Tag: Health

Galil Medical’s technology will allow doctors to kill cancer tumors by repeatedly freezing and thawing them.”You never know if you’ve killed off a cancer for

SELAH volunteers are active at Israeli hospitals to help take care of immigrants in need.It started as a carefree Friday morning in May for the

A fatal heart condition found in Bedouin Arab children led researchers to discover genes that may be causing an array of heart problems.A team of

Although the technology is ingenious, analysts disagree about whether Given Imaging’s camera-in-a-pill will be a moneymaker.With investors feeling gloomy and the markets still dim after

Sunscreens block harmful ultraviolet light from the sun, but they can also do damage if they are absorbed into the body.Sol-Gel Technologies Ltd., a four-year-old

The underground emergency room at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center is a vital asset in case of terror attacks.Shaare Zedek Hospital is an institution whose

The Technion-developed device that aids walking displays a ‘virtual floor’ that adjusts as the user moves.A professor at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has found

Sleep studies by researchers at other hospitals support the Technion’s findings about post-traumatic sleep loss.After Sept. 11, requests for sleep medications had increased about 30

BioSight aims to raise $1 million to $2 million to continue clinical trials of its drug-directing technology.BioSight, a biotech startup that began in the Misgav

Alois Alzheimer, for whom Alzheimer’s is named, published the first diagnosis of the disease in 1907.The key to new and better Alzheimer’s drugs, less toxic

New uses for the pomegranate could benefit Israeli growers who produce 3,000 tons of the fruit per year.Until recently, the medicinal powers of the pomegranate

Health care research in Israel is going strong as hospitals, companies and laboratories develop new drugs, devices and procedures.Despite slight downturns in other sectors, Israeli

Promoters say drugs based on glycans, or sugars, can increase the success rate of pharmaceutical development.A shopping center in a leafy, detached-home community in central

Medical research with stem cells in Israel includes a wide range of efforts, including combating heart disease and diabetes.While the use of embryonic stem cells

White wine drinkers don’t yet receive the health benefits attributed to red wine known as the ‘French paradox,’ researchers say.A Technion professor is working on