Tag Diabetes

18 Nov

Hadassah /Oxford University Study of Bone Fragility Among Diabetics Receives Research Grant

Prof. Rivka Dresner Pollak, head of the Hadassah Medical Organisation’s Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, together with University of Oxford colleague Prof. Lynne Cox, has received funding for a three-year joint project to study age-related bone fragility in patients with type 1 diabetes who are currently at high risk of bone fracture and premature death, […]

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6 Oct

A Culture of Research

From developing a melanoma vaccine to working on controlling diabetes, Hadassah’s multidisciplinary, collaborative approach is resulting in medical breakthroughs and innovations. Tens of thousands bless Travelan, the over-the-counter natural health product that helps prevent traveler’s diarrhea. The ultrasound device PainShield has wrought a revolution in healing chronic wounds. And PerioChip, inserted between tooth and gum, […]

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