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      <title>Health issue or anti-Semitism: Switzerland joins German circumcision ban</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/evinYgVC1Jo/health_issue_or_anti_semitism_switzerland_joins_german_circumcision_ban</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Today come reports that hospitals in Zurich and St. Gallen have suspended the practice on Jewish and Muslim boys in the wake of a similar ban in Germany ordered by a judge in Cologne.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>August 25, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/crohns_disease_an_interview_with_ron_bahar_md_20110825">Crohn’s Disease:&nbsp; An interview with Ron Bahar, MD</a></li>

<li>August 11, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/jews_industrial_pipe_cleaners_and_osteoporosis_20110811">Jews, industrial pipe cleaners, and osteoporosis</a></li>
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      <dc:date>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:51:37 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Crohn’s Disease:&amp;nbsp; An interview with Ron Bahar, MD</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/tD4eNLn8_8o/crohns_disease_an_interview_with_ron_bahar_md_20110825</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ron Bahar, MD is a board-certified pediatric gastroenterologist and Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at The UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.  He is a native of Lincoln, Nebraska.  He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and medical school at the University of Nebraska College of Medicine.  He then moved to Los Angeles to complete pediatric residency and pediatric gastroenterology fellowship training at UCLA.  He was an attending physician at UCLA for three years before opening a private practice in Encino in 2000.  His areas of interest include inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome in children.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>July 26, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/health_issue_or_anti_semitism_switzerland_joins_german_circumcision_ban">Health issue or anti-Semitism: Switzerland joins German circumcision ban</a></li>

<li>August 11, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/jews_industrial_pipe_cleaners_and_osteoporosis_20110811">Jews, industrial pipe cleaners, and osteoporosis</a></li>

<li>April 24, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/kafka_modigliani_hitler_and_tuberculosis_20110424">KAFKA, MODIGLIANI, HITLER, AND TUBERCULOSIS</a></li>

<li>February 23, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/tay-sachs_disease_an_interview_with_stephen_cederbaum_md_20110223">Tay-Sachs disease: An interview with Stephen Cederbaum, M.D.</a></li>

<li>February 3, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_2_20110202">Introduction to Jewish Genetic Diseases: Part 2</a></li>
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      <dc:subject>Mobile-Homepage, Health,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:38:57 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Jews, industrial pipe cleaners, and osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/TH2rIAuzBl0/jews_industrial_pipe_cleaners_and_osteoporosis_20110811</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Chances are that you or a family member are taking a medication to reverse or improve Osteoporosis - a condition of poor bone density.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>July 26, 2012 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/health_issue_or_anti_semitism_switzerland_joins_german_circumcision_ban">Health issue or anti-Semitism: Switzerland joins German circumcision ban</a></li>

<li>August 25, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/crohns_disease_an_interview_with_ron_bahar_md_20110825">Crohn’s Disease:&nbsp; An interview with Ron Bahar, MD</a></li>
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      <dc:subject>Is Featured?, newspulse, Health,</dc:subject>
      <dc:date>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:51:28 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>KAFKA, MODIGLIANI, HITLER, AND TUBERCULOSIS</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/aoKajpKO0aI/kafka_modigliani_hitler_and_tuberculosis_20110424</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/kafka_modigliani_hitler_and_tuberculosis_20110424#When:20:07:03Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[What do these names have in common? Simply stated, Modigliani and Kafka died from tuberculosis, and Hitler (Who else?) delivered a medical discourse on Jews and tuberculosis.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>August 25, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/crohns_disease_an_interview_with_ron_bahar_md_20110825">Crohn’s Disease:&nbsp; An interview with Ron Bahar, MD</a></li>

<li>February 23, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/tay-sachs_disease_an_interview_with_stephen_cederbaum_md_20110223">Tay-Sachs disease: An interview with Stephen Cederbaum, M.D.</a></li>

<li>February 3, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_2_20110202">Introduction to Jewish Genetic Diseases: Part 2</a></li>

