December 20, 2007
For years, people have been telling Santa to go on a diet. But according to
Israeli researchers, he just might have the right idea.
December 20, 2007
Toting a few extra pounds in your golden years might be the healthiest thing for you, a recently released study from The Rabin Medical Center has found.
October 19, 2007
The tomato, which once was considered poisonous, is in fact the source of lycopene, a powerful antioxidant that has been proven to have significant promise in the fight against cancer and other diseases.
October 5, 2007
Dr. Gideon Shafir, senior radiologist at the Rabin Medical Center,
won a Nash Foundation grant for a visiting fellowship in cardiovascular
imaging at Stanford University.
September 15, 2007
When you ask Israelis where they were in the summer of 2006, an immediate answer comes to mind.
September 1, 2007
Based on an international study led by an Israeli team at the
Rabin Medical Center, the World Health Organization, the US
National Institute of Health, and others are expected to change
their definition of gestational diabetes.
August 18, 2007
Building on their established international partnership, GE
Healthcare and Rabin Medical Center are developing innovative
products and working on creative medical solutions to facilitate
the early diagnosis of medical problems in pregnant women
and their fetuses.
August 15, 2007
In August 2006, Rabin Medical Center lost a very
dear friend and patron with the passing of
Seymour Rosenthal, who together with his loving
wife Lillian, are among the founding members of
American Friends of Rabin Medical Center.
August 7, 2007
No one can claim his life was boring. As the
son of two microbiologists, Dr. Michael Stein
was always inquisitive in nature.
July 22, 2007
Outside the trauma room at the Rabin Medical Center in
Petach Tikvah, Israel, health-care professionals mill about,
joking with one another, discussing banal topics, or scrutinizing
the plots and relationships on some television show.
July 15, 2007
Infectious diseases are a major cause of mortality and morbidity,
accounting for 25 percent of all deaths worldwide, a totaling
17 million deaths per year.
July 1, 2007
American Friends of Rabin Medical Center is proud to have met
the high standards set by the U.S. government for inclusion in
the Combined Federal Campaign.
June 9, 2007
It improved the sex lives of millions of men worldwide, and now Viagra has been found to aid in the treatment of a deadly lung disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension.
June 1, 2007
The first annual American
Friends of Rabin Medical
Center (AFRMC) Mother's
Day Women's Luncheon was
hosted by the Israeli ambassador
to the United Nations
and his wife, Ambassador
Dan and Janice Gillerman, in
their Manhattan home.
May 24, 2007
Everyone is aware of the level of expert care that Rabin Medical Center offers to its patients. What is less well known, however, is the degree of thought that goes into planning and managing a patient's care.
April 19, 2007
The Schneider Women's Hospital at RMC strives to provide new and modern techniques to enhance the birthing process, and has now introduced the use of shiatsu techniques.
April 1, 2007
Former Ohio Senator Howard Metzenbaum,
founding Honorary Chairman of the American
Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC), died at the age of 90 in March.
March 23, 2007
Four years ago, Elie Ben-
Zekre underwent aggressive
treatment for Lymphoma.
March 16, 2007
In Israel, about 4,000 women are diagnosed each year with breast
cancer.
March 16, 2007
Evgeny Abramson started his career as a
budding young scientist at the age of
24, in one of the most beautiful cities in the
world- St. Petersburg.
March 16, 2007
In the aftermath of the Israel-Lebanon War in August 2006, a
star-studded group of 550 supporters of American Friends of
Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC) arrived at Cipriani on 42nd Street
on November 5, 2006 to help Israel during difficult times.
March 9, 2007
Astrategic collaboration was signed at the end of the 2005
calendar year between Clalit Health Services and GE
Healthcare (GEHC).
March 9, 2007
The date is August 4, 2006. The
second Lebanon War is raging...
March 9, 2007
The third annual celebration of American
Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC)
New Circle for Young Professionals in Real
Estate and Finance was held on February 26 at
the stunning SICIS mosaic showroom in trendy
Soho.
February 22, 2007
A special interfaith
mission to Israel, of
Jews and Christians
from New Jersey and
across the USA, was
launched in November
2006 under the leadership
of Mr. William
Sutter, head of Friends
of Israel and Alan
Respler, head of the
Jewish Community
Relations Council of
Southern New Jersey.
February 15, 2007
After the tragic loss of their
son Chuck Trobman to cancer
at only 25 years old, Phyllis,
Malcolm and their son Les
became acutely aware of the
struggles faced by cancer victims.
January 1, 2007
A star-studded group of 600 supporters attended the 2007
American Friends of Rabin Medical Center (AFRMC) Annual
Gala Dinner on October 28, 2007 at the magnificent Cipriani
Wall Street in downtown Manhattan.
January 1, 2007
Rabin Medical Center is a wonderful hospital named
after an incredible human being. I had the privilege of
knowing Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin....