Pediatrics
Israel needs doctors: New immigrants step in where the system falls short
As Israel struggles with a nationwide physician shortage, the arrival of doctors, nurses, and psychologists from North America highlights both the urgency and the hope of aliyah-driven solutions.
Coping with cancer in war time is another battle for children - opinion
Safra Children’s Hospital prepares pediatric patients for scary procedures in a fun way
Fever in babies: When should you start to worry?
Is your child suffering from stomach pain? Here’s what could be causing it
Kids often complain about stomach pain. In most cases, it's caused by a virus but sometimes, recurrent attacks are symptomatic of other diseases.
State Comptroller gives Health Ministry failing marks on pediatric care
One would be hard put to find anything positive in the comptroller’s thick chapter on the ministry.
How to stop a child from experiencing pain during hospitalization
Assuta Ashdod’s pediatric department aims to provide a pain and anxiety free experience for its patients using medical clowns, playing movies, and providing tablets and toys.
Retired IDF officer brings smiles to sick kids with Lego
Cohen is known as the Lego Man, a unique nickname he earned for his extensive volunteering where he’s donated over 10,000 sets of lego to sick kids over the past 12 years.
Surgeon at Israeli hospital pulls cockroach out of a woman's ear
A surgeon and director of the pediatric emergency department at Netanya's Laniado Medical Center was surprised after pulling out a cockroach from and woman's ear.
Professor Nachman Ash celebrates 26 years of Save a Child's Heart
Ash met the medical professionals who were training to do work for SACH in Zambia, Ethiopia, the Palestinian Authority and Gaza.
An 'EpiPen' bracelet? Assuta Ashdod develops concept to save lives
A pediatric nurse at Assuta has developed a concept for the first-ever compact epinephrine injection device. She was able to do that via Assuta Ashdod accelerator.
Technion researchers print a functional ear implant
This new creation will hopefully prove useful for children born with microtia, a condition that results in underdeveloped, small or malformed ears at birth.
Wolfson Medical Center opens Helmsley Pediatric Heart Institute
The hospital said that the new department will expand the capabilities of its existing pediatric cardiology unit.
Does bedwetting indicate a child’s emotional suffering?
When should parents start worrying about nighttime bedwetting? When should they think it's due to an emotional problem? Dr. Hadassah Troan answers the questions.
Conjoined twins, separated in Israel last month, leave hospital
The operation the children underwent is extremely rare – having been performed only about 20 times – and now, for the first time in Israel.
