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Grapevine: Real-life miracles

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

View of the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, October 8, 2024.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, April 14, 2026.

Netanyahu declared cancer-free after hiding diagnosis during Iran war

Carol Ann Schwartz, national president of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, at the inauguration.

Netivot shows how Israel’s periphery can become its center - opinion

 View of a new Intensive care unit built in the underground parking lot of the Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, in Jerusalem, October 25, 2023.

As Iran war broke out, United Hatzalah volunteers transferred patients to underground wards


A new Israeli clinical trial is testing a tuberculosis vaccine to prevent Alzheimer's - opinion

If – God forbid – I show the biomarkers associated with the probable development of Alzheimer’s, I will receive three doses of the vaccine, which has minimal side effects.

 REAL BRAIN exhibit at Bristol Science Centre, UK.

Mount Scopus: Keeping watch over the Holy City of Jerusalem

Neighborhood Corner: Situated in the eastern half of Israel’s eternal capital, the etymology of Mount Scopus reflects its historical role as a lookout point over Jerusalem.

 A look at Mount Scopus in Jerusalem.

Hadassah University Medical Center solves biblical mystery with ancient seed

The first 2,000-year-old date seedling was named Methuselah (after the longest-lived person in the Bible) and is now impressively tall at Ketura.

 DR. SARAH SALLON (right) and Dr. Elaine Solowey at  Kibbutz Ketura.

Unique orthopedic technology at Hadassah Hospital aids terror victim

The magnetized nail causes a shattered and infected bone of the terror attack victim to grow inside his leg.

 MATANYA OLAMI with the Hadassah orthopedic team.

Slight risk of ADHD in children of pregnant women who smoke cannabis, study shows

In three more years, this number is forecast to reach almost a quarter of a million patients.

 AN EMPLOYEE CUTS cannabis buds in a laboratory in Vienna.

Colon cancer, gut grief and stool secrets

Poor nutrition, and poor gut health, are among the common indicators of serious health issues. Hadassah expert Dr. David Hakimian, senior gastroenterologist, discusses symptoms and much more.


Miraculous kidney donation between friends spans continents and save lives

The complex and sensitive cross-continental operation required coordination between senior officials in both countries.

 The proccess of bringing kindeys for transplant from the Czech Republic to Israel.

How important are the correct shoes? Doctor weighs in

On this month's episode of Hadassah On Call, Dr. Yechiel Gellman, senior foot and ankle surgeon at the Hadassah Medical Organization, discusses foot health.

 Your Best Foot Forward

Israeli Medical Association: 'Treating Hamas terrorists is our duty as doctors'

Despite public protest, doctors told to treat terrorists as they would any other patient. Only important consideration should be the medical condition at hand, reads letter.

Magen David Adom paramedics evacuate injured individuals in Israel.

New rehab center opens at Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital

Until the center opened last month, Jerusalem had a shortage of rehab beds. The new center will have 132 beds and will be able to treat 10,000 patients a year.

 Robot-assisted spinal surgery at Hadassah Medical Center.