Heart
New study: The common supplement that increases the risk of a recurrent heart attack
We tend to treat dietary supplements as something natural and healthy – but the truth is that for some people they may be dangerous.
New dramatic guidelines for preventing heart attacks
How to recognize a heart attack in real time – and the pill that can save your life
These sleep habits may put your heart at risk
If you have heartburn, avoid these foods
A nutritionist explains what heartburn is and whether it can be alleviated or prevented with the help of diet - and why shouldn't you go to bed after a meal.
Israeli and Palestinian get to the heart of the matter - opinion
The operation that his Palestinian health service was suggesting would cost Mohammed in the ballpark of NIS 60,000.
Biological defibrillator to treat irregular heartbeat developed by Rambam, Technion
This breakthrough will eventually treat only diseased and not healthy cardiac cells, through a receptor causing a biological process in the heart.
Can fitness trackers do more harm than good for the heart? - study
Some wearable gadgets have the potential to interfere with pacemakers, other implanted cardiac devices.
Perspective on cholesterol numbers: Better predictors of heart disease - opinion
For cholesterol to become harmful, it has to oxidize. So, let’s see what might be better predictors of heart disease.
More people are at risk of heart failure worldwide, researchers say
Two out of 100 Israelis, Europeans, North Americans at risk for dangerous heart failure, according to researchers.
For the first time ever - Shaare Zedek among the few to launch catheterization for heart failure
Patients with moderately severe valvular stenosis who have not been treated so far will be catheterized and will be able to return to full function.
Record high number of organ transplants in Israel in 2022
This year saw an increase in cooperation with foreign countries like Austria, the Czech Republic and the Emirates in the exchange of kidneys.
Grapevine: Hanging downtown
Movers and shakers in Israeli society
From head to toe: Origin of expressions about body parts
There are scores of idioms and expressions that relate to parts of the body. So let’s eyeball the situation and get to the heart of the matter.
