ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Doctors revive mother with amniotic embolism. (TY Phillip) In a first of its kind event, a 43-year-old woman who was declared clinically dead after suffering an amniotic embolism during a C-section has woken up. Doctors at Israel’s Beilinson Hospital removed a massive blood clot from her lungs with the aid of innovative technology. Her new baby daughter is also doing well.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/groundbreaking-israeli-procedure-saves-woman-during-childbirth/
Doctors remove tumor from womb of pregnant woman. A team of doctors at Petah Tikva’s Beilinson Hospital have succeeded in surgically removing a 15cm long tumor from a woman’s womb in the middle of her pregnancy without harming her or the baby. Danielle Skald later had a normal delivery of a baby boy.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4689056,00.html
Israeli medial clowns at Chinese hospitals. Israeli medical clowns from “Dream Doctors” visited seven hospitals and orphanages in Chengdu, southwestern China. In colorful clown costumes and with big red noses, they sang songs, played ukulele, performed magic tricks and blew bubbles in the wards to cheer up the patients.
http://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-medical-clowns-bring-laughter-to-young-chinese-patients/
Bacteria or virus? Israel’s MeMed has discovered a protein in blood called TRAIL that dramatically increases in patients infected with viruses but decreases in bacterial infections. It has developed proprietary algorithms and a blood test called ImmunoXpert that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in Europe alone.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-med-tech-thwarts-superbugs-takeover-plans/
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0120012
FDA approval for Rosacea treatment. I reported previously (Sept 2014) on the successful results of the acne treatment from Israel’s Foamix. The company’s Rosacea treatment – Finacea Foam – has just been approved by the US FDA. Rosacea is a skin condition of unattractive dilated blood vessels, often on the face.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/bayer-adapts-israeli-foam-medication-for-skin-disease/
New Center for Autism in Jerusalem. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Hadassah Medical Center will establish the first interdisciplinary university-based autism center in the Middle East. The Autism Center will bring together cutting-edge research, clinical services, state of the art training and education for professionals and parents in the community. http://new.huji.ac.il/en/article/27508
Liver-on-chip device to replace animal testing. Another liver cell innovation from scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (see Aug 2nd) who have partnered with Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute to build a a liver-on-chip device mimicking human physiology. Soon, toxicity tests no longer need performing on animals.
http://new.huji.ac.il/en/article/27529
Medical aid for Taipei burns victims. Israel is donating two skin graft meshers worth more than $10,000 each, to Taiwanese hospitals. 498 people were injured (202 in need of skin grafts) following a horrific water park explosion accident in a Taipei water park.
http://www.israel21c.org/israel-donates-medical-aid-to-taipei-water-park-victims/