Israel is using radioactive isotopes in the treatment of certain ailments according to a report made here today by three Israel scientists. The three are members of the 10-man delegation of Israel at the International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy being held here under United Nations auspices.
The scientists who made the report are Dr. A. Hochman, Dr. J. Stein and Dr. Y. Feige. In working with radioactive isotopes at the Radium and Tumor Institute of Haddash-University Hospital in Jerusalem, they found in certain instances that the therapeutic results “have been very gratifying.”
(The third assembly of the Israel Medical Association opened today at Doctors Club in Haifa with some 500 Israel physicians and 200 doctors from abroad in attendance. Minister of Health Dov Joseph and Mayor Abba Chushi greeted the doctors. Later sessions of the assembly will be held in Jerusalem and many reports will be delivered on health problems met among recent immigrants. One of the most astounding discoveries thus far has been the almost complete immunity of Yemenite Jews to cardiac diseases. Among the delegations from 12 countries outside Israel are doctors from the United States, Britain, France, South Africa and Italy.)
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