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  • A Perfect Match: Donating a Kidney to a Stranger
    Health + Medicine
    A Perfect Match: Donating a Kidney to a Stranger
    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.

  • Lessons From Super-Agers
    Health + Medicine
    Lessons From Super-Agers
    Lessons From Super-Agers

    Research on Ashkenazi centenarians by doctors in the United States and in Israel show us how to grow older without getting sicker.

    Research on Ashkenazi centenarians by doctors in the United States and in Israel show us how to grow older without getting sicker.

Health + Medicine
Are You My Surrogate?
by Amy Klein
Some couples elect to use a surrogate in a final effort to birth a genetic child after other methods have failed. But there are Jewish complexities to surrogacy.
Health + Medicine
Learning to Live My Best Life, Without Children
by Rachel Halperin-Zibelman
I asked myself whether we could attempt to be a “family” without children? Had we only gotten married to procreate?
Health + Medicine
Preserving Fertility After Cancer
by Wendy Elliman
Hadassah-trained Dr. Hananel Holzer, one of the world’s leading fertility preservation specialists, helps oncology patients retain their ability to have children.
Health + Medicine
The Blessings and Trauma of IVF
by Talia Liben Yarmush
Ultimately, IVF is much like a difficult birth. If you remembered all the pain, you’d be hard-pressed to do it again.
Health + Medicine
Restoring Quality of Life at Hadassah’s Rehab Department
by Wendy Elliman
Rehabilitation 'is an optimistic field,' and Hadassah's department restores the ability to function to patients as well as helps them live and cope with disabilities.
Health + Medicine
Mothering With a Disability
by Sarah Yahr Tucker
It takes innovation—and love—to navigate the obstacles and discrimination that come with mothering as a person with a disability.
Health + Medicine
In Israel, More Doctors Changing Approach to End-of-Life Care
by Larry Luxner | JTA
Doctors now increasingly favor palliative care for terminal patients at the end of their lives rather than aggressive medical interventions
Health + Medicine
How to Get the Sleep You Need
by Christina Frank
Around 30 percent of adults experience some form of insomnia during their lifetime, and women especially battle sleep loss due to pregnancy and menopause.

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