Reuth TLV Rehabilitation Hospital Israel’s largest rehab facillity

More than 60,000 soldiers and civilians have been wounded since Oct. 7 and in the subsequent Operation Swords of Iron – an unprecedented and enormous challenge for the Israeli healthcare system.Thousands are receiving physical and psychological rehabilitation treatment, both inpatient and outpatient. Rehabilitation medicine, which enables patients to regain maximum functionality and return to […]

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Europe tops the charts for alcohol consumption. WHO calls for urgent action to curb the trend

WHO’s Dr Gauden Galea said that the impacts are far-reaching including domestic violence, accidents and mental health issues. He called on countries to implement effective policies to reduce drinking. How much are Europeans drinking? The numbers tell a sobering story: men in the region drink nearly four times more than women and 470 million people […]

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UNICEF chief calls for urgent security reset in Gaza amid ‘new horrors’

“Simply put – we do not have the necessary conditions in the Gaza Strip for a robust humanitarian response,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in a statement issued in the wake of an attack on one of the agency’s vehicles and the latest Israeli evacuation order in Khan Younis. Children suffer ‘permanent scars’  Ms. Russell began by highlighting the dire […]

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Rising heat in Europe and Central Asia killing almost 400 children a year: UNICEF

UNICEF revealed that 377 children died in 2021 based on data from 23 countries across the vast region. Heat-related illnesses claimed the lives of half of those vulnerable youngsters in the first year of their lives. “Around half of children across Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million children – are already exposed to […]

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New initiative to assist IDF veterans heal after service

In response to an increasing mental health crisis among Israel Defense Forces (IDF) combat veterans, Israeli non-profit organization Healing in Nature (HiN) has launched a new initiative. Designed to address the alarming rise in PTSD and mental health issues amid the ongoing war against Hamas, HiN’s approach combines wilderness retreats with cutting-edge technology and group […]

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Where do I go now, ask Gazans uprooted by new Israeli evacuation orders

In Khan Younis, the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) reported witnessing “thousands of people fleeing” westwards as part of the exodus from the enclave’s southern city amid ongoing hostilities, leaving children traumatized and crying uncontrollably. “Elderly people on the back of donkey carts…disabled people being pushed in wheelchairs through the sand with the belongings […]

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New radiation treatment for pancreatic cancer pain now in US guidelines

Experts at Sheba Medical Center in Israel have developed a new radiation treatment that significantly reduces the severe pain caused by pancreatic cancer by targeting the celiac plexus nerve, offering patients less suffering while undergoing life-saving treatments, and has now been included in the new American guidelines for treating this aggressive disease. Pancreatic cancer, which […]

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UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030

The Global Alliance was launched by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in 2022 and includes 12 African countries.  The new report – Transforming Vision Into Reality – also highlights significant progress in averting four million infections among children aged 0-14 years old since 2000 through programmes targeting vertical transmission of […]

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