- Jan 19
She Wasn’t Ready to Give up… so Neither Was I
“She had been told by everyone else to give up; they told her that losing her leg was inevitable. But her whole body was fighting for...
- Jan 13
The Right Place at the Right Time Isn’t Enough: You Need the Right People
“Before Assuta Ashdod, a trip to the hospital for us meant going to a completely different city. If this had happened then, I don’t even...
- Jan 6
Assuta Ashdod Study Discovers that Women Experience Greater Pain from Urinary Tract Stones
We’ve all heard the horror stories about men passing huge kidney stones. It’s like having a baby, people say, with all the associated...
- Jan 2
Virtual Reality Provides Kids with Non-Virtual Pain Relief
When children arrive for an operation at Assuta Ashdod hospital, it’s safe to say most are justifiably scared of what awaits them....
- Dec 29, 2022
Israeli doctor pushes the frontier of surgery in Ethiopia
When Prof. Hanoch Kashtan visited Ethiopia in 2013, he did not know that the trip would change his professional life forever. “I used to...
- Dec 22, 2022
This drug could stop Ashkenazi women from developing breast cancer
Jewish women of Ashkenazi origin have a 1-in-40 chance of developing a gene mutation that causes breast cancer. The mutation, which...
- Dec 15, 2022
Israeli virtual hospital gives health, hope to Palestinians - take a look inside
An Israeli public hospital located only 21 kilometers from the Gaza border that regularly treats the victims of Palestinian terrorist...
- Dec 1, 2022
Around 6,000 Israelis die yearly of infectious disease. Home hospitals help
Israel entered the coronavirus crisis with the highest number of people dying from infectious disease per capita in the developed world –...