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No time to retire: Why growing older does not have to mean slowing down

Growing older should not mean withdrawing from life. By protecting our health, challenging our minds, and staying connected, we can continue to grow, learn, and find purpose at any age.

An elderly couple going for a run.
Director General of the Ministry of Welfare, Yinon Aharoni, and Sheba CEO, Prof. Yitshak Kreiss, signing the agreement

Welfare Ministry and Sheba to establish $25 million innovation arm

The Fifth Element

Sheba opens trauma treatment space in the heart of nature

 Alon Davidi

Israel’s anti-fragile answer to a world in crisis - opinion


Released Hamas hostage on 60 Minutes: Objecting to anything could be death sentence

Doctors saw signs that hostages were branded, held in handcuffs, and sexually abused.

 Yarden Roman-Gat, 36, holds her 3-year-old daughter Geffen as her husband Alon looks on, following Yarden's arrival in Israel after being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, on November 30, 2023.

On World AIDS Day, rising HIV rates in Israel

"The AIDS epidemic is still with us," said Prof. Itzchak Levy, director of the HIV/AIDS center at Sheba Medical Center.

 A nurse draws a blood sample for an HIV test at the lab of the NGO "Accion Solidaria" (Solidarity Action) in Caracas, Venezuela, November 28, 2018. Picture taken November 28, 2018.

Doctors treating hostages: They don't teach this in medical school

Hostages have been released gradually every day, and the doctors treating them are learning exactly what it means to care for a former Hamas hostage.

The released abductees arrived at Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital last night

Sheba administered anti-rabies vaccine to women after birth by mistake

A similar incident was recently reported at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. Everyone involved is doing well and closely monitored.


Fallen IDF soldier's donated organs save Israeli lives

Shoham Ben Harush wanted his organs to have a life-changing impact on others, his father said. In the end, they did.

 Family and friends attend the funeral of Sgt. Shoam Moshe Ben-Harush who died of his wounds after being severely injured in the Hamas terrorist on October 7, 2023, at the Haspin cemetery in northern Israel, on October 27, 2023

Sheba’s underground hospital a safe haven in wartime for critically ill

Following a harrowing escape from their burning home, the Golan family finds refuge and medical treatment in Sheba Medical Center's underground facility.

 An ambulance is seen at the entrance to the emergency room of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, July 15, 2023.

Man strips naked in Ben-Gurion airport and attacks passengers

"This is the first time we have come across such a case," said an airport employee.

 Passengers at the Duty Free in Terminal 3 at the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, on January 4, 2022.

Israel's Sheba listed as one of top 20 global smart hospitals

Sheba Hospital handles more than a million patients a year, including 200,000 emergency visits, and employs about 1,250 physicians, 2,300 nurses and 1,500 other healthcare workers.

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Israel-Pakistan cooperation gives Afghan children a chance to survive cancer

Israel's Sheba Medical Center initiated and is funding a program to transport Afghan children with the disease into Pakistan for treatment.

 Children getting ready for school at an orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 12, 2021

IDF veteran self-immolates in Netanya after disability request denied

The man had applied to be recognized as disabled by the IDF, but the application was rejected, the Defense Ministry stated.

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