NoCamels Team, NoCamels - Israel Innovation News Sometimes accidents lead to the greatest discoveries. In a recent study conducted at Israeli medical center Hadassah, researchers stumbled on a key mechanism in the heart’s regenerative capabilities. Researchers were examining the left atrial appendage, a part of the heart whose role is relatively unknown and is sometimes removed in heart-surgery, when they noticed something astonishing. When a different part of the heart was placed in the left atrial …More

An Israeli medical team successfully separated a pair of conjoined twins Wednesday, the first surgery of its kind in the Jewish state. The incredibly rare operation took four hours to complete, after which one of the twins was said to be in critical condition. The second twin never fully developed in utero and had no chance of survival. The unnamed mother gave birth to the twins last week in Nazareth. The procedure was conducted at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. A team of doctors worked to remove from the …More

Israeli soldiers provided medical care to four wounded Syrians on the Golan Heights border. The Syrians approached the border Wednesday and were treated near the fence, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. Two of the Syrians were taken to Israeli hospitals because of to the severity of their injuries. They will be returned to Syria after their treatment. The less severely injured Syrians will be returned to Syria "later on," the IDF statement said. Seven Syrian rebels entered Israel through the Golan …More

With the full Tel Aviv marathon postponed thanks to a Mediterranean heat wave that had local temperatures reaching 95 degrees Fahrenheit by 8 a.m., only half-marathon runners took to the streets this morning to participate in the annual event. But the heat was so intense that at least 34 runners have been hospitalized and one man has died. The man, identified by Ynet as 29-year-old IDF sergeant major Michael Michaelvich, is survived by his wife and one-month-old son. Many Israelis are blaming the Tel Aviv …More

NoCamels Team, NoCamels - Israel Innovation News Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in Israel and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) in the US have launched a joint project to develop medical devices for children. Three devices will be researched and developed by the two institutions, combining the technical and engineering capabilities of BGU, with the medical expertise of CCHMC physicians. During the initial planning stage, the institutions reviewed 80 medical needs which they say are …More

Israeli and Palestinian authorities have approved coordination of the project and the moving of the patients from Gaza and the West Bank into Israel for treatment. “It is such a move of God to reach out in love and compassion to children, who are in a state of hopelessness. Isn’t it like God to team up a Church and a Jewish hospital to show love to the enemies of Israel during this time?” said Karen Dunham, director of Living Bread International Church, according to the Christian News Wire. …More

Israel is set to erect a hospital outpost along its Syrian border, following an unprecedented hospital admittance for seven Syrian refugees. Over the weekend, seven Syrians critically wounded in the ongoing civil war appealed to IDF soldiers along the border. The refugees were evacuated to Sieff Hospital in Safed, the first time the Jewish state admitted Syrian asylum-seekers since the unrest began two years ago. “They asked for humanitarian aid,” said Amos Gilad, a senior Defense Ministry official, …More

An IDF medical team was called to assist on January 27 in the case of a 13-year-old Palestinian dialysis patient whose condition had escalated to the point where his life was in danger. "We received a call around nine in the morning from the Chief Medical Officer of the Judea and Samaria Division informing us that there was a boy hospitalized in the Jenin hospital in need of further intensive care," said Lt. Abed Rabah, Medical Officer of the Menashe Regional Brigade in the Judea and Samaria Division. The …More

Tests on former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon showed that he has significant brain activity, despite being presumed to be in a vegetative state. The tests conducted at Soroka University Medical Center to assess to what extent Sharon's brain responded to external stimuli showed significant brain activity, including when he saw photos of his family and heard his son's voice, the medical center said in a statement issued Sunday. The tests were conducted late last week. “Information from the external …More

Hadassah transferred $10 million to Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem to help cover its subsidiary's $50 million deficit. The New York Jewish Week reported Monday that the Zionist women's group took the unusual measure after learning of the deficit run up by the hospital, which was founded nearly 80 years ago. Meanwhile, the medical center's director general, Ehud Kokia, has submitted his resignation. The medical center's board chair, Esti Dominissin, will fill the position until a replacement is …More

A two-year old Palestinian boy from the Judea and Samaria region underwent a bone marrow transplant last month at Israel's Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. The procedure was funded by the Civil Administration, after the Palestinian Authority declined the family's request to fund it. “This procedure will save the child's life,” explained Dalia Bessa, the Health Coordinator for the Civil Administration. “When this sort of procedure is needed and the Palestinian Authority refuses to fund …More

Five years before the Balfour Declaration gave Jews their first realistic hope for a modern state in the Land of Israel, Henrietta Szold founded the women’s Zionist organization Hadassah and sent two nurses here to fight disease and provide milk to infants and their mothers. A century later, Hadassah runs one of Israel’s premier hospitals -- a medical center with two campuses in Jerusalem and a budget of $500 million. The organization also has created and supported Israeli educational, youth and …More