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Israel’s Top Hospital Innovates To Treat War-Related Head Trauma
Faced with a growing number of head trauma cases due to the ongoing violence triggered by Hamas terrorism, medical professionals in Israel’s largest hospital are innovating – including with the use of artificial intelligence – to help treat its victims. Thousands of people were wounded when Hamas terrorists from Gaza infiltrated into Israel’s border communities […]
October 19, 2023
Startup Named Winner In New Israeli-US Healthcare Challenge
An Israeli startup that uses the cameras on an outpatient’s smartphone to check their health status has been named the winner of a new challenge that seeks to solve healthcare’s most pressing problems. CatAI uses artificial intelligence to track and monitor blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen levels and temperature using a patient’s smartphone camera […]
September 19, 2023
Israeli AI Tailors Treatment For Crohn’s Disease Sufferers
Israel’s largest medical center has developed AI that can predict whether patients with Crohn’s Disease require a specific kind of therapy to treat their condition. Sheba Medical Center, near Tel Aviv, has demonstrated in a new study that its deep learning model achieved an accuracy of 81 percent when predicting whether patients are in need […]
July 16, 2023
Top Israeli, US Healthcare Providers Developing Pan-COVID Jab
Sheba Medical Center, Israel’s largest hospital, is teaming up with leading American health organizations to develop a COVID-19 vaccine that will protect against multiple variants. Sheba will use its database, which is based on studies involving more than 9,000 of its healthcare staff, to help the development of the pan-vaccine. In the future, its research […]
July 05, 2023
Technion Inaugurates Research Center For Composite Materials
The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa has opened its newest campus, to advance the school’s research into composite materials. “Composite materials, which will be at the heart of the new center’s activities, are truly revolutionary materials in a variety of fields, including aviation, green energy production and storage, interfaces with the human […]
June 29, 2023
Israeli, US Hospitals Team Up On Healthcare Startup Challenge
Israeli and US hospitals are recruiting early-stage startups to help them solve healthcare’s most pressing problems. The new Hospital2Hospital initiative is a partnership between ARC Innovation at Sheba Medical Center, Israel’s largest medical center, and Baptist Health Innovations. The latter is part of the American healthcare organization Baptist Health South Florida, which includes more than […]
June 26, 2023
Israel’s Largest Hospital Strikes Innovation Partnership In Australia
Israel’s largest hospital, Sheba Medical Center, is partnering with the government and health centers in the Australian state of Victoria to create another version of its Accelerate, Redesign, Collaborate (ARC) Innovation Center. According to Sheba, one central objective of the collaboration – which includes Victoria’s Monash University, Monash Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – […]
June 25, 2023
Discovery On How Skin Cancer Spreads Raises Hopes Of Vaccine
Israeli researchers have discovered how metastasized melanoma – the most deadly form of skin cancer – spread to other parts of the body, raising hopes of a vaccine against the disease. The team from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center, Israel’s largest hospital, found that the tumors impact their immediate environment by creating new […]
June 14, 2023
Biotech Firm Using Psychedelics To Treat Alcohol Addiction
A Canadian drink made headlines in 2018 when it was touted as being able to pack a similar buzz to booze, despite not containing even a single drop of alcohol. Users later reported that they indeed felt no desire to consume alcohol after ingesting it, experienced no ill effects, and had no urge to continue […]
May 17, 2023
Israeli Hospital Is Among The World’s Best
Sheba Medical Center, in Ramat Gan, central Israel, has been recognized as one of the world’s best hospitals for a fifth consecutive year. The ranking evaluated the best hospitals across 28 countries, including the US, the UK and France. Sheba ranked as the number one hospital in both Israel (also for the fifth year running), […]
March 02, 2023
Israel Builds Super-Advanced Children’s Hospital
Israel is to build one of the world’s most advanced children’s hospitals with technology for unique early genetic testing, detection, and treatment of rare diseases. The new Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital will be built next to its existing children’s hospital, at the Sheba Medical Center, near Tel Aviv, which already treats tens of […]
February 07, 2023
Israeli Mission Saves Sick Newborns In Ethiopia
Israeli doctors are saving premature and critically ill newborns in Ethiopia. Sheba Medical Center led a four-day humanitarian mission in Bahir Dar, northern Ethiopia, to improve the country’s medical capabilities. A team of specialists from Israel’s largest medical center joined forces with local healthcare providers to offer specialized care and surgeries for premature and critically […]
February 05, 2023
Israeli Innovation At New Bahraini Hospital
A new hospital in Bahrain is to collaborate with Israel’s Sheba Medical Center to promote medical research and innovation. The King Hamad American Mission Hospital (KHAMH) will work closely with the Sheba’s ARC Center, which was established to transform healthcare delivery and improve patient care. It’s the first time the ARC Center has forged such […]
January 30, 2023
AI Cuts Cancer Wait From Four Weeks To Two Minutes
The weeks it takes to receive biopsy results for a cancer diagnosis can be debilitating. Patients are plagued by anxiety, depression, stress, and sleep disturbances. And they worry that every extra day they wait could delay the start to their treatment. But AI currently being tested in Israeli hospitals could change that, slashing the waiting […]
January 22, 2023
Israel-China Partnership To Improve Drugs For Eye Diseases
An Israeli startup has partnered with China to improve existing drugs for eye diseases. Everads Therapy uses a unique method to treat retinal diseases called “suprachoroidal delivery”. It rapidly and safely delivers drugs to the back of the eye through the tissue that connects the middle (choroid) and outer coat (sclerotic) of the eyeball. Everads […]
January 08, 2023