I recently engaged in what I can call a heated, respectful discussion with a group of students on the subject of the word “health.” Health

In the young Orthodox Jewish community, a significant mental health issue is bubbling up from just below the surface. Its roots lie in the recent

Over the years, a number of so-called tumor markers have been identified for various cancers. Tumor markers are proteins which circulate in the blood and

(Courtesy of SMGH) A familiar statement that we have all heard is “You are what you eat!” According to various studies, we can add to

(Courtesy of Forever Living) Have you ever left a pot of cholent sitting out for a few days? Not a pleasant experience! Well, that’s exactly

This piece was originally published on the CCSA blog and can be found at www.jewishccsa.org/blog A nurse that I worked with asked me to give

I’ve created a sleep hygiene guideline for myself recently—to turn my cell phone on “airplane mode” before getting into bed, and to anticipate the visualization

There are few topics in medicine more controversial than screening. This is for a number of reasons. The first is that early detection or screening

(Courtesy of SMGH) The advisory board at St. Mary’s General Hospital recently had a virtual meeting to discuss progress at the hospital and to obtain

In the last year, the world has been on global shutdown due to COVID-19. Israel’s doors closed to tourists in March 2020. But now that

We discussed in last week’s article the potential use of autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for giving dramatically higher doses of chemotherapy than would normally

As a hospital chaplain I have entered countless patient rooms, ranging in age from newly born to 105 years old. I have seen people with