Rabbis Send Healthy Women to Get Painful Fertility Treatments – and Doctors Go Along With It
More and more religious women are rejecting the strict interpretation of Jewish law that bars them from getting pregnant naturally
Israel health
Home Hospitalization May Be Solution to Israel’s Increasingly Crowded Hospitals
It’s convenient, results in fewer infections and is what patients prefer. But what is really likely to push health maintenance organizations to adopt home hospitalization are the huge financial savings
Israel’s Newst Cannabis Millionaire Got His Start With Avocados, Turkeys
Breath of Life founder Hagai Hillman is an entrepreneur with farming roots
Justice Ministry to Probe Northern Israeli Town's Fight Against Facility for Addicts, Homeless
Head of the local council for the affluent town called on the public to donate money to pay the private company behind the project to cancel it
'We Can Roll With It': Where Israel's Political Parties Stand on Legalizing Marijuana
The rise of Moshe Feiglin, a far-right champion of legalization, has pulled pot to the fore in election campaigns. Where do the other political parties stand?
Orli Levi-Abekasis Launches Election Campaign, Says She Aims for Health Portfolio
Former fashion and television star also vows to make medical cannabis more accessible in Israel
High Court Slams Government Plan for Non-kosher for Passover Areas at Hospitals
Justices order state to explain why less drastic arrangements for Passover can’t be made
Microwave and Bidet: VIP Care for Rabbi’s Wife Secured by Deputy Health Minister
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman is being harshly criticized for the treatment he ensured for a Hasidic leader’s wife at a Tel Aviv hospital
Editorial Is That a Sandwich in Your Bag?
The High Court of Justice is right - setting up separate areas in hospitals for those wanting to eat food that isn't kosher for Passover is a disproportionate, humiliating and unfeasible solution
Israeli Health Czar Embroiled in New Scandal Over VIP Healthcare for Top Rabbi's Wife
Deputy health minister said to intercede in case of spouse of Hasidic sect’s leader ■ Litzman under investigation over alleged efforts to prevent extradition of Australian school principal suspected of sexually abusing students
Residents of Northern Israeli Town Raise $138,000 to Block Group Home Project
Former senior officials of the Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services Ministry decried capitulation to the campaign to keep the rehabilitation facility out of affluent Zichron Yaakov
Sackler Name Is Everywhere at Tel Aviv U., but Not the Opioid Controversy Plaguing the Family
The university declines to comment as pressure grows — especially in the United States — on institutions to remove the name of the U.S. pharmaceutical family from their buildings
Israel's Rabbinate Backs Compromise to Let People Eat Chametz on Hospital Grounds During Passover
Religious authority agrees to allow areas where food that isn't kosher for Passover can be eaten during holiday, but only outside hospital buildings and if guard is present
Israeli Health Czar 'Pressured Psychiatrist' to Soften Assessment of Pedophile
Health system sources say Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman, currently investigated for similar allegations in different affair, made repeated requests of a senior psychiatrist to give lower risk assessment of jailed sex offender
Shortage of Hospital Beds in Israel at Worst Level in Three Decades
The increase in hospital beds is not keeping pace with population growth
Seven Arrested for Attacking Doctors, Guards at Hospitals in Northern Israel
A number of incidents occurred at Haifa's Rambam Medical Center, while at the Western Galilee Hospital, relatives of a patient who died damaged equipment and attacked guards
Israeli Academics Challenge Adelson-funded West Bank Med School in Top Court
Opponents cite alleged flaws in the approval process for the school at Ariel University
Foreign Patients to Subsidize Experimental Treatment for Israelis With ALS
Health Ministry agrees to let Tel Aviv hospital charge five foreigners $300,000 each for treatment that is still undergoing efficacy testing, while eight Israels will get it for free
Nurse and Aides Arrested on Suspicion of Assaulting Elderly Patients
In one incident, a registered nurse punched an 85-year-old patient in the leg while the patient was getting intravenous therapy
Doctors' Strike at Hadassah Ends, Hospitals to Hire Residents
After labor court hearing, hospitals to hire seven residents who were due to start work February 1
Party Drug or Breakthrough Treatment? Israel Approves Compassionate Use of MDMA to Treat PTSD
Recreational use of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, is forbidden in Israel where the drug is considered dangerous. But a trial treatment may soon change that
People Aren't Altruistic. It's the Bacteria They Carry, Israeli Scientist Suggests
Do we help each other only because we're manipulated by bacteria? Evolutionary biologist Lilach Hadany says this explains the evolutionary riddle of altruism
Israel Sees Decline in Cancer Among Men, Increase in General Survival Rate
Meanwhile, the cancer rate has remained steady among Jewish women and has increased among Arab women
Business in Brief: Ehud Barak to Keep Shares in Medical Marijuana Firm Until After U.S. IPO
Anchiano Therapeutics plans initial public offering in American depositary shares ■ Brown Hotels bids for Israir ■ Tel Aviv shares marks seventh day higher
Teva’s Generic EpiPen U.S. Launch Still Stalled Five Months After Approval
Short supply is missed opportunity for Israeli drug maker in $750 million market
Meet Israel’s Many Medical Marijuana Millionaires - Including Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak
Unlike Israel’s tiny market for medical cannabis products, recently okayed exports could generate billions of dollars in sales
Chew on This Men Admit Vegan Meals Left Them Fuller, Medical Study Says
Test sample was small but the implications are huge: Non-animal meals triggered higher release of ‘satiety’ hormones
Barak: InterCure to Ramp Up Medical Marijuana Production
InterCure, a holding company of small medical firms, bought medical cannabis developer Canndoc in September and later hired Ehud Barak as chairman
Ashdod Has Highest Diabetes and Male Cancer Rate in Israel, New Report Finds
New Health Ministry survey of 16 largest cities also shows lowest incidence of cancer in general in Bnei Brak, highest proportion of women breast-cancer sufferers in Tel Aviv; worst infant mortality rate in Be'er Sheva
Chief Rabbinate Withdraws From Plan to Allow Chametz in Hospitals During Passover
In response to a court challenge to an overall ban on leavened foods at hospitals during the holiday, a compromise would have designated areas of hospitals where such food that is not kosher for Passover could be consumed