In a lab run by Prof. Shelly Levy-Tzedek socially assistive robots are helping support can patients in rehab from stroke or other conditions.

The funds will be used to support BrainQ's multicenter pivotal trial using its tech to aid stroke patients in select hospitals across the US.

Viz.ai has raised more than $150 million in total funding for its AI healthcare solution.

Viz.ai's technology automatically detects early signs of large vessel occlusion (LVO) strokes and alerts physicians.

ReStore is a soft, wearable, garment-like device that allows for a range of movement and helps facilitate patients' functional gait training activities.

A symbol of righteousness in Judaism, the pomegranate can now boast of another virtue – preventing heart disease. A recent study in Israel has shown that pomegranates significantly reduce the risk of heart disease caused by high cholesterol.

As time goes by and we get older, our brain naturally loses some of its "computing" abilities. Cognifit, an Israeli-developed brain-training application and website, has created what might be termed a mental gym that can actually train your brain.

Video game advocates will swear that nothing gives them more pleasure than beating a "boss round" or finishing a game. But as it turns out, consoles are not just for gamers. They are also an excellent tool to help rehabilitate people who suffered strokes.

For years it was believed that the immune system has a negative role in the recovery from neurodegenerative diseases, such as strokes. Now, a research team led by scholars from Sweden and Israel and backed by the EU, is reexamining this assumption.

Israeli biotechnology company Thrombotech has obtained US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a Phase IIa clinical trial of its treatment for ischemic stroke by destroying blood clots. The trial will be conducted in the US and will test the safety of the drug, THR-18. The clinical trial was initiated at Hadassah Medical Center […]

Israeli research showing that Pfizer’s blockbuster erectile-function medication Viagra can cause risky side effects in men who have had a stroke have induced Wolfson Medical Center researchers to determine whether the competing drug, GlaxoSmithKline’s Cialis, has the same effect.