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In the 27th Jan 2013 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
· Israeli innovative treatment improves the health of stroke victims long after the original attack.
· An Israeli hospital has cured a genetic disease causing paralysis in children.
· An Israeli company has developed a device to eliminate noise in public places.
· India’s eighth largest city has a new Israeli security system to monitor roads and detect crime.
· Israel had a record date harvest and provides 50% of the world’s Medjool dates.
· Israel’s elections confirm a US report that Israel remains the only free country in the Middle East.
ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Oxygen enrichment helps treat strokes. Dr. Shai Efrati, of Tel Aviv University tested his theory on 72 stroke victims. Even those treated 3 years after their strokes showed significantly increased neuronal activity following a two-month course of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT).
http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=17851
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Controls/SendFriend.ashx?print=1&type=0&item=164538
Israel welcomes the “father of fertility”. Britain’s Lord Professor Robert Winston gave a lecture entitled ‘Manipulating Reproduction’ at Haifa University’s January conference on regenerative medicine. Attendees included British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould, plus leading British and Israeli scientists.
http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=6366
http://newmedia-eng.haifa.ac.il/?p=6381#more-6381
Israeli fertility treatment for New Delhi IVF center. Cytoplasmic Morphologically Selected Sperm Injection (IMSI), developed by Benjamin Bartoov of Israel’s Bar-Ilan University, is bringing a hope to childless couples in India’s capital city.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Fresh-hope-for-childless-couples/articleshow/17672928.cms
UK-Israel partner stem cell research. British Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership (BIRAX) will grant NIS 25 million over five years for seven joint Israel-UK stem cell research programs. Stem cells have unique reproductive, renewal, and regenerative capabilities for organs.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000815796
US doctors get automatic Israeli license. US physicians who have passed American MD exams (USMLE) in the past ten years, and who want to settle and work in Israel, will receive exemption from the local licensing exam. This is the first time that Israeli health authorities have accepted foreign test results for an MD license.
http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=299859
Hadassah breakthrough saves 4 children. Doctors at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem have discovered the reason for, and a medication to cure, Peripheral neuropathy – a genetic brain disease that causes paralysis in children. Three infants suffering from the disease are already showing signs of improvement.
http://www.hadassah-med.com/about/news/new-cure-found-for-rare-genetic-disease-causing-paralysis-in-infants.aspx
Cyclist healed by Israeli cartilage regeneration. An Agili-C implant from Israel’s CartiHeal has repaired the cartilage of a 47-year-old Slovenian former athlete whose knee cartilage was damaged due to a volleyball injury over seven years ago. Six months after receiving the Agili-C implant, the patient was on the ski slopes. A year from his surgery, he completed a 180 km cycling marathon.
http://israel21c.org/health/good-news-for-knees/
Genetic causes of mental retardation. Researchers at Israel’s Schneider Children’s hospital and in Germany have identified mutations in genes EIF2S3 and UBE3B as responsible for the development of genetic mental retardation. The discovery improves the pre-natal diagnostic tool for prevention of genetic diseases.
http://www.schneider.org.il/Eng/Index.asp?ArticleID=835&CategoryID=119&Page=1
Israel hosts international IBD conference. Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital was the venue for a conference of 300 Israeli and international experts in the field of diagnosis and treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). “Challenges in IBD Across Ages” brought together experts from the USA, Canada and Scotland.
http://www.szmc.org.il/NewsHighlights/NewsHighlights2013/InternationalIBDConference/tabid/2450/Default.aspx