Torah and Science
BH Dear Rab Mordechai Halperin Shlit"a: Sha-lom Ubracha! My name is Y B, I am a pediatrician specialized in Newborn Intensive Care, and Baruch Hashem
I was present in a meeting of neonatologists. It was about when to perform CPR on premature (not in the medical sense) newborns. The disucssion evolved around age at birth and weight, the way of assessing viability and indication for CPR. This was put in conjunction with the parents will. What is the Halachik standpoint?
At any time of delivery, if the baby shows signs of life it needs to be resuscitated. After 25 weeks of gestation it ought to be resuscitated in any event.
BH Dear Rab Mordechai Halperin Shlit"a: Sha-lom Ubracha! My name is Y B, I am a pediatrician specialized in Newborn Intensive Care, and Baruch Hashem
I have a congregant who until his teenage years did not know he was Jewish and was even baptised. Both parents have been confirmed as
אנחנו עושות עבודה בביולוגיה בנושא מחלת ההמופיליה והורשתה לצאצאים. במסגרת העבודה אנחנו צריכות להציג 2 עמדות של מתדיינים הלכתיים (תוך ציון מקורות) על הדילמה שאנחנו
לאשתי יש בעיה חדשה עם תוצאות תיפקודי הכבד. נבקש לדעת מה פירוש התוצאות הבאות : ALT ׁGPT 177 AST )got( 163 GGT 140 ALPK 116.7