Apple to Expand R&D Beyond U.S. to Israel
It appears that that Apple will be opening its first development center outside the United States in Israel. The move reportedly is not related to the possible acquisition of the Israeli company Anobit, which develops flash storage solutions that provide …
Doctors on Strike
Talks between the Israel Medical Association and the Treasury fell short of yielding results last Wednesday, causing fears the doctors' strike that began last week could continue into
Medical Histadrut Permits Over-the-Counter Ritalin
The Ethics Committee of the Medical Histadrut (Federation) will now be permitted to sell the psycho-stimulant drug that treats attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Ritalin (Methylphenidate) without a doctor's
Assuta Tel Aviv Accused of Malpractice and Poor Ethics
The Assuta Medical Center in Tel Aviv opened last year wearing an impressive reputation. But lately, that reputation has been blemished. In a letter last week to Assuta Director
Jordan Wants Teva Off Their Turf
A group of Jordanian pharmaceutical companies fear that operations of the Israeli company Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. may affect them should it decide to cooperate with a
The Valley of Dry Bones?
Recently Dr. Eitan Hai-Am resigned from his post as Health Ministry director-general because of the cabinet's decision to relocate the emergency room at Ashkelon's Barzilai
Haredi Web Surfing
The haredi world says that their religious rabbinical sensibilities are being manipulated by businessman and politicians on their Internet sites. The skillful manipulation seriously damages the popularity of
A Strange Story in Eilat
A 44-year-old man from Eilat who posted a suicide note on his Facebook profile was found injured on Wednesday. The man who for now shall remain nameless is a
The Future of Jewish Web-Surfing
Last August saw the release of 4Wall LLC's Jewish Internet Metric Study. It is a project aimed towards helping the Jewish community understand the "hurdles and opportunities" presented
Internet Justice Rewarded To Israeli Tech Master Mind
You know when you surf the Web using your trusty Web 2.0 browser, Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer, or whatever it is that you use; and
Israel Gets another Nobel Prize
We're still on the ball, guys! Israeli scientist Ada Yonath has won the Nobel Prize in chemistry. She works at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, named after
Israeli Researcher Close to Alzheimer’s Vaccine
This man, Dr. Alon Monsonego of Ben Gurion University, could be the face put on a real, workable Alzheimer's vaccine. Alzheimer's being one of the scariest, most devastating
Cancer Breathalizer Comes out of Technion at Haifa
Wow. These Israeli inventions just keep coming, don't they? We've heard of cancer sniffing dogs, so why not program some artificial intelligence to do the same thing? Revealed
Israeli Medicine at it Again – Heart Repaired after Heart Attack
It has often been assumed that after a heart attack, where by definition a piece of the heart dies for lack of blood and oxygen, the damage is
Insulin Shots for Diabetics a Thing of the Past?
How's THIS for the only democracy in the Middle East: Thanks to a Tel Aviv University student named Adi Mor, Insulin Shots may become obsolete very soon.
















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