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 A kidney stone. These form from crystalized minerals in urine that cause severe pain when exiting the urinary tract (Illustrative).

Man with world's largest kidney stone wins Guinness World Record

 Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from a window of the Apostolic Palace at Saint Peter's Square, at the Vatican, February 27, 2022.

Pope Francis to have abdominal surgery on Wednesday - Vatican

By REUTERS
Plastic surgery procedure being performed in an operating room.

Israel's Health Ministry warns about risks of medical procedures abroad

Surgeon selecting sterilized tool for operation.

Iranians sell organs abroad due to regime ‘corruption' - report

 A gynecologist performs an ultrasound scan at Robert Karoly Private Hospital in Budapest, Hungary, July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019.

Brain surgery performed on a fetus in the womb for first time - study

Rabbi Leo Dee and family members meet with patients who received organ donations from Lucy Dee who were killed with her two daughters in a terror attack a few days ago, at the Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson) in Petah Tikva , May 2, 2023.

Dee family listen to heartbeat of Lucy Dee in transplant patient

Cancer (Illustrative)

TAU scientists discover new treatment for ovarian cancer

 Illustrative image of a man skiing

Israeli doctor has surgery after nearly becoming paralyzed while skiing

 A patient of a prosthetics clinic, who lost his leg in the war, prepares to try on his prosthesis after fitting it in the clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2023.

Ukraine needs more prosthetics clinicians as war toll mounts

By REUTERS
 Illustrative image of a cap pistol.

Purim cap pistol ammunition endangers young children

 Banana sitting comfortably in a condom.

Man swallows banana wrapped in a condom in a hormonal rage

By WALLA! HEALTH
 Surgeons at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem perform groundbreaking spinal surgery.

First-in-Israel robotic surgery helps woman walk after spine fracture

 From left to right:  Prof. Masad Barhoum, director-general of the Galilee Medical Center ; Avi Buskila, CEO, Sarel;  Yoav Kastel, CEO, Autonomi.

Israel opens first 'smart operating room' that manages inventory

Lung cancer maliciously inserted into image in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev study

The quality of lung cancer treatment varies across US - study

 Artist David Amir

The enigmatic drawings of surgeon-cum-artist David Amir

By DANIEL SHORKEND