Study by Clalit Health Services shows that social isolation and lack of physical activity led to an increase in the number of patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure, obesity and smoking.
The surgery, on a man named Walid Salama, was carried out in early March.
The minimally invasive surgery, known as gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy, is performed by Dr. Avner Belkin, the only doctor in Israel who has been chosen for the highly specialized, prestigious training program, in which just three doctors from across the globe are selected per year.
One test was part of contact tracing after a four-year-old contracted first known case of polio in Israel since 1989 earlier this week, while the second was part of an anonymous fecal testing survey by the Jerusalem district health office.
Health Ministry reports that patient, a four-year-old boy from Jerusalem, had not been vaccinated against polio, nor had his family. Jerusalem district health officials have begun contact tracing.
Study published in Fertility and Sterility Journal could offer reassurance to women undergoing IVF.
Experts attribute the rise to the coronavirus pandemic and lament the shortage of healthcare professionals, leading to delays in the critical treatment of patients.
The new bill goes further than its predecessor, and if passed would make it possible to sanction publications that fail to attach clear notifications of digitally manipulated photos with fines in the tens and even hundreds of thousands of shekels.
Zehava shares her incredible journey from Iran to Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, after Iranian doctors told her there was no hope.
Doctors at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center perform first use in Israel of liver machine perfusion, a method developed to reduce the incidence and severity of donor liver injury and improve post-transplant outcomes.