medicine Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/medicine/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:28:26 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 World’s first human spinal cord implant to take place in Israel https://www.jwire.com.au/worlds-first-human-spinal-cord-implant-to-take-place-in-israel/ https://www.jwire.com.au/worlds-first-human-spinal-cord-implant-to-take-place-in-israel/#respond Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:28:26 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=172273 Israel is preparing to perform the world’s first-ever human spinal cord implant using a patient’s own cells, a medical breakthrough that could allow paralysed patients to stand and walk again, Tel Aviv University announced on Wednesday. The surgery, expected in the coming months, will take place in Israel and marks a historic milestone in regenerative […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/worlds-first-human-spinal-cord-implant-to-take-place-in-israel/feed/ 0 172273 Ohad graduates as a doctor in Gaza https://www.jwire.com.au/ohad-graduates-as-a-doctor-in-gaza/ https://www.jwire.com.au/ohad-graduates-as-a-doctor-in-gaza/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2025 07:01:05 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=171025 While his classmates celebrated the completion of their medical degrees, Ohad was serving inside Gaza. He couldn’t make it to the graduation ceremony—but that didn’t mean he had to miss it altogether. The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University, located in Safed, made sure he was included. They brought the celebration to him, right […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/ohad-graduates-as-a-doctor-in-gaza/feed/ 1 171025 Qatar, France broker deal for aid, medication to Gaza https://www.jwire.com.au/qatar-france-broker-deal-for-aid-medication-to-gaza/ https://www.jwire.com.au/qatar-france-broker-deal-for-aid-medication-to-gaza/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2024 03:57:49 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=155059 Qatar and France have brokered a deal with Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to deliver urgent medication to some 45 Israeli hostages held by the group in Gaza in return for humanitarian and medical aid for the most vulnerable civilians. The two countries said the aid would leave Qatar for Egypt on Wednesday before […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/qatar-france-broker-deal-for-aid-medication-to-gaza/feed/ 2 155059 Doctors miraculously save pregnant woman and fetus from death https://www.jwire.com.au/doctors-miraculously-save-pregnant-woman-and-fetus-from-death/ https://www.jwire.com.au/doctors-miraculously-save-pregnant-woman-and-fetus-from-death/#respond Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:16:28 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=150137 Tatiana Cohen and the doctors who saved her and the life and her fetus are describing her rescue as a “miracle” after she suddenly began experiencing intense pains from what turned out to be a rare medical condition. What was supposed to be a romantic celebration of her first wedding anniversary instead turned into a […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/doctors-miraculously-save-pregnant-woman-and-fetus-from-death/feed/ 0 150137 Israeli surgeons reattach Arab boy’s head after ‘internal decapitation’ https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-surgeons-reattach-arab-boys-head-after-internal-decapitation/ https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-surgeons-reattach-arab-boys-head-after-internal-decapitation/#respond Wed, 12 Jul 2023 07:32:45 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=149079 Surgeons at Hadassah Medical Centre-Ein Kerem have reattached a boy’s head after a horrific accident left him internally decapitated. A car hit Suleiman Hassan, a 12-year-old Arab from the Judea and Samaria region, as he rode his bike, the Jerusalem hospital announced. After he was airlifted to Hadassah’s trauma unit, doctors discovered that the ligaments […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/israeli-surgeons-reattach-arab-boys-head-after-internal-decapitation/feed/ 0 149079 Shabbat Tazria & Metzorah: Healthy in body and mind https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-tazria-metzorah-healthy-in-body-and-mind/ https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-tazria-metzorah-healthy-in-body-and-mind/#respond Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:23:42 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=146664 The chapters of the Torah that we are reading now are concerned with health and what happens when our bodies do not function effectively or normally. Why do we get ill? Are we to blame for neglecting or misusing our bodies or coming into contact with an infectious person? Who will cure us and how? […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/shabbat-tazria-metzorah-healthy-in-body-and-mind/feed/ 0 146664 Toddler refused to eat; doctors discovered ring in his throat https://www.jwire.com.au/toddler-refused-to-eat-doctors-discovered-ring-in-his-throat/ https://www.jwire.com.au/toddler-refused-to-eat-doctors-discovered-ring-in-his-throat/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2023 23:44:14 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=144987 In an unusual procedure, doctors at Jerusalem’s Shaarei Zedek Medical Center removed a ring stuck in the throat of a two-year-old boy. The boy complained of pain in his mouth and refused to eat, telling his parents he had swallowed a ring. The parents, residents of the eastern Jerusalem neighbourhood of Shuafat, immediately took the […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/toddler-refused-to-eat-doctors-discovered-ring-in-his-throat/feed/ 1 144987 In Israeli first, doctors separate twins with conjoined skulls https://www.jwire.com.au/in-israeli-first-doctors-separate-twins-with-conjoined-skulls/ https://www.jwire.com.au/in-israeli-first-doctors-separate-twins-with-conjoined-skulls/#respond Wed, 08 Sep 2021 08:19:26 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=129043 The 12-hour operation comprised 50 staff members from a variety of fields and involved months of preparation.

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