Hadassah on Call: New Frontiers in Medicine (Partner Show)

Some of us were warned as kids that we’ll “catch pneumonia” if we don’t put on a coat. On the Clearing the Air episode of the Hadassah On Call podcast, we learn that pneumonia isn’t typically something healthy young people die from anymore. Dr. Neville Berkman, head of the Pulmonary Institute at the Hadassah Medical Organization and episode guest, says that “pneumonia is still probably the commone...

Straight from Gidon Melmed, executive director of the Hadassah Offices in Israel, comes a year-end update on the Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO). Melmed first reflects on HMO’s initial response to the October 7, 2023, massacre, which included establishing an underground emergency hospital and accelerating the opening of the Gandel Rehabilitation Center at Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital. Now, t...

In this episode of Hadassah On Call: New Frontiers in Medicine, host Maayan Hoffman is joined by Dr. Ariel Tenenbaum, head of the pediatric department and director of the Down syndrome clinic at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem. Dr. Tenenbaum is one of Israel's leading experts in pediatric disabilities, with a particular focus on autism and Down syndrome. He explains what autism is, how it's di...

This episode of Hadassah On Call deals with the most common malignant tumor in men. Dr. Ofer Gofrit, chair of the Urology Department at the Hadassah Medical Organization, tells us everything we need to know about prostate cancer, from prevalence to risk factors to treatment options.  Surprisingly, treatment is not always necessary. He stresses, though, that early screening is. “Prostate cancer is...