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Air pollution and extreme heat linked to more migraine attacks, Israeli study finds

Israeli scientists find air pollution exposure tied to a higher risk of migraine attacks.

Migraine (illustrative)
As trauma surges, Israel is racing to build a mental health system that can meet a nation under prolonged stress.

War’s hidden toll: Mental health treatment in Israel surges 240%

The steps trend

Are you also participating in the steps trend? Look what it does to your body

A medical operations room provides services in a Jerusalem hotel for those evacuated from their homes in Beit Shemesh following an Iranian missile strike.

Beyond the strikes: How healthcare is holding Israel’s displaced together


Health fund cannot refuse your request for services, says Knesset

Many health fund members have been turned down for such services without being given any explanation and details about how to complain to appeals committees.

 View of a Maccabi Health Center in Modi'in, on January 26, 2021.

 Success for Sanolla's smartscope

Sanolla demonstrated 2x sensitivity in diagnosing a cardiac problem in patients with no relevant medical history compared to an acoustic stethoscope.

 Sanolla's founder and CEO, Dr. Doron Adler

Finance Ministry: Raise of minimum wage 'will lead to our collapse'

The long meeting discussed the effect of the minimum wage on the functioning of hospitals run by non-profit organizations.

 The Finance Ministry offices are seen on May 14, 2023

Mental health in Israel: One in three may suffer post-trauma disorders

About 30% of the population may develop post-trauma disorders in the next few months.

People crying and hugging with the Israeli flag in the background

War in Israel creating deficit crisis for health funds

Expenses to treat members of the four health funds during the war will deepen the health funds’ deficits significantly more than in normal times.

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For the next two months, it will not be possible to switch to a different health fund

The freeze will allow doctors to engage only in the provision of urgent services and allow consultation and treatment by a primary physician and specialists.

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Israelis tired of rolling up sleeves are rejecting new needed COVID-19, Flu vaccines

With a new Covid variant and Jewish High Holidays around the corner, Israelis are being reminded to head for their annual vaccinations.

Woman gets vaccinated.

New Israeli/American research supports benefit of remote medical services to reduce hospital visits

Telemedicine reduces the need for patients to rush to crowded emergency rooms by 20% without harming quality of care.

Device allows vitals to be taken remotely from home

Warnings about Israel’s impending doctors’ crisis - opinion

The decision of Reichman University, Israel’s sole private university, to open its own medical school may prove crucial.

 DOCTORS ON their way into an emergency room: A growing shortage of doctors threatens to become a major problem in the Jewish state.

Clalit Healthcare Services uses data scientists for proactive innovation for members

While Clalit’s relative membership has dropped in the last three decades, management is doing its utmost to become the country’s first innovation-driven HMO.

 PROF. RAN BALICER (left) at the inauguration of the Clalit-Harvard Berkowitz Living Lab in Jerusalem, with Prof. Isaac Kohane, chairman of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School.