<li>January 24, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/an_introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_i_20110124">An introduction to Jewish genetic diseases: Part I</a></li>
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      <dc:date>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:07:03 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Tay-Sachs disease: An interview with Stephen Cederbaum, M.D.</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/vQb_yBanqXo/tay-sachs_disease_an_interview_with_stephen_cederbaum_md_20110223</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/tay-sachs_disease_an_interview_with_stephen_cederbaum_md_20110223#When:22:56:35Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Dr, Stephen Cederbaum  has recently retired from his position as Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Human Genetics at UCLA. He is former Chief of the Division of Genetics in the Pediatrics Department at UCLA and Associate Director of the Mental Retardation Research Center. He is a founding member and past-president of the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, and founder and first chair of the California Newborn Screening Advisory Committee. Dr. Cederbaum specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and study of human biochemical disorders. <h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>August 25, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/crohns_disease_an_interview_with_ron_bahar_md_20110825">Crohn’s Disease:&nbsp; An interview with Ron Bahar, MD</a></li>

<li>April 24, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/kafka_modigliani_hitler_and_tuberculosis_20110424">KAFKA, MODIGLIANI, HITLER, AND TUBERCULOSIS</a></li>

<li>February 3, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_2_20110202">Introduction to Jewish Genetic Diseases: Part 2</a></li>

<li>January 24, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/an_introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_i_20110124">An introduction to Jewish genetic diseases: Part I</a></li>
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      <dc:date>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:56:35 +0000</dc:date>
    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/tay-sachs_disease_an_interview_with_stephen_cederbaum_md_20110223#When:22:56:35Z</feedburner:origLink></item>

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      <title>Preimplantation diagnosis of Jewish genetic diseases: An interview with Snunit Ben-Ozer, M.D.</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/BzMLeA1Q_Ig/preimplantation_diagnosis_of_jewish_genetic_diseases_an_interview_with_snun</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/preimplantation_diagnosis_of_jewish_genetic_diseases_an_interview_with_snun#When:20:04:59Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[There are several methods to prevent genetic diseases generally and in Jewish people specifically. (See my previous blog on Jewish Genetic Diseases.) I have the distinct pleasure of interviewing an expert in Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology who will discuss various options for prevention. Before we delve into preimplantation diagnosis, Dr. Ben-Ozer, can you explain amniocentesis and CVS sampling?<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>February 3, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_2_20110202">Introduction to Jewish Genetic Diseases: Part 2</a></li>
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      <dc:date>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:04:59 +0000</dc:date>
    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/preimplantation_diagnosis_of_jewish_genetic_diseases_an_interview_with_snun#When:20:04:59Z</feedburner:origLink></item>

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      <title>Introduction to Jewish Genetic Diseases: Part 2</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/1b514Kuwm_U/introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_2_20110202</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_2_20110202#When:08:05:27Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[In Part 1 on Jewish Genetic Diseases, I described concepts of genetic testing, the Genome Project, preimplantation diagnosis, genetic engineering and gene therapy.  The following questions and answers explain in more detail how these programs are implemented.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>August 25, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/crohns_disease_an_interview_with_ron_bahar_md_20110825">Crohn’s Disease:&nbsp; An interview with Ron Bahar, MD</a></li>

<li>April 24, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/kafka_modigliani_hitler_and_tuberculosis_20110424">KAFKA, MODIGLIANI, HITLER, AND TUBERCULOSIS</a></li>

<li>February 23, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/tay-sachs_disease_an_interview_with_stephen_cederbaum_md_20110223">Tay-Sachs disease: An interview with Stephen Cederbaum, M.D.</a></li>

<li>February 14, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/preimplantation_diagnosis_of_jewish_genetic_diseases_an_interview_with_snun">Preimplantation diagnosis of Jewish genetic diseases: An interview with Snunit Ben-Ozer, M.D.</a></li>

<li>January 24, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/an_introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_i_20110124">An introduction to Jewish genetic diseases: Part I</a></li>
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      <dc:date>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 08:05:27 +0000</dc:date>
    <feedburner:origLink>http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_2_20110202#When:08:05:27Z</feedburner:origLink></item>

