Medicine

Dripping acid: My battle with chronic bladder pain after cancer treatment - opinion

Would I have preferred to be knocked out by general anesthesia so I wouldn’t feel a thing? Sure, but total body sedation for such a short procedure would have been both overkill and dangerous.

ADDING EXTRA HA can fill in any missing patches to shield the underlying tissue from irritants and bacteria.
 Illustrative photo shows various medicine pills in their original packaging

Taking too many medications may harm older adults, study warns

Finasteride, known by its commercial name Propecia, a common medication for treating hair loss and enlarged prostate, may also cause this phenomenon

10 common medications that cause men to develop female breasts

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Majority of Israeli healthcare workers use Whatsapp professionally despite privacy risks - study


Autonomous vehicles, AI, and medicine: NVIDIA’s entry into Israel is highly significant

NVIDIA is expanding its operations in Israel with a new employment campus in Kiryat Tivon, offering a glimpse into how a single technology became the foundation of entire industries.

NVIDIA in Israel.

Pharmacies report localized shortages as weight-loss injection Mounjaro arrives in Israel

Since the drug was approved under insurance plans, with a 50% discount, the public increased its search for family doctors, endocrinologists, and obesity clinics.

 Weight loss injections: Reducing sugar and increasing satiety.

The path to precision medicine runs through virtual patients - opinion

Virtual cells can teach us cellular biology. Virtual patients will teach us why therapies succeed or fail. Precision medicine will be won at that level.

An illustrative 3D images of human cells.

Beersheba spirit: Rebuilding lives, labs, and hope after Iranian missile attacks - opinion

The Beersheba spirit turns destruction into resilience, shaping Israel’s doctors and the country's healthcare future.

SMOKE RISES from Soroka Medical Center on June 19, after an Iranian ballistic missile packed with over 400 kilos of explosives slammed into the Northern Surgical Building, destroying two floors.

EU Council and Parliament reach agreement to overhaul drug rules, speed patient access

The agreement grants companies launching new medicines eight years of data protection for trial results and one year of market protection.

Used blister packets that contained medicines, tablets and pills are seen, in this picture illustration taken June 30, 2018.

AI infighting: Patients use bots to fight health insurance claim denials

AI in health insurance has led to an increase in denied claims, with 41% of doctors reporting that more than 10% of their claims are denied.

CENTRAL TO Israel’s push is its effort to influence the rapidly expanding ecosystem of AI-powered chatbots.

Experimental Regeneron therapy delivers full responses in aggressive blood cancer

B-cell counts were cleared completely after the first dose of the therapy, the company said in a presentation at the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting.


World AIDS Day: HIV diagnoses in Israel drop 22% in 2024, Health Ministry reports

The HIV/AIDS incidence rate dropped from 4.1 to 3.2 new cases per 100,000 people in 2024, the ministry confirmed in data published on World AIDS Day.

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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) and Matricelf sign cleanroom manufacturing agreement

Within about a year, a paraplegic patient will be selected to receive the world’s first  engineered nerve implant.

Matricelf and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov) teams at the signing of the cleanroom manufacturing agreement.

Britain's Prince William offers 'moment of comfort' to sick Gazan children treated in UK

Approximately 50 Gazan children are receiving specialist care in the UK after arriving with their caregivers in September, according to the Health and Social Care Department’s official statistics.

Britain's Prince William speaks during the Tusk Conservation Awards at The Savoy Hotel in central London, Britain, November 26, 2025.