Israeli’s Start- Up Presents iPhone Optometry at mHealth Conference Israel continues to be a leader in mobile health technology, with the medical industry keeping an eye on new developments, particularly in wearable tech. Encouraging the start-up mentality, Israel hosts an annual mHealth conference in Tel Aviv featuring a contest to highlight these new yet innovative…
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Genetically modified T- Cells Help in the Fight Against Cancer.
Genetically modified T- Cells, with developmental roots in Israel, might be one step closer to helping the fight against cancer. 27 out of 29 patients, in a study conducted at the University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine not only saw their cancer go into remission, but in some cases…
Updates from the ER. Showing Solidarity, New York’s Mayor de Blasio visits Israeli Victims of Terror Attacks.
This past weekend New York’s Mayor, Bill De Blasio, participated in a ‘solidarity visit’ to Israel. Escorted by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, de Blasio visited those recovering from stabbing attacks, in Jerusalem hospitals. Recalling the pain of American’s in the 2001 terrorist attacks on September 11th De Blasio is quoted in the Times of Israel…
Trying Different Drugs on Different Cancers
A recent New York Times article “A Faster Way to Try Many Drugs on Many Cancers” by Gina Kolata gives a new insight into cancer treatment. The article features the story of 78-year-old, Erika Hurwitz, whose rare cancer of the white blood cells didn’t respond to both chemotherapy and radiation. Her cancer was treated due…
Should We Accept or Reject Mental Health Labels?
An article entitled, “To Accept or Reject Mental Health Labels, That is the Question” by Krystal Reddick was featured in the Huffington Post explores the pros and cons of mental health labeling. The author of the article has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder for seven years and was reluctant to identify with the mental health label….
AFRMC’s 15th Annual Gala Honoring Stanley Chera
The Rabin Medical Exchange Fellows program selects top doctors, researchers and medical practitioners from hospitals and research centers in the United States and Israel to conduct research and share expertise in each other’s institutions. Forty fellowships have been sponsored by American Friends of Rabin Medical Center since 2010 at premier medical institutions and hospitals across the United States.A…
Ending a Paradox: Israel’s New Approach to Organ Donation
Organ donation has been a controversial subject for many people. In America, it is “estimated that 18 patients on the waiting list in America die every day” (Ofrim 1). Americans rely on altruism, which means that we have to patiently wait for the death of a kind person who has chosen to donate their organs. Other…
Baby Boom: Inside the Delivery Room
Today, there is even more good news from Israel! Rabin Medical Center has opened its doors of the Women’s Hospital for the first time and allowed a television crew to document thrilling moments in their maternity ward. The new reality show entitled “Baby Boom” is a rare documentation of every moment of the most significant event…
An American Abroad
American Friends of Rabin Medical Center Executive Board Member Arlene Sterlitz reflects on her hospital stay at Rabin Medical Center: I am an American living in Herzliya, Israel, more than 8,000 kilometers from my children, grandchildren, and family doctor, a person I have known and trusted for many years. When I was admitted this spring…
Bridge to Peace
It is almost impossible to turn on the news and NOT hear something about the ongoing conflict in Israel. What is more rare, is to hear of ways in which the citizens of Israel interact in a positive and mutually beneficial way. Of the 8 million currently living in Israel, 20% self-identify as Arabs. Not…
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