News and Events

Drinking pomegranate juice, the kind found in any supermarket, could reduce the risk of embryos developing brain damage, according to a new joint study by researchers from Rambam Health Care Campus and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Rambam physicians discover that acute kidney injury is a common complication of near drownings, due to lack of oxygen and the fight-or-flight response. Their research points to men being at highest risk for this complication.

“The partnership of Israeli and Palestinian physicians from both hospitals demonstrates the great potential of peacemaking in our region through improving treatment of cancer patients.” — Professor Ziv Gil, Director, Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at Rambam HCC.

Three years after fighting for her life due to severe kidney disease and losing her first baby, 25-year-old Lina Souad continues to smile. She has returned to Rambam Health Care Campus and become a mother.

He was sent to Rambam in serious condition. Recovering, the lack of an ID, passport or other identifying information, prevents this man's release and he remains in the hospital, unable to go anywhere.

The Breastfeeding Survey among "Rambam mothers" found that 76 percent breastfed their babies and 60 percent believed they have a right to breastfeed anywhere they chose.

After amputating his knee and mid leg, Jacob Abu Abbas underwent a rare operation at Rambam, fusing his ankle to his upper leg, only backwards. His new "knee" and a prosthesis should restore full ambulatory independence.

The Scenario: Faced with the threat of missile attacks, Rambam Health Care Campus, Northern Israel’s largest hospital will have to move underground.

As Israel's 70th anniversary celebrations approach, Rambam too is celebrating 80 years of medical service for the people of our region, nation, and world.

The Maimonides Best Published Original Research Prize, an initiative of Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, was awarded for a study that will greatly benefit patients undergoing knee replacement surgery.

Stanford Medicine and Rambam Health Care Campus have just concluded the first joint Symposium on Planning for the Next Generation, paving the way for possible collaboration and strategic cooperation relating to the future of medicine.

A Syrian woman facing certain death from a high risk pregnancy entered Israel through the humanitarian gate and was treated at Rambam Health Care Campus in a special operation. Mother and son are back home and thriving.

Israel’s Ministry of Health recently published data indicating that Rambam’s Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery is excelling in its patient services.

​The Third Beutler Symposium, held on February 27 at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, brought together Nobel Laureate, Professor Bruce Beutler, and Israel’s leading genomic medicine researchers.

​​Professor Shehadeh, Director of Rambam’s Diabetes Institute, found that vision is impaired in hyperglycemic people exposed to certain light wavelengths. Special eyeglasses for diabetic patients will be tested.

​​The Technion and Rambam Health Care Campus hosted a joint conference in February on "Machine Learning in Medicine"

​​​Last week, 7-year-old Kyra Warrel, from the UK, underwent a successful innovative surgery at Rambam Health Care Campus by visiting surgeon Dr. Dror Paley. The procedure has saved her leg and given her new hope for the future.

​​​In the first surgery of its kind at Rambam Health Care Campus, surgeons successfully transplanted the meniscus of a deceased donor into the knee of a young Israeli soldier.

​​​The Helmsley Charitable Trust has given an $18 Million grant to establish the Helmsley Health Discovery Tower, a joint Rambam and University of Haifa project on the Rambam Health Care Campus.

​​​​​A young Gazan studying in Algeria, arrived at Rambam Health Care Campus via Jordan to donate a kidney to his desperately ill brother.