The Pollin Center Pedometer Research Program is spearheaded by our administrator, Lori Sloman, who is deeply committed to helping her Hadassah colleagues. Volunteer hospital employees commit to a 12 week program in which they strive to enhance their physical activity levels by increasing the number of daily steps. The program includes baseline data including weight,

How many times have you promised yourself: this time I will succeed? This time I will keep to my diet; exercise more; stop smoking – all of the above… Deciding to take action to improve your health is an essential step.  Unfortunately, there is a massive gap between understanding the need to change behaviors and

January 2019 marked the first anniversary of our Health Ambassadors in the Workplace initiative. This program’s impact has far exceeded our expectations!!  Health ambassadors are revolutionizing health in their places of employment.   They have changed the refreshments in organizational meetings, altered cafeteria menus, spearheaded company-based sports teams, coordinated physical activity classes, organized smoking cessation groups, and much

A Pre-Passover Question:  Do Cleaning Materials Affect the Heart? Jewish homes everywhere are being scrubbed to get ready for Passover.   Cleaning for Passover is great exercise, but it may not be as benign as it sounds. According to a 2013 report by the Poison Control Center, the week preceding Passover is accompanied by a 22%

Congratulations to Prof. Ronen Beeri, the new director of the Diagnostic Cardiology Unit.a Prof. Beeri brings with him a new vision of cardiac diagnostics.a A few words from Prof. Beeri:a Cardiac imaging techniques are evolving at a very rapid pace. If only a few years ago, basic echocardiography with Doppler was the staple of cardiac

When HA applied for a permit to come to Hadassah from Gaza, she didn’t know that she would be making a significant contribution to our understanding of the genetics of lipid metabolism.a HA had not yet been diagnosed with an extremely rare disease: Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy (CGL.)a Lipodystrophies are a group of unusual diseases characterized

The most common cause of heart failure is a heart attack, when a blockage in an artery causes irreversible muscle damage.  Medications are the first line of treatment, but two-thirds of patients may not get better using drugs alone.a Pacemakers are traditionally used to correct abnormal rhythms using tiny electrical pulses to “pace” the heart

By the end of this year, the Hadassah Heart Institute will move to its new location on the third floor of the Davidson Building. Cardiology will occupy the entire floor, over 50,000 square feet! a Cardiology Department The Cardiology department will expand to 33 patients, with 11 double rooms and 11 single rooms. When Hadassah

aIr We often hear of people who have a sudden heart attack or other cardiac complication, but we assume it only happens to “older” people – and we never imagine that it could happen to us!  I am an athletic and active 50 year old woman.  I recently had the surprise of my life.  Over