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Paracetamol Overdose Puts Toddler at Risk of Liver Transplant
August 21, 2025 – One of many antipyretic drugs, Paracetamol (acetaminophen), is a widely used over-the-counter medication given to reduce fever and pain. However, if given in excessive doses, it can cause devastating and life-threatening liver damage. After several days of high fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and confusion, three-year-old Emily* was rushed to the Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) and admitted to the Cheryl Spencer Pediatric Emergency Department. At admission, Dr.…
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From Prevention to Recovery: Cardiac Arrest and Rehabilitation
August 19, 2025 – In the Western world, cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death. Yet with rapid medical intervention, survival rates have significantly improved. The question is: how can we prevent it? The most common form of heart disease is myocardial infarction—a heart attack—caused by an acute blockage in a coronary artery. In Israel, approximately 25,000 people experience a heart attack each year, 60% of them men and 40% women. While most cases occur…
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When Cosmetic Surgery Abroad Goes Wrong
August 14, 2025 – Cost often drives patients to seek cosmetic procedures overseas. But what happens when the promise of affordability compromises safety? Adam*, a 20-year-old from Northern Israel, who is 1.62 meters tall, recently returned from Turkey after undergoing a cosmetic bilateral femur limb-lengthening surgery in April. Traditionally, surgeons perform this complex procedure to correct significant differences in limb length, treat genetic conditions, or repair damage from severe fractures. In recent years, however, it…
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Rambam Expert on Autonomous Robotic Surgery Study
August 10, 2025 – Integrating robotic surgery into modern medical practice is gaining momentum, with consistently positive outcomes validating its value. But what about autonomous robotic surgery? Is it still a distant goal, or are we closer to achieving it than we think? A recent study from Johns Hopkins University showcased the capabilities of the Hierarchical Surgical Robot Transformer (SRT-H). Trained by analyzing recordings of surgeons operating on pig cadavers, the system autonomously performed key steps…
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From Inventor to Patient: The Parkinson’s Breakthrough That Came Full Circle
August 3, 2025—In a unique twist of fate, an engineer who spent decades developing cutting-edge technologies for Israel’s defense sector, found himself not only the creator of a groundbreaking Parkinson’s treatment but a patient treated with the very device he had developed. After transitioning from a career in defense to healthcare innovation, Kobi Vortman, PhD set out to develop a non-invasive method to treat brain conditions like Parkinson’s disease. Two decades later, he found himself…
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The Emergency Room Connection No One Expected
July 31, 2025—What began as a medical emergency quickly turned into an extraordinary story when an Israeli physician discovered a family connection to his patients from Southern Syria. When new borders were drawn more than 75 years ago, Druze communities that had lived for centuries across what became Israel and Syria suddenly found themselves in separate countries. The Druze are a small Arabic‑speaking religious minority with deep roots in the region; about 150,000 live in…
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Rambam Study: Smoking Undermines Dental Implant Stability
July 28, 2025 – Dental implants provide a long-term solution for missing teeth and deliver benefits that extend beyond aesthetics. However, one persistent habit significantly undermines their success. Dr. Yaniv Mayer, an attending physician in the Department of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry at Rambam Health Care Campus, led a groundbreaking study revealing the adverse effects of heavy smoking on the outcomes of oral surgery. Recently published in the prestigious Journal of Periodontology, the study highlights a…
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Rambam Expert Weighs In on FDA Study Linking CBD Use to Possible Liver Injury
July 20, 2025— Cannabidiol (CBD) is often marketed as natural, non-addictive, and safe—but new research suggests otherwise. A recent has found that low doses of CBD can cause liver injury in otherwise healthy people, often without any symptoms. A liver specialist at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) comments on the study, urging caution and routine monitoring for CBD users. Cannabidiol (CBD) is a chemical compound found in the cannabis plant (marijuana). In recent years there…
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From Wreckage to Rambam: Three Miracles
July 16, 2025 – A young couple were eagerly anticipating parenthood, but their joy was shattered by a car accident while Hani was 24 weeks pregnant with twins. Thanks to a multidisciplinary team at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), today the family is once again filled with hope for the future. Hani and Elhanan Greenberg were passengers in the backseat of a car, returning from a family wedding in northern Israel, when the accident happened.…
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First-Ever Hibuki (“Snuggle”) Therapy Pilot Helps Rambam Pediatric Patients Express Their Feelings
July 10, 2025 – A sad-eyed puppy with extra-long arms is giving young patients at Rambam Health Care Campus) a comforting hug—and their voices back—as the hospital becomes the world’s first to weave the evidence-backed Hibuki (“Snuggle”) Therapy in every day pediatric care. It is often hard for traumatized children to put their emotions into words, but a new evidence-based intervention called Hibuki (“Snuggle”) Therapy is changing that. For the first time, a pilot of…
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From Ultra-Orthodox to a Career in Medicine at Rambam
July 8, 2025— Once a teenage girl navigating the ultra-Orthodox streets of Bnei Brak, Dr. Tovi now walks the halls of Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam). Her journey of stepping beyond her upbringing to graduate at the top of her class is a testament to resilience, purpose, and belief in something bigger. This week, Rambam proudly welcomes a new internal medicine resident whose journey to medicine is anything but ordinary. Dr. Tovi grew up in Bnei…
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Rambam Expert Comments on Cancer Vaccine Research
July 3, 2025 – Two groundbreaking studies published in Nature offer fresh hope in the fight against kidney and pancreatic cancer. For the first time, personalized cancer vaccines—designed to train the immune system to recognize and destroy remaining tumor cells—have shown long-term success in human trials. Both studies have presented encouraging results for a novel personalized vaccine aimed at delaying the recurrence of kidney and pancreatic cancer. Dr. Ruth Peretz, director of the Oncology Day Care Unit…
