November 18, 2021 – Fibromyalgia—an illness characterized by chronic pain throughout the body, fatigue, and sleep disturbance—is very common, affecting two to eight percent of the population. Researchers in the Pain Medicine Institute at Rambam Health Care Campus led by Director Dr. Simon Vulfsons are working hard to find a cure, and may have found…
November 14, 2021 – “6,000 people work here and give their all, even under difficult conditions. I heard a great deal of praise about the staff from dozens of patients who approached me,” shared Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz on his Facebook page. Israel’s Minister of Health, Nitzan Horowitz, visited Rambam Health Care Campus earlier this…
November 4, 2021 – Three Israeli patients were the first to participate in a study to achieve what has never before been possible: the eradication of inoperable cancer tumors. Researchers at Rambam Health Care Campus created a network-based radiation program using a targeted methodology that has succeeded to eradicate tumors in problematic and difficult to…
November 1, 2021 – Following a diagnosis of leukemia, 11-year-old Tulin Hamdan needed a bone marrow donation to get well. Ta’ar Katima had joined the bone marrow registry, and was found to be a suitable match. Eleven-year-old Tulin received a bone marrow donation from Ta’ar Katima, the close friend of her father, Samer Hamdan. What…
October 28, 2021 – Biomica’s immuno-oncology program is based on the premise that the gut microbiome affects the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. The study is pending approval by Israel’s Ministry of Health. Rambam Health Care Campus recently signed a clinical trial agreement with Evogene Ltd. subsidiary Biomica Ltd., an emerging biopharmaceutical company developing innovative microbiome-based…
