There is no Jewish roadmap for how to properly mourn pets, nor any universal law or tradition for how to close the circle of a pet’s life.
When Harvey Singer’s prostate cancer was supposedly in remission, he noticed something alarming in his blood tests. Here’s why men should learn from his example.
Angel Moses found out she had breast cancer when she was 38. The surprise? The so-called Jewish gene mutation that escalated her risk for the disease came from her father.
Having grown up within a Orthodox Jewish enclave, Rifky Tkatch, knew that many in her community did not like to talk about cancer. Yet it wasn’t until she conducted interviews in Detroit that she uncovered barriers to screening that stunned her.
New government breast cancer guidelines downgrade the value of screening women under 50. That could mean higher costs for millions of women with higher risks of carrying the BRCA mutations — like Ashkenazi Jews.
Should more Ashkenazi women get tested for the cancer-causing BRCA gene? Subsidized screenings are available for all — but doctors are divided on whether that’s the right approach.
No family history of breast cancer? If you’re Ashkenazi, a new study says you should get tested anyway — but some experts disagree.
A year after Angelina Jolie went public about her double mastectomy, interest in genetic testing has increased. But a worrying trend is also shaping up: unnecessary breast-removal surgeries.
Since the Supreme Court ruling one year ago, Myriad Genetics is no longer the only lab in the United States conducting BRCA testing. But it refuses to share lifesaving data it has collected.
Beatles manager Brian Epstein struggled with his sexuality and his Judaism right up until he died of a drug overdose. We discuss his legacy with the author of ‘The Fifth Beatle.’