Trima’s products include Tesopalmed Yohimbine, a prescription drug for impotence that is a fraction of the price of more famous drugs for erectile dysfunction like Viagra.What do sexually anxious Nigerian tribal chiefs, follicly-challenged men from Singapore, and psoriasis sufferers in …
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A ‘watch’ that stops unnecessary heart attack deaths
GE is banking on Oxitone wrist monitor to provide a heads-up for someone to get medical assistance before it’s too late.
Israeli researchers find connection between brain and bone density
Image of a healthy bone (left), and a bone showing signs of osteoporosis – the Hebrew University team was able to demonstrate that the proper loss/generation balance in bone tissue is regulated by the level of activity of interleukin 1 …
Israeli stem cell research shows umbilical cord blood can rejuvenate damaged heart tissue
According to Prof. Jonathan Leor’s research, umbilical cord blood has turned out to be a very attractive source for myocardial repair.When Dr. Christian Barnard performed the world’s first successful heart transplant back in 1967, he reached a new peak of …
Israeli scientists successfully transplant frozen-thawed ovaries in sheep
For millions of women worldwide facing premature ovarian failure rendering them unfertile, results of a new study in Israel provide some concrete hope. A team of Israeli scientists have successfully transplanted whole frozen and thawed ovaries in sheep, retrieved oocytes …
Discovering the real baby Einsteins
One of the babies in Dr. Berger’s study wearing a ‘geodesic-net’, which consists of 128 electrodes woven together.You may think that your baby is merely gazing at the stars, when in fact, she may be counting them. That’s what Israeli …
Israeli biotech leader asked by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to develop treatment
Predix Pharmaceuticals’ proprietary 3-D modeling program (PREDICT) predicts and simulates the 3-D structure of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR’s), a family of proteins that are involved in many major diseases and form the basis of leading drugs today.A company must be …
A long-distance pharmacy
Nathan Jacobson, founder of MagenDavidMeds.com, says that as long as medication prices in the U.S. remain unregulated, customers will seek pharmaceuticals abroad. Israel, he says, can provide them safely and efficiently.As pharmaceutical prices within the United States continue to climb, …
A private medical mecca that attracts patients worldwide
Herzliya Medical Center treats patients from all over the world seeking top medical care. As you walk through the corridors and clinics of the Herzliya Medical Center, it is a bit difficult to figure out what country you are in. …
Israeli and US doctors team up to help emphysema patients breathe easier
Israeli and American doctors are collaborating on a new non-invasive procedure to treat sufferers of emphysema. Emphysema is a terrible disease for which there is no cure. Until now, the only way to treat the terrible symptoms of the disease …
Israeli success in curbing Hepatitis A to be model for other countries
Israel’s Hepatitis A vaccination program has lowered the incidence of the disease by 95 percent, and is quickly becoming a model for other countries interested in eliminating the disease.When Israeli epidemiologists decided to take a radical new approach to fighting …