withdrawing care from a terminally ill patient
Shalom, My rav, Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar of Los Angeles, gave this email to ask a very serious medical halacha question. I understand that a terminally
If a substance is taken as a medicine, one needn’t be concerned with kashrut. With current medical research showing the anticancer properties of antioxidants, does one have to be concerned with the kashrut of the gelatin capsules used?
Since the antioxidant is being used for its anticancer properties, it is no different from any other medicine and can therefore be used in spite of the gelatin capsule. In any case, a patient with cancer is automatically in the category of the seriously ill.
Shalom, My rav, Rabbi Mordechai Lebhar of Los Angeles, gave this email to ask a very serious medical halacha question. I understand that a terminally
I am a medical student and we are currently learning about the endocrine and reproductive systems. We have come across the cases of testicular feminization
שלום רב! ילדתי בשעטו"מ לפני כחודש. אני יודעת שהרופאים ממליצים על 6 שבועות כמשכב לידה והימנעות מיחסים. אני כרגע אחרי הפסק טהרה ומתכננת ללכת למקוה
שלום רב, ביום הכיפורים אי"ה אהיה בחודש השביעי להריוני (שבוע 28). אני מקפידה לשתות המון בהריון גם על מנת לא להגיע למצב של התייבשות וצירים