Heart
How to recognize a heart attack in real time – and the pill that can save your life
A heart attack is often silent, deceptive, and feels like indigestion. Dr. Itay Gal explains how to distinguish between anxiety and a cardiac event – and how one pill can save a life in seconds.
These sleep habits may put your heart at risk
From heart surgery to spinal tap: Physician ranks medical procedures by pain
Concerning data: A sharp increase in the number of heart attacks among young people
Biological defibrillator to treat irregular heartbeat developed by Rambam, Technion
This breakthrough will eventually treat only diseased and not healthy cardiac cells, through a receptor causing a biological process in the heart.
Can fitness trackers do more harm than good for the heart? - study
Some wearable gadgets have the potential to interfere with pacemakers, other implanted cardiac devices.
Perspective on cholesterol numbers: Better predictors of heart disease - opinion
For cholesterol to become harmful, it has to oxidize. So, let’s see what might be better predictors of heart disease.
More people are at risk of heart failure worldwide, researchers say
Two out of 100 Israelis, Europeans, North Americans at risk for dangerous heart failure, according to researchers.
For the first time ever - Shaare Zedek among the few to launch catheterization for heart failure
Patients with moderately severe valvular stenosis who have not been treated so far will be catheterized and will be able to return to full function.
Record high number of organ transplants in Israel in 2022
This year saw an increase in cooperation with foreign countries like Austria, the Czech Republic and the Emirates in the exchange of kidneys.
Grapevine: Hanging downtown
Movers and shakers in Israeli society
From head to toe: Origin of expressions about body parts
There are scores of idioms and expressions that relate to parts of the body. So let’s eyeball the situation and get to the heart of the matter.
What does a heart attack feel like? The signs that everyone must know
Heart attacks can have different symptoms, and in any case of an abnormal feeling, it is important to get checked.
Too much salt can change the way you behave- study
New research highlights the effects of salt beyond physical health. Too much can change behavior, specifically amplifying stress.
