Dr. Orly Elpeleg leads a Hadassah team that hunts for disease-causing genes.

Genetic science is progressing so rapidly that if couples pause a few years between having children, they should be rescreened for new discoveries.

Pelvic organ prolapse has reached epidemic proportions worldwide.

Dr. Rosenthal says that an understanding of the health care system goes hand-in-hand with empowerment. Treat health care charges as you would any other bill, she says.

Hadassah doctors target cancer patients' immune systems, boosting them to respond more aggressively to the disease.

The desire to escape death, combined with the widespread availability of life-prolonging technology, has led to patients often getting swept onto what I call “the end-of-life conveyor belt.”

An Israeli site gives strength to women after perinatal infant loss.

Use of medical marijuana among seniors reaches a new high.