Pediatrics

Coping with cancer in war time is another battle for children - opinion

All of our fighters need our help, but let’s not forget those among us who are fighting day in and day out, in peacetime and now even in war, against a bitter enemy that can strike anyone, anytime.

 CHILDREN WITH cancer participate in a seven-day journey away from their hospitals.
 Inside Simui Park, the first-of-its-kind room in Israel to prepare children for CT or MRI simulations, at Sheba Medical Center.

Safra Children’s Hospital prepares pediatric patients for scary procedures in a fun way

 Mother and baby

Fever in babies: When should you start to worry?

Baby eating food. (illustrative)

Is your child suffering from stomach pain? Here’s what could be causing it


State Comptroller gives Health Ministry failing marks on pediatric care

One would be hard put to find anything positive in the comptroller’s thick chapter on the ministry.

 The new pediatric intensive care unit at Wolfson Medical Center

How to stop a child from experiencing pain during hospitalization

Assuta Ashdod’s pediatric department aims to provide a pain and anxiety free experience for its patients using medical clowns, playing movies, and providing tablets and toys.

 Dr. Noa Rosenfeld-Yehoshua at the pediatric ward in Assuta Ashdod Hospital

Retired IDF officer brings smiles to sick kids with Lego

Cohen is known as the Lego Man, a unique nickname he earned for his extensive volunteering where he’s donated over 10,000 sets of lego to sick kids over the past 12 years.

 Maj.(res.) Maor Cohen delights hospitalized children with a new Lego set.

Surgeon at Israeli hospital pulls cockroach out of a woman's ear

A surgeon and director of the pediatric emergency department at Netanya's Laniado Medical Center was surprised after pulling out a cockroach from and woman's ear.

 Laniado Medical Center

Professor Nachman Ash celebrates 26 years of Save a Child's Heart

Ash met the medical professionals who were training to do work for SACH in Zambia, Ethiopia, the Palestinian Authority and Gaza.

 Prof. Nachman Ash celebrates the 26th anniversary of Save a Child's Heart.

An 'EpiPen' bracelet? Assuta Ashdod develops concept to save lives

A pediatric nurse at Assuta has developed a concept for the first-ever compact epinephrine injection device. She was able to do that via Assuta Ashdod accelerator.

 Sarah Sberro-Cohen, Assuta Ashdod pediatric nurse who developed the compact epinephrine injection device.

Technion researchers print a functional ear implant

This new creation will hopefully prove useful for children born with microtia, a condition that results in underdeveloped, small or malformed ears at birth.

The Technion research team responsible for this new medical development.

Wolfson Medical Center opens Helmsley Pediatric Heart Institute

The hospital said that the new department will expand the capabilities of its existing pediatric cardiology unit.

The Helmsley Pediatric Heart Institute at the Sylvan Adams Children’s Hospital at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel

Does bedwetting indicate a child’s emotional suffering?

When should parents start worrying about nighttime bedwetting? When should they think it's due to an emotional problem? Dr. Hadassah Troan answers the questions.

 Sleeping child

Conjoined twins, separated in Israel last month, leave hospital

The operation the children underwent is extremely rare – having been performed only about 20 times – and now, for the first time in Israel.

 Dr. Mickey Gideon Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Soroka University Medical Center and one of the lead surgeons of the operation, with the twins.

Technion and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital bring pediatrics to the future

The Technion and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center are working on combining advanced technology with medical expertise in order to revolutionize children's healthcare.

Medical personnel is seen examining blood samples at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel.