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ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Stroke device is a lifesaver. (Thanks to Atid-EDI) The revolutionary Ventritek105 device from Tel Aviv’s Biosan Medical treats Intra Ventricular Hemorrhage (IVH), which has a 50% average death rate. More than 90% of the study patients treated with Ventritek105 were alive and well at the 30-day follow-up.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130722005713/en/Biosan-Medical-Receives-U.S.-Patent-Device-Method
Researching a cure for genetic cancer. Another article on Weizmann Institute’s use of two diverse antibodies to target aggressive hereditary breast cancer.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4394858,00.html
“It’s about saving people”. Several subscribers have sent me this link to Eli Beer who started United Hatzalah and its lifesaving ambu-cycles. The paramedics on two-wheels get to emergencies in 3 minutes, saving lives before an ambulance can fight through traffic. Watch this inspiring story of Chutzpah and co-existence.
http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_beer_the_fastest_ambulance_a_motorcycle.html?embed=true
92 years young and still practicing. Dr Cyril Sherer is still treating patients in Jerusalem 70 years after graduating in London. He and his wife spent 13 years in New Zealand and made Aliya to Israel in 1961. His story reads like a history of modern medicine.
http://www.jpost.com/Health-and-Science/The-good-old-doctor-92-years-young-321965
The blind can “see” with their fingertips. (Thanks to Israel21c) Bar-Ilan Professor Zeev Zalevsky has invented a bionic contact lens that receives electrical signals and transmits the encoded image to the wearer’s cornea. The image gets translated into a tactile sensation that can be interpreted visually.
http://israel21c.org/technology/bionic-contact-lenses-turn-touch-into-vision/
Treating corneal edema. (Thanks to Israel21c) Israel’s EyeYon Medical has two solutions for corneal edema, which affects an additional two million patients every year. First, Hyper CL is a patented contact lens that uses osmosis to release fluid build-up. Then a DSPEK polymer film implant prevents the formation of fluid.
http://israel21c.org/health/eyeyons-noninvasive-answer-to-a-common-eye-problem/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMNvoa7uPew
Inhalation masks for babies. Until now, infants’ inhalation masks have been miniature versions of adult ones – ill-fitting and unable to deliver medicine effectively. Now Israel’s Technion has made an infant-specific inhalation mask that even allows a pacifier to be stuck in the child’s mouth while he/she is wearing the mask.
http://www.ats.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7881&security=1&news_iv_ctrl=1261