Although Israel’s birth rate is very high compared to other Western countries, the population is aging rapidly due to high-quality medical care, and life expectancy is expected to continue to rise. The Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Jerusalem has just issued a report on long-term care (LTC) for the elderly and made suggestions […]
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The Health Ministry in Jerusalem recognized on Tuesday that opioids have, at times, been too loosely prescribed by Israeli physicians. The drugs, which include medications like oxycodone (OxyContin), hydrocodone (Vicodin), morphine, fentanyl, and methadone were dispensed in the past by doctors in the US. The ministry earlier this week proposed an amendment to the Dangerous […]
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When Agudat Yisrael MK Yaakov Litzman was health minister several years ago, he asked why he refused to require the printing of graphic images of black lungs, yellow teeth, scar tissue on a man’s chest after surgery for lung cancer, and the like on cigarette packets, and he said: “It will scare children and youths.” […]
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Pneumonia, dehydration, weight loss, and in severe cases, even brain damage and death are the potential results of the “whooping-cough epidemic” that has increased by thousands of percentage points between 2022 and 2023 and threatens to increase even more during this winter, according to the Health Ministry and the Israel Institute for Occupational Safety and […]
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Israel has returned relatively quickly to the familiar situation before the COVID-19 pandemic, characterized by a low rate of public expenditure on healthcare. However, it needs to adjust to the post-crisis reality – the war against Hamas – while continuing to plan for the long term to deal optimally with challenges. So say researchers at […]
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