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The Promised Land of Medical Marijuana
With eight farms authorized to cultivate marijuana and pending legislation to ease access to the drug, Israel’s cannabis industry is one of the most advanced in the world.

With eight farms authorized to cultivate marijuana and pending legislation to ease access to the drug, Israel’s cannabis industry is one of the most advanced in
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A ‘Champion of Change’ for Cystic Fibrosis
Through her precision medicine advocacy, Emily Kramer-Golinkoff is working to defeat cystic fibrosis—and racing to save her life.

Through her precision medicine advocacy, Emily Kramer-Golinkoff is working to defeat cystic fibrosis—and racing to save her life.
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Center of Operations
Hadassah’s new surgical complex not only boasts the latest in surgical technologies, it is also designed to accommodate new tools as they are developed.

Hadassah’s new surgical complex boasts the latest in surgical technologies and is designed to accommodate new tools as they are developed.

Method: Take two magnets. Put one in the stomach and the other in the small intestine. Wait a week for the attraction between the magnets

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From Cancer Patient to Researcher by Age 19

by Rahel Musleah

Elana Simon was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer when she was 12. Her tumor was removed, leaving her cancer-free, but her interest in the disease remained strong.

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Big Love for Small Patients

by Wendy Elliman

Tehilla is one of some 200 children who undergo surgery for congenital heart defects at Hadassah each year.

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Go Nuts! Bamba Lessens Peanut Allergy

by Milly Ada Abraham

Turns out that Bamba, the ubiquitous-in-Israel puffed peanut snack, wards off peanut allergy in infants.

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Hadassah’s Open Heart

by Wendy Elliman

Demand for Hadassah’s PICU beds for young heart patients is intensifying as chaos engulfs the region and organizations such as the Jerusalem-based Christian NGO Shevet

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Weight Loss According to the Ancients

by Zelda Shluker

Writer David Zulberg turns to ancient physicians like Maimonides for weight loss advice.

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Empowering the Liver’s Shock Troops

by Wendy Elliman

Immune modulation of the liver, a field that rapidly went global, was born in the early 2000s, when Dr. Rifaat Safadi, an Arab-Israeli gastroenterologist from the Hadassah–Hebrew University

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New Oral Treatment for Gaucher Disease

by Randi O'Connor

Gaucher is the most common Jewish genetic disease, and for its sufferers, treatment, up until now, has been burdensome.

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