Jerusalem-based MonitHer makes a handheld ultrasound system that women can use regularly at home to check for abnormalities in breast tissue. The device allows women

Researchers from Shaare Zedek Medical Center and Bar Ilan University are working with investors to raise $1 million to fund research and development for eye

A new treatment for aggressive brain tumors (glioblastoma) shows great promise, according to a report by Israeli scientists that was published  recently in the journal Nucleic Acids

An excellent and detailed review of Rickettsial diseases. Doxycycline is the drug of choice and can be used in most case, even in pregnancy and young children. Mediterranean spotted fever is endemic in the Mediterranean basin, Middle East, parts of Africa, and the Indian subcontinent. This infection can be severe or fatal; in Portugal, a case-­fatality rate of 21% among hospitalized adults has been described.

BMJ 2016;353:i2139 The annual list of the most common causes of death in the United States, compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Kristin J. Kelley, Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and André Sofair, MD, MPH The risks for “disabling and potentially permanent” side effects associated with systemic

Louis M. Bell, MD, Dr. Bell is an associate editor with NEJM Journal Watch Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Swaddling is associated with double the risk

Paul S. Mueller, MD, MPH, FACP reviewing Kotecha D et al. BMJ 2016 Apr 20. Hoes AW. BMJ 2016 Apr 20. In patients with heart

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