June 12, 2025 – Cornell Shalev (74) was plagued by hiccups, usually a minor annoyance that resolves in minutes. After two years of suffering, a multidisciplinary team of physicians at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) determined the elusive cause and implemented a unique solution. Two years ago, Shalev, a maintenance technician at a plastics factory,…
July 21, 2022 – A new study conducted by Rambam HCC and McGill University scientists has found changes in women’s blood bile acids that are associated to the gut microbiome. Their research could provide a new molecular methodology for diagnosing fibromyalgia. Affecting around four per cent of the population and mostly women, fibromyalgia is a syndrome…
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…
