Big screen exposure aids Sharon Berger donor search

The Spit4Mum campaign, geared to finding a bone-marrow donor for critically ill Harrow resident Sharon Berger, is reporting huge cross-communal support ahead of a major screening on Sunday.

Mrs Berger, 61, is in hospital undergoing chemotherapy for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a malfunction of the bone marrow. She urgently requires a bone marrow donation.

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A game-changing cancer vaccine?

Results of the first clinical trial for a new cancer vaccine developed by an Israeli company suggest it could “change the paradigm” of cancer treatment, the head researcher has said.

Dr Lior Carmon, CEO of Vaxil, based near Tel Aviv, said that the results of the phase I trial of the vaccine on 15 cancer patients with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, were very promising.

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Israel uproar over ‘forced’ birth control

Certain sections of the Israeli media have renewed accusations that doctors have been allowed to give contraceptive drugs to Ethiopian women without their consent after the head of the Health Ministry, Ron Gamzu, appeared to supply evidence that such a practice could be in place.

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Medical aid campaign with defibrillators

Following the death of a Liverpool King David High pupil from a heart attack, a petition for a Parliamentary debate on siting defibrillators in all UK public buildings has gathered over 71,000 signatures.

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Care needed on rushed move

Sometimes, as we all know, the road to hell can be paved with the best of intentions. Recent events at the Morris Feinmann Home in Didsbury provide a perfect illustration of this dictum. Everyone appears to be acting through the noblest of motives. But not everyone is pleased at the way things are turning out.

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Baroness Neuberger to chair Liverpool Care Pathway review

Baroness Julia Neuberger, rabbi of the West London Synagogue, is to chair the review of the controversial palliative care method known as the Liverpool Care Pathway.

The Liverpool Care Pathway is a checklist for medical professionals who work in palliative care to assist patients to a humane and pain-free death, developed over 10 years ago by pain-care specialists in Liverpool.

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Israeli medic may revive organ row

An Israeli medical expert is set to reopen the debate among Orthodox rabbis over organ donation in a lecture in London next week.

Rabbinical authorities differ on the definition of the moment of death and therefore when doctors may remove organs for transplant.

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