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Do I recite a blessing before taking oral medication?
By Eliezer Posner
If the medicine has a good taste, such as flavored chewable pills, Flavored medicine also presents a Kashrut issue. Check with your rabbi if you are not certain whether your flavored medicine is kosher. recite the shehakol blessing. Seder Birchat ...
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Is blood transfusion permissible in Jewish belief?
By Rochel Chein
There is nothing in Jewish law that would preclude a person from benefiting from a blood transfusion (or donating blood, for that matter). Furthermore, according to Jewish belief, saving a life is one of the most important mitzvot (commandments), ...
Ask the Rabbi » Latest Questions » The Details » Is blood transfusion permissible in Jewish belief?
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Cecelia Rosenfeld
My Grandmother, the Doctor
By Judy Gruen
This was back in 1965, when women doctors were indeed a rarity, and Miss Flanagan could not conceive of them at all...
Women » Women's Narrative » Jewish Women You Should Know » Cecelia Rosenfeld
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Non-Kosher Insulin Injections
By Menachem Posner
Question: I have type 2 diabetes, and I'm unable to control it adequately with oral medication, and thus require insulin injections. The products my doctor is suggesting are made either from human cadavers or porcine (pork) product. What should I do? ...
Jewish Practice » Kosher » Handbook » Kosher Q&A » Non-Kosher Insulin Injections
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What is the Jewish position on anti-depressants?
By Chana Weisberg
Question: My doctor has prescribed anti-depressants. What, if any, is the Jewish position on this? Is there something more spiritual I could/should do? Answer: If your doctor is reliable and he/she has prescribed anti-depressants, you should certainly ...
Ask the Rabbi » Latest Questions » The Big Picture » What is the Jewish position on anti-depressants?
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Medicine & Torah
The Rabbi and the Scientist
Rabbi Mendel Kaplan & Dr. Dov Dumbroff
Could religion work in tandem with medicine? Who makes us ill and who makes us healthy? How should we view medicine?
Audio Classes » Living » Health » Medicine & Torah
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The Placebo Effect
By Naftali Silberberg
Placebos may alleviate pain, but they are no substitute for real medications. The same is true with the soul's ailments -- we should not be feeding her placebos!
Society & Living » Daily Life » The Placebo Effect
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Human Healing - A Torah Model
By Eyal Goldberger
3 methods of healing: new look at spiritual strength.
Kabbalah Online » Kabbalah & Society » Science » Human Healing - A Torah Model
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The Well-Stocked Pharmacy
A lesson can be learned from everything we encounter; so indeed, what can be learned from the well-stocked shelves of a pharmacy?
The Rebbe » Wisdom » Letters » The Well-Stocked Pharmacy
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The Calling
By Dr. Blair P. Grubb
One morning, when Paul was 7, I received a stat call to the emergency room... "Oh G-d," I pleaded in my thoughts, "Please not this one. Not him."
Library » Stories » Fiction » The Calling
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