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Israeli-Druze doctor meets long-lost Syrian relatives evacuated from Sweida

'My hope is that Israel will help me and all the Druze. What is happening in Syria has not stopped, and we don’t expect help from anyone else.' the family's mother said.

The Druze doctor at Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, treating his relative from Sweida, July 2025.
 An illustrative image of a nurse writing a prescription.

How animated video prescriptions are revolutionizing patient care

 DR. JOSEPH ZRIHEN during a TV interview.

Dr. Joseph Zrihen: A Franco-Israeli doctor and artist

 NEW IMMIGRANTS are welcomed at Ben-Gurion airport, last year. Since October 7, 2023, over 43,000 people have made aliyah, the writer reports.

From Brit Milah to blood tests: notes from a split-screen life - opinion


Israel to shorten medical internship in move to prevent doctor shortage

This long-anticipated change follows years of debate and delay, with the Health Ministry consulting with hospital directors, medical school deans, experts, and interns on the matter.

 An illustrative image of a nurse writing a prescription.

MedEx returns to Paris: hundreds of Doctors and medical students express interest in making aliyah

Due to the severe lack of physicians in Israel, the event offered participants a streamlined, professional, and comprehensive immigration track, including license recognition and employment support.

 MedEx Returns to Paris: Hundreds of Doctors and Medical Students Express Interest in Making Aliyah to Israel.

Remembering Jerusalem on its special day - excerpt

Below, a translated excerpt from the recently published book in Hebrew, MiHamishim Kochavim L’Kochav Ehad (From Fifty Stars to One Star) by Batsheva Pomerantz.

 Three people are seen with an Israeli flag at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City (illustrative).

'I asked to participate': Israeli doctor praises IDF for killing terrorists, asks to join

“Yesterday, soldiers from the battalion killed dozens of terrorists. I asked to participate in the eliminations," Dr. Amos Sabo posted on X.

 Dr. Sabo protested against anti-government demonstrations in 2024 while carrying an M-16 rifle.

Blood transfusions on the battlefield, under an hour to evacuate: A look at the IDF Medical Corps

The military published statistics surrounding the activity of the IDF Medical Corps during the Israel-Hamas War so far.

 IDF evacuates a wounded soldier; illustrative

MaccabiDent launches a new service for appointment switching with a click between patients

MaccabiDent is launching a new service called SWITCH IT, which will allow patients to switch appointments between themselves through the app, without the need to contact a call center.

 MaccabiDent

Quebec medical applicants use public Discord groups to post antisemitic content

The aspiring doctors reportedly spread Holocaust denial, praised the “Final Solution,” and degraded women in the group of 1,400 plus members.

 Example of post from Discord server.

Antisemitism in US healthcare most prevalent in academic medical centers, study finds

Antisemitism is on the rise in the American healthcare sector, with academic medical centers emerging as the primary setting for such discrimination.

Doctor holds a stethoscope in front of a hospital background (illustrative)

Like the spread of a virus: Doctors join widening protest against public sector salary cuts

This comes amid dozens of teachers and education staff who continued their "sick day" strike on Tuesday over planned budget cuts.

 An illustrative image of a nurse writing a prescription.

Can AI diagnose, treat patients better than doctors? Israeli study finds out

Evaluators highlighted several advantages of the AI system over human physicians. 

 A MEDICAL ROBOT designed to facilitate cancer screening using artificial intelligence is displayed during a technology start-ups and innovation fair last year in Paris.

How to get chronically ill patients to consult with their doctors on a regular basis

For adult patients with chronic conditions, the advice is often to “see your doctor regularly” because this is thought to promote a more proactive and, therefore, more effective style of healthcare.

A HEBREW UNIVERSITY team discovered that when one experiences acute pain, the brain has a built-in way to dial down pain signals – like pressing the brakes – to keep them from going into overdrive.