Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus laid the cornerstone for a vastly expanded rehabilitation center on the north slope of the Mount Scopus Campus and witnessed the inauguration of the Lokomat, …
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1/10/19
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More than 200,000 Israelis are battling cancer, and each year an additional 29,000 are diagnosed. A group of senior researchers from Bar-Ilan University and Harvard Medical School has discovered a …
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1/9/19
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When Asael Lubotzky led his soldiers into battle against Hezbollah, he knew he might be wounded or killed.
What the infantry platoon commander never could have imagined was that a crippling injury …
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By Larry Luxner for Israel Cancer Research Fund
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12/19/18
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CommUnity The Achiezer Gala will be dedicated to the memory of Dr. Richie Friedman a”h,a leader in the regional Hatzalah system for more than three decades, Achiezer announced this week. …
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The Jewish Star
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12/19/18
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As a child, Eva Gelernt suffered mysterious ailments: bone pain in her legs and knees. Unexplained bruising. Low blood platelet counts.
Eva, now 24, visited doctor after doctor in Moorestown, New …
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By E.J. Kessler for the Gaucher Foundation
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12/12/18
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Rabbi Hershel Billet of the Young Israel of Woodmere endorsed “the view that advocates a pro-vaccination policy,” in an email to his congregants that was accompanied by a strongly worded …
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The Jewish Star
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12/12/18
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Opposition to vaccination on political and religious grounds has been swaying parents across the country to refuse immunizations for their children. Recently this has resulted in two of the largest …
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By Dr. Alan Kadish, president of the Touro College and University System, and Dr. Edward C. Halperin, chancellor and chief executive officer of Touro’s New York Medical College
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12/12/18
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Representatives of South Nassau Communities Hospital and the Mount Sinai Health System announced the finalization of their partnership at a news conference at South Nassau on Tuesday. The affiliation …
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By Mike Smollins, Herald Community News
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12/5/18
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Cancer can most often be successfully treated when confined to one organ. But a greater challenge lies in treating cancer that has metastasized, or spread, from the primary tumor throughout the …
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12/5/18
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Two weeks ago, United Hatzalah “Ten Kavod” volunteers from Kfar Saba set out on a mission to dramatically improve an elderly water-sports enthusiast’s quality of life by helping him …
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By Raphael Poch
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11/30/18
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