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Against All Odds: CAR-T Therapy at Rambam Saves Desperate Cancer Patient
March 23, 2023 – Critically ill in St. Petersburg, Russia, 20-year-old Kalim Agrakov was not responding to cancer treatment. However, a breakthrough procedure offered at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, saved his life. Kalim Agrakov was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer – acute lymphoblastic leukemia. His doctors at a hospital
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Rambam Establishes National, Virtual Support Clinic for Treating Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia
March 13, 2023 – Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel recently opened a much-needed virtual clinic for treating the behavioral symptoms of dementia to provide rapid and vital support for patients and their caregivers. Many diseases cause dementia, the most common of which is Alzheimer’s disease, caused by the abnormal build-up of proteins
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Rambam Treats Three Members of Elite Counter-terrorism Unit Following Clashes in West Bank
March 8: Three members of Israel’s elite national counter-terrorism unit, “Yamam” were wounded in clashes in the West Bank city of Jenin yesterday, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The wounded were evacuated to Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, for treatment. Dr. Hany Bahouth, Rambam’s director, Division of Emergency Medicine & Trauma, comments, “One
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A Revolutionary Health App Set to Transform Patient Care at Rambam
March 6, 2023 – Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, and Synch join forces and launch a groundbreaking smart 5G network and network-integrated application for the healthcare industry. With support and funding from the Israel Innovation Authority together with the Ministry of Communications and partners, Rambam and Synch, an Elbit systems project, have
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Rambam Experts Participate in Trauma Training in India
March 2, 2023 – A team from the Teaching Center for Trauma, Emergency, and Mass Casualty Situations (MCS) at Rambam Health Care Campus recently traveled to India to help train local healthcare and administrative personnel. The Institute of Medical Science at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi, India, hosted a three-day Indo-Israel Trauma Course & Mass
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Turning Breast Cancer Around
February 20, 2023 – A mutated breast cancer gene (BRCA) increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Understanding and managing the gene and resulting cancers was the focus of a successful conference entitled: ‘360 Degrees on BRCA’, hosted at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. All people
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Grieving Widow Donates Life-saving Defibrillators
February 23, 2023 – Just a few short months after the death of her husband, Ilana Siman-Tov Doodles, CPR head nurse and coordinator at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, was determined to do something for the community. She mobilized members of her family who arranged the donation of ten automatic CPR defibrillators.
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Quick, Accurate Diagnosis of Life-threatening Diseases
February 16, 2023 – The Neuromuscular Disease Clinic and Clinical Electrophysiology in the Department of Neurology at Rambam Health Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, recently inaugurated a testing service for quick and accurate diagnosis of life-threatening neuro-immunological diseases. Myasthenia gravis (a chronic autoimmune, neuromuscular disease) and neuritis (an inflammatory muscle disease) are life-threatening conditions. However, accurate
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From Battlefield Injury to Rambam Heart Surgeon
February 13, 2023 – Twenty years ago, Roi Glam and three other Israeli soldiers were wounded by gunfire during a clash in the West Bank town of Jenin. Today Glam is an attending physician in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel – the hospital that saved his
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Rambam Joins Earthquake Relief in Turkey
February 8, 2023 – The 7.5 magnitude earthquake that rocked Turkey has left thousands dead, injured, and homeless. It is a desperate time and a humanitarian crisis. Medical experts from Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, are on their way to Turkey to provide much-needed assistance and relief. In the early hours of
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The Future of Medicine: Rambam’s 17th Annual Research Day
February 2, 2023 – The 17th Annual Research Day was held this week at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel. Physicians, nurses, scientists, and students presented and discussed their research aimed at leveraging the latest discoveries and innovations to shape and transform the future of medicine and healthcare. Hundreds of people participated in
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Breakthrough Treatment for Follicular Lymphoma
January 30, 2023 – Follicular lymphoma is a slow-growing type of cancer that may appear in the bone marrow, lymph nodes, or other organs. CAR T-Cell therapy – a revolutionary blood cancer treatment, is one of many in the arsenal of cancer therapies offered at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel. Rambam is
