Medicine

One morning, when Paul was seven, I received a stat call to the emergency room . . . “Oh G‑d,” I pleaded in my thoughts, “Please, not this one. Not him.”

A lesson can be learned from everything we encounter; so indeed, what can be learned from the well-stocked shelves of a pharmacy?

3 methods of healing: new look at spiritual strength.

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!

Could religion work in tandem with medicine? Who makes us ill and who makes us healthy? How should we view medicine?

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? ...

This was back in 1965, when women doctors were indeed a rarity, and Miss Flanagan could not conceive of them at all...

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), ...

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 ...

There is indeed. Here is a short but powerful prayer (paraphrasing the prayer that was offered before bloodletting in Talmudic times) that you should say before undergoing a medical procedure or taking medicine: יהי רצון שיהיה לרפואה "May it be Your will ...