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To Midnight Snack or Not to Midnight Snack?

November 30, 2014
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According to National Public Radio “Sleeps link to Learning and memory are traced to brain chemistry.” Scientists reported at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington DC that during sleep chemicals in the brain help us commit events to memory. Ravi Allada, a sleep expert from Northwestern University says that the most important thing that happens during sleep is the strengthening of memory, however, the connection was unclear until recently. At the meeting Jennifer Choi Tudor at the University of…

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New Mental Health Centre for Jerusalem’s Herzog Hospital Donated by Friends of JNF Canada

November 30, 2014
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Dear Friend of Herzog Hospital, We are pleased to inform you that JNF Toronto and Herzog Hospital have joined forces in a special collaborative capital project to construct the Dr. Max and Gianna Glassman PTSD and Health Centre. This new Centre to be constructed on the Herzog campus will combine the hospital’s Community Mental Health Clinic, its Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma, and its Children’s Psychological ADHD Clinic. Currently, all of these facilities are located in separate facilities…

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Herzog Trauma Center Expands Services

August 6, 2014
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Herzog – Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma The Trauma Center in Action The current situation in Israel has made the role of our center abundantly clear. Operation Protective Edge had only just begun when we were asked to provide 1000 “Resilience Workbooks” for young children in the South. We are now printing 1500 additional copies of our workbook in Arabic, and have also provided the English workbook to groups in Jerusalem. Our trauma hotline, which began running on the third day…

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Kicking Off Herzog Hospital’s 120th Anniversary Celebrations

May 23, 2014
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Dear Friend of Herzog Hospital, Herzog Hospital kicked off its 120th-anniversary celebrations with a special dedication ceremony of the new Samson Medical Pavilion. Members and friends of the Samson family flew to Israel, especially for the dedication. While construction is still ongoing, this was an opportunity for the family and their invited guests to get a sneak preview. Former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, and the Head of Israel’s Labor Party, and grandson of Rabbanit Sarah Herzog,…

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One of the TOP Israel health programs that has benefited Africa

March 5, 2014
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Dear Friend of Herzog Hospital, Herzog’s video conference training project for health care professionals in Ghana was featured on Israel 21c. It was listed as one of the top Israel health programs that have benefited Africa. Here is the link-http://israel21c.org/headlines/top-22-ways-israel-aided-africa-in-last-three-years  See Story #5. As you may know, Israel 21c is an international service that promotes positive stories about how Israeli programs and inventions have an impact internationally. We at Herzog are proud of our role as a teaching hospital, both for medical…

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#HelpChildrenBreathe

February 23, 2014
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#HelpChildrenBreathe $2,317 raised so far! Help Us Raise Money to Provide Air for all Children! To Breathe. A luxury that not everyone has. Did you feel that, as your chest expanded and your lungs filled with air? Now imagine a child who does not know the luxury of being able to breathe on his or her own. A child who needs to be connected to a respirator 24/7 in order to breathe to stay alive. You try to call out for…

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