Assuta Health

A real eye opener: Surgeon mistakenly operates on patient's healthy eye

The hospital stated that, as of now, no damage was caused to the mistakenly operated eye, but emphasized that the incident was being taken seriously.

Woman's eyes 370
 Assuta Medical Center in Beersheba

This is what the new hospital that opened in Beersheba looks like from the inside

 Families of four released hostages reunite with the returned hostages, January 25, 2025.

Released hostage Naama Levy spent months alone in a Hamas tunnel, rehab lead reveals

 Aminach Medic

Aminach Medic to supply equipment to hospitals and health funds in Israel


New Israeli company aims to design life-saving proteins from scratch

DenovAI is approved by the Israel Innovation Authority and will receive a $2 million grant from AION Labs and its investment partners Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Merck, Teva and Israel Biotech Fund.

 Artificial Intelligence illustrative.

Sickness and stress: All the challenges facing parents in winter

Even those who love the cold season have problems when it comes to spending it with small children. So how can you make your life easier?

 A child plays outdoors in the rain (illustrative)

Dr. Mike to host Ben-Gurion University event celebrating medical science innovation

The third annual “Celebrating the Remarkable 3: Pioneering Medical Science” is set for April 23 with celebrity physician Mike Varshavski virtually hosting.

 Dr. Mike Varshavski

Family's presence during medical rounds can be detrimental - Israeli study

Medical researchers have noticed a decline in patient health, correlating with a family's presence at rounds.

The coronavirus ICU at Galilee Medical Center

Pregnant women hospitalized because of COVID-19 had secret advantage - study

A new study revealed advantages found for pregnant women who were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the ICU, requiring them to give birth before the condition deteriorated.

Pregnant woman receives a vaccine in the US

Obesity, overweight BMI can raise risk of death by 91% - study

The new study busted previous widespread biases on the link between one's BMI and mortality risk, including the "obesity paradox."

 FAT-SHAMING is just one of the problems with the ‘Family First’ ad, which also ‘singles-shames.’

How did an 8-year-old end up in the hospital from picking a lime?

A few weeks ago in Australia, Otis Kerr wanted to make juice from limes he picked in his garden at home. A few days later he had huge blisters on his hands.

 Illustrative image of limes.

Yeshiva U. to open first US clinic for Non-Verbal Learning Disorder

People with NFLD can often write and speak well. However, there are still things they struggle with, such as abstract concepts and social cues.

A view of Yeshiva University

Can fitness trackers do more harm than good for the heart? - study

Some wearable gadgets have the potential to interfere with pacemakers, other implanted cardiac devices.

 Certain fitness and wellness trackers could pose serious risks for people with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) such as pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices.

COVID-19 likely originated in Chinese lab leak, US Energy Dept. says - report

Claims that a lab leak in China led to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic have been circulating for years, but they remain a subject of considerable dispute.

 Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China February 3, 2021.