilat Foundation uses theater to bring moments of childhood back to hospitalized Israeli children
The foundation brings interactive therapeutic performances to pediatric hospitals across Israel. Led by trained actor-therapists, the programs are tailored to children’s physical and emotional needs.
Six-month-old baby receives surgery months after swallowing package of staples
Tel Aviv pediatrician charged with indecent acts against clinic employee
Not necessarily every three hours: The truth parents must know about baby feeding
Retired IDF officer brings smiles to sick kids with Lego
Cohen is known as the Lego Man, a unique nickname he earned for his extensive volunteering where he’s donated over 10,000 sets of lego to sick kids over the past 12 years.
Surgeon at Israeli hospital pulls cockroach out of a woman's ear
A surgeon and director of the pediatric emergency department at Netanya's Laniado Medical Center was surprised after pulling out a cockroach from and woman's ear.
Professor Nachman Ash celebrates 26 years of Save a Child's Heart
Ash met the medical professionals who were training to do work for SACH in Zambia, Ethiopia, the Palestinian Authority and Gaza.
An 'EpiPen' bracelet? Assuta Ashdod develops concept to save lives
A pediatric nurse at Assuta has developed a concept for the first-ever compact epinephrine injection device. She was able to do that via Assuta Ashdod accelerator.
Technion researchers print a functional ear implant
This new creation will hopefully prove useful for children born with microtia, a condition that results in underdeveloped, small or malformed ears at birth.
Wolfson Medical Center opens Helmsley Pediatric Heart Institute
The hospital said that the new department will expand the capabilities of its existing pediatric cardiology unit.
Does bedwetting indicate a child’s emotional suffering?
When should parents start worrying about nighttime bedwetting? When should they think it's due to an emotional problem? Dr. Hadassah Troan answers the questions.
Conjoined twins, separated in Israel last month, leave hospital
The operation the children underwent is extremely rare – having been performed only about 20 times – and now, for the first time in Israel.
Technion and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital bring pediatrics to the future
The Technion and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center are working on combining advanced technology with medical expertise in order to revolutionize children's healthcare.
New hospital protocol reduces invasive medical procedures in children
The procedure has seen a 90% efficiency rate in detecting foreign items in the airways of children, and the number of bronchoscopies performed in 2020 significantly decreased from previous years.
