I recently treated a middle-aged man who was discharged from the hospital after he had a stroke. He also had hypertension and kidney failure, and I wondered about the underlying cause that could explain these problems. After questioning him further, I found that the unifying explanation was that he had been a heavy drinker for…
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Staff at SF Jewish senior home get first Covid vaccines
UPDATED Dec. 22, 10:45 p.m. The San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, one of the largest senior facilities in the Bay Area, administered 195 doses of…
Israel
Israeli health officials struggle with vaccine skeptics
As Jerusalem prepares for the planned rollout of its national Covid-19 vaccination campaign next week, Israeli health officials are grappling with how to…
Family Matters
How to combat dad’s extra loneliness this holiday season
Dear Rita: My 82-year-old father lives alone. His birthday and other holiday celebrations are coming up. I don’t want him to be alone, but I also don’t…
Bay Area
Covid outbreak reported at San Francisco Jewish senior home
UPDATED Dec. 16, 1:00 p.m. A “significant outbreak” of coronavirus cases has been reported by the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, one of the…
Bay Area
A Jewish doctor's tale of treating a Covid patient covered in Nazi tattoos
Dr. Taylor Nichols looked at the Covid-19 patient in front of him who was struggling to breathe. As he made preparations to provide emergency medical…
Health
How his psychedelic journey may lead to the legalization of MDMA
When Rick Doblin was in his early 20s, he had a dream in which he was escorted back in time to witness a Holocaust survivor’s narrow escape from the…
Health
Meet the Jewish immigrant leading Pfizer’s vaccine charge
When Mikael Dolsten, the head scientist at Pfizer, heard the news last week that the Covid-19 vaccine that he has been helping to develop for the better…
Health
Meet a Kaiser doc monitoring Covid vaccine safety for the state
This is the final part of our four-part Battling Covid series, in which we speak with local Jewish researchers battling the pandemic. When will we see a…