When the fertility clock is ticking – what if doctors could reverse the aging of eggs
Tovah, 43, couldn’t find the right guy. She’d devoted her life to her small non-profit and realized her body clock for having a baby was ticking. She made the decision, as have many single women, to have a child on her own, a procedure that is covered by health services in Israel. Nonetheless, her test results […]
Israeli doctor saves life of Ukrainian girl, 4, suffering from rare genetic disorder
A 4-year-old Ukrainian girl suffering from a rare genetic disorder who was displaced from her home following the Russian invasion of Ukraine was saved at an Israeli medical clinic operated by staff from Hadassah Hospital and located in the Polish city Przemyśl, near the border with Ukraine. Originally from Dnipro, Ukraine, Yasinya, her 8-year-old brother […]
In fertility breakthrough, Israeli scientists reverse aging process in human eggs
In what could mark a major breakthrough for fertility treatments, Israeli scientists say that they have successfully managed to reverse the aging mechanism in eggs using antiviral drugs. Aging mechanism now reversible Led by molecular biologist Dr. Michael Klutstein, head of the Chromatin and Aging Research Lab in the faculty of Dental Medicine at the Hebrew […]
Israel building refugee aid centers on Ukraine’s border
Israel is moving to build refugee aid centers on Ukraine’s western border, among other forms of aid to be sent this week. Foreign Minister Yair Lapid instructed the ministry and MASHAV, Israel’s development and aid agency, to focus on four main areas of humanitarian aid. One is a refugee aid center that will serve all […]
How CHW is Supporting Ukraine
CHW continues to support the critical work of our partners in Israel, WIZO and Hadassah Medical Organization, who are working around the clock to assist and protect children, youth, and families affected by the crisis in Ukraine. CHW’s 2022 Annual Campaign will fulfill critical needs at Hadassah Hospital, allowing the hospital to continue emergency support […]
COVID so rampant that 1 in 10 medical staff at Jerusalem’s Hadassah are home sick
Almost one in ten staff members at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center are sick with the coronavirus, as hospitals teams across Israel experience strain due to infection of medical professionals. “It’s not bringing down the hospital to the point we can’t function but it does make it very hard, especially with 90 coronavirus patients and a […]
20 Israelis positive for Omicron subvariant, 306 COVID patients in serious condition
The Health Ministry reported 40,430 coronavirus cases on Friday morning, slightly down from the day before. Altogether, 319,572 Israelis were screened for the virus in the past 24 hours, which puts the infection rate at 12.65%. The reproduction rate, which refers to the number of people each confirmed carrier infects, stands at 1.8. The number […]
Omicron Appears More Contagious, Less Dangerous than Other Variants
New data published on Saturday suggest that the Omicron corona variant is more contagious but not as dangerous as other variants, according to Prof. Dror Mevorach, a senior physician from Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center. “We have to say this with a lot of caution, but if we look at the currently available information, there is reason to […]
Hadassah Discovers Mechanism Contributing to Cancer in Overweight Women
Hadassah-University Medical Center researchers said they have found the mechanism that contributes to the aggressive progression of breast cancer in overweight women. “In the new study, we were able to characterize one of the mechanisms of increased progression of breast cancer in overweight patients – a growing phenomenon in Western countries,” said Prof. Tamar Peretz, who was […]
Organ Transplantation at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem
When it comes to donating an organ to save a life, Israelis rank near the top of the global rankings for living donors. And Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem is home to many of the transplant surgeries. As Wendy Elliman reports in her Hadassah Medicine column in the November/December 2021 issue of Hadassah Magazine, about 250 Israelis choose to donate their kidneys […]
