Six percent of women, many of them healthy, develop the life-threatening condition of preeclampsia in pregnancy.An Israeli start-up has developed a breakthrough technology that could help doctors identify pregnant women at risk of developing preeclampsia, a dangerous condition of pregnancy …
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Israelis developing ‘Google Glass’ for the blind
In the not-so-distant future, people blinded by retinitis pigmentosa may be using Israeli technology to see beyond shadows once again.
Israel’s Mazor turns 2D into 3D for orthopedic surgeons
Mazor’s C-InSight takes information available from traditional 2D imaging systems, and turns it into 3D.In the operating room, most doctors carrying out orthopedic surgery today are limited to using either C-Arm imaging systems that offer only inaccurate two-dimensional fluoroscopic images, …
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Israel’s LycoRed provides a natural sunscreen from within [VIDEO]
Does beauty come from within? An Israeli company LycoRed seems to think so. But enhancing that inner beauty can be done with the help of Mother Nature, and a tomato-based extract produced by LycoRed that is designed to protect the …
Israel becomes a top stop for medical tourists
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center was voted one of the top 10 medical tourism sites in the world by Newsweek Magazine .Known for its sandy beaches, Mediterranean climate, holy sites and nightlife, Israel is now drawing tourists of another kind …
Red for cancer, green for clear
Israeli company Zetiq Technologies makes it simple. If the cells in your tissue test stain green they are normal, if they stain red they are cancerous. As Dr. Adi Elkeles, the company’s CEO acknowledges: “This is a very simple discrimination …
Israeli researcher develops weight loss drug
It’s no secret that obesity statistics are on the rise, and along with them the likelihood of many more people developing heart disease and diabetes. And while the late Anna Nicole Smith helped to popularize the diet pill in America, …
Light at night raises breast cancer risk
Exposure to light at night may be a significant cause of breast cancer, according to Israeli researchers who have discovered that women in well-lit neighborhoods are 37 percent more likely to suffer from the disease than contemporaries living in dark …
Israel’s first geriatric study tour inspires professionals
Members of the first international geriatric tour visit projects to help elderly Bedouin men and women in Israel. Melabev founder Leah Abramowitz is second from right.The small guard dog at the Beit Shirley residential and daycare facility in Dimona alerts …
Human sense of sound more acute than most mammals
The precision of human hearing exceeds that found in the auditory cortices of all other land mammals.The human being is the only animal on earth that listens to and creates music out of sheer emotion. We play instruments, compose sonnets …
Israeli-US study finds couples lean on gender stereotypes
Men and women tend to lean on stereotypes in areas that are more emotional.The saying that “men are from Mars, women are from Venus” is apparently backed up by new joint research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the …