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This Women Owned Startup Is Reshaping Egg Donation
Cofertility is ‘leading the way for a more transparent and ethical the entire industry to become more transparent and ethical,’ says cofounder Halle Tecco.

Cofertility is ‘leading the way for a more transparent and ethical the entire industry to become more transparent and ethical,’ says cofounder Halle Tecco.
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The Journey From Loss to Healing
Grief is a universal experience, but grieving is a uniquely personal experience.

Grief is a universal experience, but grieving is a uniquely personal experience.
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Helping Children Deal With Trauma
Young victims of pandemic stress learn coping strategies at Hadassah Hospital.

Young victims of pandemic stress learn coping strategies at Hadassah Hospital.
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A Perfect Match: Donating a Kidney to a Stranger
Every day in America, 13 people die waiting for a kidney. Often their best hope—their only hope—is to find a living donor.

Every day in America, 13 people die waiting for a kidney. Often their best hope—their only hope—is to find a living donor.

In January 2012, the chairman of Alzheimer’s research at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York e-mailed a man he had yet to meet with an

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Medicine: The Self-Healing Heart

by Wendy Elliman

Corn Flakes, X-rays, Viagra, Post-it notes, safety glass, rubber, penicillin and microwave ovens all improbably share a key factor: Each was invented by accident, when

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Medicine: The Spread of Intensive Care

by Wendy Elliman

Over the past 10 years, the number of patients assigned to the ICU has increased, and Hadassah is actively developing the technology and the space

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Medicine: The Age of e-Patients

by Wendy Elliman

More and more Israeli adolescents, both Jewish and Arab, are becoming e-patients—health consumers who use the Internet to learn about their health issues and, often,

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Medicine: Changing a Nation’s Diet

by Wendy Elliman

You are a week into your latest diet, which is based on sound nutritional principles. Or maybe you are following a fad diet that worked

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Medicine: Israel’s Aids Model

by Wendy Elliman

In Israel, it has never reached epidemic proportions, but an Israeli hospital has developed a care model for HIV/AIDS that is effectively used not only

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Medicine: Drumming, Jumping and Cystic Fibrosis

by Wendy Elliman

It is a story with more than one starting point. One possibility is in 1998, when Shuki Shukrun’s sister met Tali and told her brother

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Medicine: Mind Over Skin

by Wendy Elliman

A young man is injured during his Israel Defense Forces service. Two weeks later, his wound is healing, but patches of skin all over his