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Lack of iodin and folic acid in Israeli salt leads to birth defects

March 13, 2024March 13, 2024Arsen Mayer

Israel’s Health Ministry is neglecting to add iodine and folic acid to table salt to minimize impaired cognitive and motor development that can cause permanent brain damage and birth defects in children, according to public health experts here and abroad. Despite success in many areas of preventive health care such as low infant mortality, it […]

Israel shares new guidelines for emergency vacuum extraction births

February 11, 2024February 11, 2024Arsen Mayer

In vacuum extraction, a rubber dome is placed on the baby’s head, and this is connected by a tube to a pressure suction device. The doctor then pulls the baby’s head using the vacuum pressure created in the dome until the baby exits the birth canal. This is a relatively safe method of birthing, yet […]