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14 Ways to Stay Healthy This Winter
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Winter is on the way, and with it an increased risk of catching the flu, Covid-19 or a regular ol’ common cold. ISRAEL21c gathered expert…
5 Severe Covid Patients Cured by Experimental Drug
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – On October 1, the last of five Covid-19 intensive care patients who received the experimental drug Allocetra was discharged from Hadassah University Medical Center in…
No Need to Rip Off the Bandage: This One Dissolves in Water
Brian Blum via Israel21c – Sometimes the worst part about a cut or scrape is taking off the band-aid. And if the injury is a severe burn or a chronic diabetic…
What’s the World’s Favorite Fizzy Drinks Maker Doing Fighting Covid?
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Back in March, Hadassah University Medical Center intensive care physician Dr. Akiva Nachshon saw that some European countries lacked enough ventilators for seriously ill Covid-19 patients.…
Cancer Patients May Not Have Higher Covid-19 Risk
Brian Blum via Israel21c – Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been assumed that cancer patients were in the highest at-risk group. An early study from China seemed to confirm this. In…
Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug May Help Kids with Autism
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – An experimental drug called NAP – originally developed for Alzheimer’s disease at Tel Aviv University – could help children with a type of autism caused by…
Israel Starts Clinical Trial of Plasma-Derived Covid Drug
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – 12 patients are receiving Kamada’s immunoglobulin for coronavirus disease; so far, three patients were well enough to go home from the hospital. Physicians at Hadassah University…
The Robots Inside Your Belly
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Every list of the greatest Israeli inventions includes PillCam. PillCam is a video camera swallowed like a vitamin pill. It travels through the gastrointestinal tract, sending…
Scientist Uses Microbubbles to Explode Cancer Cells
Naama Barak via Israel21c – An international team of researchers led by an Israeli scientist has developed a noninvasive technology to kill breast cancer cells, an innovation that in the future could…
Studies Show Pomegranate Supplement Slows Neurodegenerative Diseases
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Everybody knows that the pomegranate is a superfood. One of the seven native fruits of Israel, pomegranates are packed with health-promoting and healing antioxidants and vitamins.…
Surgeons Safely Remove Mystery Bullet from Boy’s Brain
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – ‘It’s quite remarkable,’ says Israeli pediatric neurosurgeon. ‘Two days after the surgery, the boy is eating, talking and moving his limbs.’ On the Muslim holiday of…
Vitamin D Helps Us Fight Covid-19, Major Study Finds
ISRAEL21c Staff via Israel21c – A low level of vitamin D in blood plasma appears to be an independent risk factor for Covid-19 infection and hospitalization, say scientists from Israeli HMO Leumit…
First In-Human Trial of Synthetic Cornea Starts in Israel
Israel21c Staff via Israel21c – The first-in-human implantation of the revolutionary CorNeat KPro synthetic cornea has been approved for 10 corneally blind patients at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva. CorNeat KPro was…
Scientists Identify Drug They Hope Can Downgrade COVID-19 to Common Cold Level
Israel21c staff via Israel21c – Researchers show the coronavirus causes lungs to accumulate fat, so a cholesterol-lowering drug may help downgrade the virus threat to that of common cold. Could a well-known…
New Plasma Cancer Treatment Designed to Kill Malignant Cells
Brian Blum via Israel21c – CAPS Medical’s delivery system sends high-energy ionized gas to kill malignant cells inside a tumor. The first indication is bladder cancer. “The holy grail of all cancer…
