Bend. Flex. Extend. Rotate. These words are ordinary to most people, but they (literally) send shivers down the spines of the millions who suffer from lower back pain. Premia Spine is an Israeli company looking to once again render these words innocuous with their revolutionary spinal implant.

2013 was another great year for Israeli innovation and NoCamels.com was there to share the most fascinating stories with you. As 2014 is knocking, we bring you the 10 stories that went viral in 2013.

In various research centers around the world, there's a microscopic war raging: The one between constantly evolving bacteria and modern medicine. A recent breakthrough from Tel Aviv University may have given the latter a new edge.

American philanthropists Nancy and Stephan Grand have given the Weizmann Institute $50 million gift, to go towards the National Center for Personalized Medicine. The donation will enable the center to be at the forefront of the future of medicine.

A recent study conducted in Israel and the US has reaffirmed what Israeli former MK Rachel Adatto has claimed for years: there's a link between "airbrushed" images of models and anorexia. The study is a major confirmation for the law passed by Adatto in 2012, banning the use of retouched images and seriously underweight models.

The UN has declared that circumcision is an efficient way to battle the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa. It now called on Israel to use PrePex, a revolutionary Israeli medical device, to circumcise 700,000 Rwandan men.

Israeli company Given Imaging, which developed a pill camera camera to replace invasive procedures such as colonoscopies, has been acquired by international Irish healthcare corporation Covidien for $860 M.

As the human brain gets older, it is increasingly prone to neurodegenerative disease. If only it were possible to simply stop the brain from aging. As it turns out, it might just be, as recent study by Hebrew University researchers and an Israeli startup has shown.

Essential tremor, most commonly known as a symptom of Parkinson's disease, is a condition that causes people's hands to shake. Israeli researchers from Rambam Medical Center have been able to significantly reduce tremors in a 73 year-old man, using focused ultrasound.

Have you ever tried using adhesive tape on a wet surface? Now imagine trying to find an adhesive to patch up a place that is always wet – inside the human body. Israeli company Sealantis has achieved this by mimicking a known sticky organism from under the sea.

With no known cure, Alzheimer's Disease is still the most common form of dementia and a leading cause of death among people 65 and older. Now, a team of Israeli researchers have made progress with a finding that may help diagnose the disease as early as at the age of 30, and treat it accordingly.

Two weeks ago, we published an article about Israel's IceCure, known for its treatment that freezes breast tumors into balls of ice, and which had just announced it would turn its sight on lung cancer. Now we can announce the clinical trial on IceCure’s effectiveness with lung cancer has been successful.

Half of Americans over 50 choose to forgo colonoscopies, despite the fact it can save their lives, because the procedure is sometimes uncomfortable. Given Imaging, an Israeli medical company, pioneered a non-invasive method of detecting disorders in the gastrointestinal tract with PillCam.

Completing a triathlon is one of the hardest feats in sports and, as is the case with many physical competitions, requires a high pain endurance threshold. Researchers who studied triathletes have found that they feel pain differently than other people, experiencing it with less intensity.

Using an IV on a child is a challenge for even the most trained of professionals. Sometimes, it can take up to 10 times to get it right. A group of Israeli medical professionals and designers have come up with an innovative solution that gets it right on the first try.