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Dear Friends,
We are very happy to send you HMO's first electronic newsletter in English. It contains news from our hospitals, questions on medical issues, general medical information and even a recipe – all for your enjoyment! We hope you will find this new monthly addition to our publications interesting.
Best regards from Jerusalem.
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What is MRI? Who is it appropriate for? Why is it safer than CT? And what does the future hold?
MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) is a technology that enables the simulation of the human body. MRI is different than normal X-ray and CT because it does not use X rays, rather than magnets that affect and change water particles in our body (this is why it is not allowed to enter metal objects into an MRI room).
Current technology requires the use of much energy as well as cumbersome devices in order to perform an MRI test. However, in the near future MRI devices will be portable and more dynamic.
MRI is safer than CT as far as radiation is concerned, but it is not an appropriate test for every medical problem. Despite its advantages, there are still medical conditions which require a CT scan or an ultrasound test MRI is not risk free, and is considered dangerous especially for patients with kidney problems.
Dr. Ido Weinberg – Department of Medicine Ein Kerem, vascular medicine and smoking withdrawal
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My four year old son was diagnosed with limited hearing due to fluids in his ears. In addition, he suffers from lack of balance, can't ride bicycles and experiences difficulties in running. Are these things related?
First, I would recommend consulting with a pediatrician. Fluid accumulation in the middle ear is a common phenomenon among children, which causes loss of conductive hearing. This can lead to a delay in language development, improper diction, and sometimes concentration and attentiveness disorders. In addition, fluid accumulation causes tendencies to repeated infections in the middle ear among children. Sometimes fluid accumulation in the middle ear appears in kids with third tonsil enlargement – the adenoids ("children's polyps"), which causes snoring, sleeping with an open mouth and continuance mucus. It's important to see an ear nose throat doctor, and take a hearing test to ratify the diagnosis. Many treatments can improve ventilating the middle ear, such as planting ventilation tubes operation ("buttons"), using an EAR POPPER device and medicinal treatment with antihistamine. Although the inner ear is in charge of balance, in many cases of fluid accumulation in the middle ear there is no balance problem or decrease in the physiological ability. If imbalance or problem in physiological ability occurs – one should consult with a pediatrician or a child neurologist.
Dr. Menachem Gros, Ear nose and throat.
Senior physician, Otolaryngology Department, Hadassah Medical Organization.
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''Pregnancy rehabilitates the renewal of cells and tissues in grown mice''
In an article that was published this week in the exclusive ''Genes and Development'' magazine, a group of researchers from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Hadassah Ein Kerem University Hospital, and the Department of Developmental Biology and Pathology in the Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, shows how pregnancy rehabilitates the liver's renewal mechanism in grown mice. | |
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Jerusalem Day Twins
Three women from Jerusalem gave birth to three sets of twins at Hadassah University Hospital in Ein Kerem: a boy and a girl each. The happy mothers in the picture are Aya Alon (on the right), Ziva Chayat-Carmel (in the center), and Larissa Nissim (on the left) unde Sarah, the head nurse of Maternity Department A, said: "every birth is exciting. Having twins is twice exciting, and when there are three pairs of twins – it's most exciting".
Green Hadassah adopts olive grove along with KKL
Hadassah and the Jewish National Fund will start to collaborate as part of the "Green Hadassah" activities. This cooperation will include adopting and nurturing an olive grove on the hill of Hadassah. The operation starts on May 30, and will be held three times a year by the Hadassah recycling team and volunteers under the guidance of JNF experts. The adoption will include nurturing the trees, watering and pruning them, as the olives will be used by the recycling team by the end of the process.
Hadassah hospital management held an event as a token of appreciation to the Turkish team that builds the new hospitalization department in honor of the Turkish Independence Day
On the occasion of Turkey's Independence Day, Hadassah management held an event in honor of the Turkish workers from "Solel Bon'e" company, who is building the new Sarah Wetsman Davidson hospitalization tower at Hadassah Ein Kerem campus, which will be opened in the year 2012.
In the photo: Prof. Shlomo Mor-Yosef, Director General of Hadassah Medical Organization, greets the Turkish workers.
(Avi Hayun).
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Mixed Cheese Ravioli in Roasted Pepper and Basil Sauce
Ingredients
For the Pasta
500 grams of durum flour
4 eggs
2 egg yokes
For the Filling
200 grams of goat cheese (5% fat)
50 grams of blue cheese
For the Sauce
4 sweet red peppers
1 clove of garlic
Salt and pepper
1 package of basil
Method
Pasta
Mix together all the ingredients. Let the dough sit for half an hour in the fridge.
Create long strips from the dough using a pasta machine.
Place the dough on a ravioli dish, place a bit of the filling in the center, and seal with dough.
Boil water with salt, add raviolis and take them out after a few seconds, once they float.
Filling
Mix all ingredients.
Sauce
Roast the peppers in the over (180°C).
Place the roasted peppers in a sealed compartment for a few minutes (in order for them to be easier to peel).
Peel the peppers, and shred them with the garlic in a food processor.
Pour the sauce on the ravioli, and garnish with basil.
This recipe is enough for 12 servings, and contains:
227 calories
34 grams of carbohydrates
13 grams of protein
5.8 grams of fat,
Of which 2 grams are saturated fat.
95 milligrams of iron
6 grams of fibers
Dr. Rani Polak, Head of cooking classes, Hadassah Optimal.
From the book "Enjoying Healthy Food" (Hebrew).
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