Stroke

This is how you will identify a stroke before it is too late

In emergency medicine, one phrase guides stroke treatment: "Time equals brain." Every minute without care kills millions of nerve cells and reduces recovery chances.

Illustration: Arm test for stroke identification
A doctor looks at a brain X-ray

BRAIN.Q launches home-based AI brain recovery service in Israel

A Magen David Adom mobile intensive care unit and paramedic, June 2, 2025; illustrative.

Red traffic light saves stroke victim's life in Rishon Lezion

Former president of Supreme Court Asher Grunis speaks during a conference at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute on July 2, 2018.

Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis hospitalized after suffering stroke


Innovative Israeli microcatheter is ‘bent’ on saving lives

“Delayed treatment can result in devastating outcomes," said Bendit Technologies CEO Yossi Mazel.

Bendit's microcatheter

Medical miracle? Woman recovers from stroke in two hours

Biton was told about what had happened during the event by the medical team which treated her, after which she concluded that such a thing can happen to anyone at any age.

Riki Biton after recovering from the stroke

Israeli company soon to begin trial on stroke-risk reduction device

The company completed its first pre-clinical chronic procedure, alongside IMMR, one of the world's leading pre-clinical laboratories.

Virtual image of human heart

Technion, U. of Missouri team takes home second at medical hackathon

Over 1,000 people participated in this year's hackathon, which invites students, doctors, engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs from all over to compete to create innovative medical technologies.

The Viz.ai stroke triage and notification platform

New study reveals why people of African descent suffer more from strokes

A team of international scientists from the UVA Health Medical Center recently conducted the largest analysis of stroke-risk genes ever undertaken in individuals of African descent.

AN AFRICAN migrant sits on the street in Tel Aviv, earlier 2018

Hillel's Tech Corner: Append Medical works to take unknown out of strokes

The company has developed a minimally invasive medical device, called the Appligator™ that aims to reduce stroke risk in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation (AF).

Append Medical

Hadassah chief Zeev Rotstein suffers from minor stroke over weekend

Hadassah has been struggling to pay its expenses in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis.

Zeev Rotstein

Tel Aviv start-up gets FDA approval for ‘stroke of genius’ AI package

The AI technology "uses deep learning to automatically look at every head CT before a patient has even left the imaging room."

Aidocs AIaidoc technology being used during a CTA brain scan.

Medibrane CEO: New technologies to treat, prevent strokes

“This is only the beginning of the developing of treatments for strokes,” Einav told the Post. “I think in the next years we are going to see more and better treatments.”

Medibrane: Elad Einav, CEO; Michel Reimer, director at resonetics; and Amir Kraitzer, CTO.

Israeli neurological breakthroughs at Shaare Zedek

“It is amazing,” says Eichel, “that in just three years, we have been able to develop a center that provides nearly all the neurological services."

SENIOR PHYSICIANS in Shaare Zedek’s Helmsley Neurological Institute: (left to right) Dr. Nevo Margalit, Dr. Roni Eichel, Prof. Natan Bornstein and Dr. Yaakov Amsalem.