Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer Could Eliminate Hemophilia Disease with Revolutionary Gene Therapy World Hemophilia Day is today, April 17 and Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer is making significant progress in the global battle to cure this bleeding disorder. More than 400,000 individuals suffer from hemophilia worldwide. Sheba is one of the first…
Last Day of February Effort Helps Raise the Awareness of Rare Genetic Diseases JScreen, a national nonprofit community based genetic screening and health initiative, highlights the importance of Rare Disease Day 2019 by offering a discount on their at-home genetic screening test valid only on Feb. 28, 2019 – Rare Disease Day. To claim the discount,…
Since 1931 the Jewish Braille Institute has provided free books and magazines to the visually impaired and reading disabled. While the mission hasn’t changed, the format of the reading material has shifted. Initially the JBI offered many materials in braille, with raised dots representing letters that enable the blind to read by touch. Now about…
Pictured above: Dr. Richard Rosenbaum. A study targeting a type of Parkinson’s disease more prevalent among those of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry seeks study participants in Phoenix. “The new drug study is to treat Parkinson’s disease in people with a mutant GBA gene, which is particularly common in Ashkenazim and is also prevalent in Gaucher patients,”…
By Mike Meyer Welcome to the Age of Anxiety. Come on in, take your coat off, and try to get comfortable. Good luck though. Anxiety does not want you to be comfortable. We see his clammy fingerprints smudged across our culture; rates of depression, suicide, and addiction are skyrocketing, and it seems every day there…
By Dr. Rick Kirshner February is Heart Month and the perfect time to make a commitment to leading a heart-healthy lifestyle. Whether you or a loved one has heart disease, it’s a good time to educate yourself about resources to help minimize risk for a heart attack or stroke. It’s also timely to discuss medical…
Family Features For many people, hitting the gym in the morning leaves less time for excuses or interferences. However, finding the motivation to get up and work out first thing can be a huge hurdle. If you’re looking to make your early workout successful and one you’ll actually stick with, consider these tips: …
Pictured above: Susan Ginsberg working one-on-one with a client during a “Relaxy Hour” breathing session. If there’s one activity in life we don’t think we’ll ever need any help with or proper instruction for, it’s breathing. After all, from the very first day we’re born, we know the correct way to breathe, right? It turns…
PHOTO: Young couples thinking of having children are encourage to consider genetic screening. JScreen, the national nonprofit community-based public health initiative dedicated to education and carrier screening for Jewish and other genetic diseases, has joined with the National Gaucher Foundation to mark National Gaucher Awareness Month during October 2018. The NGF is celebrating National Gaucher…
“We’ve now shown that inexpensive, commercial electronic noses are sufficient for classifying cancer patients at early stages.” ~ Professor Yehuda Zeiri, Ben-Gurion University Researchers have discovered that exhaled breath and urine samples can provide a fast and inexpensive breast cancer diagnosis. This early and accurate breast cancer screening is being done using commercially available technology….
