Shelby Speiser is a personal trainer with a unique approach: education. For Shelby, “it is important for clients to understand their own health and fitness, and how our work together will help them get there. … When you train with me you are not just coming in once or twice a week to work out and then leaving.

More than 2,000 years ago, the Syrian-Greek empire, led by Antiochus IV, announced many harsh decrees on the Jewish people. We were no longer allowed to engage in any religious practices, learn Torah or perform mitzvot. In fact, many stories that were generated from this time frame (such as Hannah and her seven children)

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is granting $4.3 million to Israel’s MigVax to advance development of COVID-19 vaccines suitable for use in low- and middle-income countries. CEPI, headquartered in Norway, also is funding a similar project at the University of Saskatchewan.

(Courtesy of Soroka Medical Center) Soroka shines for the world as a beacon of peaceful coexistence, hope, healing and innovation. As the sole major medical center for the entire south of Israel, Soroka fulfills its humanitarian role in emergency response of all kinds. Soroka Medical Center is Israel’s

(Courtesy of Sheba Medical Center) Sheba Medical Center, Israel’s largest medical center and a Newsweek top 10-ranked world’s best hospital for the last three years, today announced the inauguration of a new program from The Heart Institute at Safra Children’s Hospital—a first-of-its-kind clinic in Israel for remote monitoring of

(Courtesy of Medical Service Options Israel Ltd) This panel includes today’s experts in cardiology, internal medicine, gynecology, ENT and plastic surgery. The panel and Q&A was convened by  Dr. Jacob Dagan.

An ambulance donated by a Teaneck family a week prior was used to help save the life of a woman who lost consciousness while riding in a car with her daughter and granddaughter.

(Courtesy of United Hatzalah) Just after 8 a.m. on Sunday morning, a 92-year-old woman was riding in

(Courtesy of Bergen Hatzalah) The Russell Berrie Foundation, a philanthropic organization based in Teaneck, recently donated a LUCAS 3 chest compression system to Bergen Hatzalah’s lifesaving operations. Bergen Hatzalah is the Bergen County-based division of the Chevra Hatzalah.

The LUCAS is an

“Your life does not get better by chance; it gets better by change.” (Jim Rohn)

One foundation in our field of mental health is to not “stay the course.” The founder of Emotionally Focused Therapy, Dr. Sue Johnson explains it this way: clients come into our offices with one story and we help them

Neural therapy is a treatment that works with the autonomic nervous system and is most known for its pain relief benefits. In the neural therapy framework, the autonomic nervous system is interconnected throughout the body. This is similar to the concept of energy flow throughout the body in acupuncture. Anything that interferes with the

Dear Jenn,

My recent osteoporosis test result came back borderline low-normal. My doctor recommended that I adjust my diet and possibly take medication. What do you suggest?

Sincerely,

Anxiously Osteoporotic

While war is undoubtedly a terrible thing, and World War II stands out from almost every other war in terms of horror, it is also true that the energy invested in the development of new weapons, tools and strategies for dealing with the enemy can have long-term benefits that carry over into peacetime. Thus, the research and engineering