Heart disease

How to lower your biological age by up to 5 years

A report by the American Heart Association reveals 8 habits that can slow down aging, reduce the risk of heart disease, and even make the body "feel younger".

How to lower your biological age by up to 5 years
A new study found that maintaining a consistent bedtime significantly reduces the risk of heart disease

This simple habit cuts the risk of heart disease by 50%

Blood preasure

Changing the rules: How low should our blood pressure be?

Not to wait until old age or until cardiac risk is clearly defined, but to begin assessing it earlier

Due to an increase in youth mortality: New guidelines for cholesterol testing


People with serious mental illness more likely to suffer from heart disease, study finds

Contributing factors to increased heart disease risk include alcohol use, lower physical activity, poorer socioeconomic status, lower-quality diet.

Calls to a mental health hotline in Israel doubled during the recent crisis, with many callers expressing anxiety about conditions within Israel.

Cardiac catheterization used to fix heart defect for first time in Israel

It was decided that Yifrach should undergo surgery to correct and reduce the blood load flowing to the lungs that caused him to have an irregular heart beat.

THE HADASSAH-UNIVERSITY Medical Center campus is seen in Ein Kerem.

Can a broken heart make you physically sick? New research

Broken heart syndrome isn’t really rare and it seems to affect a certain population segment.

 Sad woman (illustrative)

Heart inflammation caused by COVID vaccines mild and short-term - study

A new study examined 15 patients between the ages of 17 and 76 who developed heart inflammation after their first or second jab

 A representative MRi image of a patient suffering from myocarditis after a corona vaccine

'Broken Heart Syndrome' on the rise, even before COVID pandemic - study

The condition, known as Takotsubo syndrome (TTS), is also referred to as stress-induced cardiomyopathy and has been proven to primarily affect middle aged women.

 BROKEN HEART (Illustrative)

New study finds: Coffee helps protect your heart

How does coffee affect your heart? A new study has found how many cups of coffee you should drink a day to keep your heart going

 Cup of coffee

J'lem synagogues to install hundreds of defibrillators for High Holidays

The defibrillators in question are automatic - meaning that they can be operated easily and independently, with no need for previous medical training.

New defibrillator station in Ashkelon

Winning Israel’s battle for hearts and minds, literally

At Save a Child’s Heart, our mission is simple - to provide life-saving procedures for children suffering from heart disease who have little access to care in their own countries.

Executive Director of Save a Child's Heart Simon Fisher

COVID: Health Ministry finds some myocarditis cases linked to vaccines

“There is a likelihood of a connection between receiving a second dose of vaccine and the onset of myocarditis in young men aged 16-30."

Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021.

EMT gets call to save someone's life, turns out to be his father

Roi Ido's father, who is suffering from terminal heart disease, was revived with him by his side.

A United Hatzalah Ambucycle