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My patient’s blood pressure remained stubbornly high: The reason surprised me

by Dr. Jerry Saliman July 7, 2025July 7, 2025
Brett Farkas Komanovsky and Hillary Farkas in 1990
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J. reader and I discover our oddly parallel lives around our daughters’ cancer

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent June 30, 2025July 3, 2025
Dr. Daniel Kraft  spoke on June 18 Human + Tech summit in San Francisco about how AI, biosensors and behavioral tech can transform the field of preventive health. (Asa Mathat)
Posted inThe J. Interview

Peninsula doctor, scientist, entrepreneur is reimagining health care

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 23, 2025July 24, 2025
Trauma therapists Jaclyn Wolfman (left) and Miri Bar-Halpern are co-authors of a paper about the ways Jewish fears of antisemitism or distress over the Oct. 7 attacks have been dismissed or downplayed. (Courtesy)
Posted inIdeas

‘Traumatic invalidation’: Therapists name the way Jewish fear has been ignored since Oct. 7

by Andrew Silow-Carroll June 11, 2025June 11, 2025
Signs at a short-lived UCSF pro-Palestinian encampment that was dismantled in May of 2024. (Instagram @ucsf4palestine)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli medical student targeted by UCSF professor may not exist

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 6, 2025June 10, 2025
Dr. Danielle Tolman demonstrates how to perform an Epley maneuver at home to treat vertigo at tinyurl.com/home-epley. (Screenshot via YouTube)
Posted inHealth

Unraveling the causes of dizziness can make your head spin

by Dr. Jerry Saliman May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
Jewish graves at Eternal Home Cemetery in Colma on April 15, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

After a friend’s assisted death, I wonder: Is there a ‘right’ way to die?

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 30, 2025April 30, 2025
From left, Marc Mazer, Susan Talon-Mazer, Rabbi Dan Goldblatt and Zoë Francesca Goldblatt of the AriYael Jewish Healing Center. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inReligion

A Bay Area Jewish healing center expands as it embraces mourning, celebration

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz April 15, 2025April 16, 2025
Naomi Thomas, Dr. Jessica Zitter and Chaplain Betty Clark share a moment of prayer.  (Reel Medicine Media)
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Oakland doctor’s film honors a beloved hospital chaplain

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 7, 2025April 14, 2025
a middle-aged woman wearing a yarmulke sits with a very elderly man who is laying in a hospital bed
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Choosing how to die: Film and talk at Sherith Israel will probe assisted death

by Patricia Corrigan March 13, 2025March 13, 2025

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