HealthPregnant Jewish women are enlisting doulas to keep them ‘safe’ when they give birth with the NHSMothers-to-be are employing the services of Jewish doulas for the birth of their babies ‘to have someone on their side’ amid a wave of reports about antisemitic NHS staffBy Elisa Bray6 min read
HealthIs Ozempic kosher?Chabad has weighed in on whether the drug should be used for weight lossBy Siam Goorwich1 min read
HealthTwo days left to sign up for for free ‘life-saving’ cancer gene testNHS England’s Jewish BRCA gene testing programme will stop accepting sign ups on FridayBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read
Health Acute trauma ‘can trigger OCD symptoms’, study of October 7 survivors indicatesClinicians risk missing the OCD symptoms, diagnosing only PTSD insteadBy JC Reporter1 min read
Health When I fell pregnant for a second time I hired a doulaAmid rising complaints against NHS maternity services, more Jewish women are turning to professional birth partners to help bring their children into the worldBy Gaby Koppel5 min read
MedicineIsraeli researchers report breakthrough in pre-natal genetic disease screeningProfessor Idit Maya said the discovery has ‘significant implications, especially for Jews in Israel and the Diaspora’By Howard Blas4 min read
Health Having a baby? Watch out for this hidden dangerAntenatal care should include warnings about cytomegalovirus, which can cause serious disabilitiesBy Gaby Koppel5 min read
Health Secretary condemns medical regulator for ‘failing publicly and abysmally’ on NHS antisemitismWes Streeting said he would ‘haul in’ the leadership of the General Medical Council to demand an explanation for the failingsBy Jacob Jaffa2 min read||July 16, 2025 10:58
Health news update: Is type 2 diabetes a Jewish disease?Millions are thought to have undiagnosed pre-diabetes, or raised blood sugar. Are a disproportionate number of them Jews?By Gaby Koppel5 min read||April 21, 2025 21:37
Israeli researchers develop blood test for early detection of Parkinson’sThe PCR test could allow the neurodegenerative disease to be detected before symptoms appear, potentially improving treatment outcomesBy Ellie Grant2 min read||April 16, 2025 11:22
Fear for Jewish genetic data as 23andMe goes up for saleSensitive genetic information – including that of many Ashkenazi Jews – will hit the market as the once thriving firm files for bankruptcyBy Jane Prinsley5 min read||March 28, 2025 11:49
Fundraiser launched to support student fighting leukaemia18-year-old Ella Greenwood is currently undergoing treatmentBy Ellie Grant1 min read||March 27, 2025 14:02
New year resolve already wilting? Take a kinder approach using our experts’ tipsBy Gaby Koppel4 min read||March 13, 2025 18:11
By Rob RinderFretting about every cough and twinge is an impulse built into Jewish DNA… but as a serious hypochondriac, my goal is to try to keep my worrying to a minimum3 min read||February 5, 2025 11:46
This little Jewish boy’s story shows there is hope for cystic fibrosis sufferersA breakthrough for some who suffer with the inherited condition that causes sticky mucus to build up in the lungsBy Gaby Koppel5 min read||January 16, 2025 12:42
Netanyahu released from hospital following prostate surgeryThe Israeli Prime Minister has been in hospital since SundayBy JC Reporter1 min read||January 2, 2025 16:46