If you suffer from insomnia, you are nearly one-and-a-half times more likely to experience back pain, according to a study published recently in the journal PLOS One by researchers at the University of Haifa. It is already known that people with a chronic inability to get a good night’s sleep have increased sensitivity to pain and greater odds of suffering from spontaneous … [Read more...]

Two Israeli medical device concepts for easier diagnosis of pneumonia win Grand Challenges grants. Pneumonia kills more preschoolers than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. Image via Shutterstock UNICEF calls pneumonia “the forgotten killer of children.” This severe infection in the lungs causes more deaths in kids under five years old than AIDS, malaria and measles … [Read more...]

Why did the giant Chinese conglomerate Shenyang Yuanda Enterprise Group purchase the little Israeli agri-tech startup AutoAgronom  for $20 million? Two words: food security. This is one of the most pressing issues in the world as population spikes upward alongside a reduction in usable farmland and available water. Commercial farmers everywhere, including the world’s most … [Read more...]

TouchéMedical is developing a low-cost ‘smart’ patch pump designed for patients of all ages with diabetes, Parkinson’s and other chronic conditions. The patch pump is exceptionally lightweight and unobtrusive. The patch pump is exceptionally lightweight and unobtrusive. The patch pumps worn by many people with diabetes are a game-changer in managing the daily infusions … [Read more...]

G-Med, the world’s first and only global social-professional network exclusively for physicians, allows doctors anywhere to consult with colleagues, manage multinational research projects and offer virtual services to patients. Launched in Israel last year, G-Med proved so popular that its founder, Hagar Mordoch, took it global at the end of 2013. Today this unique social … [Read more...]