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For the first time in Israel, an opioid-dependent patient was successfully treated with an innovative sound wave technology. Specialists report that the treatment relieved the patient’s opioid craving.

Regular screening plays a vital role in preventing disease and saving lives through early detection. One of the most important tests in women’s health is cervical screening, which uses human papillomavirus (HPV) and, when needed, cytology/Pap testing to identify HPV infection and abnormal cell changes before cervical cancer develops.

A pioneering Israeli study has identified a link between pregnancy-associated cancer and an increased risk of long-term illness among offspring.

For patients with epilepsy who undergo advanced brain mapping, identifying the precise source of their seizures is essential for determining the next stage of treatment. Performing even a small neurosurgical procedure at a patient's bedside, deep underground, underscores the expertise and adaptability of the medical teams at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel.

Although no longer required to serve, 50-year-old Sergey Beskorovainy continued answering the call to reserve duty. Severely wounded by a drone near Israel’s northern border, he is now undergoing treatment at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa—and already planning his return to his unit.

Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) is offering a new surgical option for patients with localized cartilage and bone injuries in the knee: a coral-based biological implant designed to support bone and cartilage regeneration.

Inspired by the act of coring zucchinis and a pressing clinical need, a Rambam physician helped develop a new medical device that improves tissue sampling for pancreatic cancer diagnosis and is now being used by medical centers in the United States.

When Gal Tayib’s high-risk pregnancy became a medical emergency at 33 weeks, specialists at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) moved quickly to save two lives: hers and her baby’s.

An Israeli-developed device first implemented at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) is helping make coronary artery bypass surgery safer by a unique innovation that reduces the risk of stroke.

For specialized physicians at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), healing knows no borders. Beyond their demanding responsibilities at the hospital, some dedicate their free time and expertise to humanitarian missions around the world.

Just weeks before he was killed in action, the soon-to-be-wed Captain Maoz Israel Recanati left an active operation in southern Lebanon and came directly to Rambam to visit wounded soldiers under his command. As the largest medical center in Northern Israel, Rambam houses specialized trauma and intensive care units.

Written during his recovery and set to music using AI, a song written by a wounded soldier, treated at Rambam— “I Just Want to go Home”—is both a personal source of healing and a voice for others unable to express their emotions.

Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) has installed one of the first StarGuide GX systems, an advanced nuclear medicine imaging platform developed by GE HealthCare.

Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology recently hosted the T2MED Hackathon, a 48-hour event during which medical students, engineers, and scientists worked together on practical solutions to real clinical challenges.

A woman who suffered from three life-threatening autoimmune diseases returned to an almost normal life after cell therapy apparently led to a “reset” of her immune system.

In some gastrointestinal and pancreatic cancers, the challenge is not reaching the suspicious area, but collecting enough cells to know whether cancer is present. Professor Iyad Khamaysi at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), working alongside scientists from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, have developed an innovative solution.

Nine-year-old Talia Cohen has known for years that she wants to help bring babies into the world. Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) gave her a rare, age-appropriate glimpse into the profession she already dreams of joining.

Until now, many forms of severe inherited hearing loss have been managed with assistive devices such as hearing aids and cochlear implants. Today, a first-of-its-kind gene therapy may offer new hope for patients with a rare mutation in the OTOF gene, which plays an essential role in transmitting sound signals from the inner ear to the brain. Dr. Ksenia Aaron, a leading otolaryngologist at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), offers her perspective on this breakthrough in auditory medicine.

Historically, pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest malignancies. New data from the six-year follow-up of a clinical trial using a personalized mRNA vaccine offers a measure of hope. Professor Irit Ben Aharon, a world-renowned oncologist at Rambam Health Care Campus, comments on these findings.

Wounded soldiers and hospital staff gathered at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) to mark the Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Hostile Acts (Yom HaZikaron) 5786 in a deeply moving ceremony.