Rambam Health Care Campus is pleased to advise that Clarivate, the sole authority for calculating impact factors (IFs), has announced a 2022 IF of 1.6 for Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal (RMMJ). The score is based on a calculation of a journal’s selected citations over time and is one tool used to reflect a journal’s general importance. The…
September 27, 2023 – The Jewish festival of Sukkot – the Feast of Tabernacles – includes five symbols, including the citron (Etrog). Surprisingly, this hard, bitter, yet aromatic fruit has many health benefits. Sukkot is a joyous eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the 40 years of wandering in the desert after the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt….
September 21, 2023 – Do female surgeons achieve better surgical outcomes than their male counterparts? Results of two cohort studies targeting more than 1.3-million patients show a clear difference. Expert surgeons at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel have also noticed this result. Two recent studies, one at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto…
September 18, 2023 – Although once taken for granted, the spiritual care of patients is becoming part of mainstream medicine. The Spiritual Care Service at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel plays an important role in patient care. The hospital’s ‘Poetic Pharmacy,’ recently filled a creative prescription for soul care that no pharmacist…
September 14, 2023 – Around the world, climate change is resulting in extremely hot days. A neurologist at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel, provides a medical perspective on recent research that looked at the impact of extreme heat in certain adult populations. A 12-year study on the effects of extreme heat exposure in…