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      <title>An introduction to Jewish genetic diseases: Part I</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/yafImMoSrqs/an_introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_i_20110124</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/an_introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_i_20110124#When:18:15:40Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The following is an introduction to Jewish genetic diseases, which I will explore in greater detail with you – the reader – over the next two years.   I will attempt to provide answers to some of the many questions asked by potential parents and others in the Jewish community on genetic testing, screening, diagnosis, and treatment. At the end, I will provide resources to seek additional genetic information and counseling.<h3>Related Entries</h3>
<ul><li>August 25, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/crohns_disease_an_interview_with_ron_bahar_md_20110825">Crohn’s Disease:&nbsp; An interview with Ron Bahar, MD</a></li>

<li>April 24, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/kafka_modigliani_hitler_and_tuberculosis_20110424">KAFKA, MODIGLIANI, HITLER, AND TUBERCULOSIS</a></li>

<li>February 23, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/tay-sachs_disease_an_interview_with_stephen_cederbaum_md_20110223">Tay-Sachs disease: An interview with Stephen Cederbaum, M.D.</a></li>

<li>February 3, 2011 <a href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/introduction_to_jewish_genetic_diseases_part_2_20110202">Introduction to Jewish Genetic Diseases: Part 2</a></li>
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      <dc:date>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:15:40 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>The Shofar saves a Rabbi’s life</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/En_0IKmjLhI/the_shofar_saves_a_rabbis_life_20101214</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[My patient, an esteemed Rabbi, recently underwent major abdominal surgery lasting several hours.  Within one day postoperatively, he was instructed to blow into a mechanical device to help prevent respiratory complications.  <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~4/En_0IKmjLhI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:01:32 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>A challenge to the Jewish community from a patient with a genetic disease</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/8qPwwz3NAjs/a_challenge_to_the_jewish_community_from_a_patient_with_a_genetic_disease_2</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/a_challenge_to_the_jewish_community_from_a_patient_with_a_genetic_disease_2#When:07:15:28Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[As a patient of Dr. Lavin’s, I would like to share my story of living with a Jewish genetic disease.  I am an Iranian Jew, and although the genetic conditions prevalent in the Ashkenazi Jewish Community are well known, genetic mutations are not unique to the Ashkenazim (See “Persian Jews and Genetic Diseases”, <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~4/8qPwwz3NAjs" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:15:28 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Mahjong, Deep-Vein Thrombosis and Jewish Women</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/oOmQHDtYlp8/mahjong_deep-vein_thrombosis_and_jewish_women_20101031</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Aunt Minnie, my mother, and many of their friends played Mahjong every Sunday afternoon for hours upon hours, peppered with sips of coffee, bites of strudel, and soft whispers about Uncle Irving’s ulcer.  The game of Mahjong was a favorite amongst Jewish Women, but is also played by millions of people in Asia as well as Asian-Americans.  Ruth Unger, president of the New York-based Mahjong League for twenty-six years, states that “you are mixing the tiles and you talk and you talk and these people become your network, your support group – everything you need." <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~4/oOmQHDtYlp8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:46:43 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Cod liver oil, vitamin D and the Jewish mother</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/XnKV8BoTIDk/cod_liver_oil_vitamin_d_and_the_jewish_mother_20100804</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I was raised in a “shtetl” on the west side of Chicago, where communal life was in large measure under the direction of the Jewish Elders.  Religiosity dominated our daily life, including our interaction with family and friends.  Our community was also concerned about safety and health.  Medical care was expensive and generally inaccessible, so most treatment modalities were learned from family and friends.  One of these was cod liver oil.  With only one exception every year (Yom Kippur), my mother forced down my throat a large tablespoon of the most rancid, smelly oil ever created on this planet.  Motor oil would have probably tasted much better.  In retrospect, this was clearly done with concern and caring for my health and well-being, which was not obvious while I was belching and retching for an hour after the ingestion of this foul-smelling, fishy oil.  It was 30 years later before I ever ate fish again.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~4/XnKV8BoTIDk" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:03:02 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Familial Mediterranean Fever: An Interview with Terri Getzug M.D.</title>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~3/ZpNb0abrJ64/familial_mediterranean_fever_an_interview_with_terri_getzug_md_20100725</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.jewishjournal.com/jewish_diseases/item/familial_mediterranean_fever_an_interview_with_terri_getzug_md_20100725#When:02:18:15Z</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[No, familial Mediterranean fever is not a fever you get when you go on a Mediterranean cruise with your family.  It is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease with recurrent fevers, rashes, and painful inflammation of the abdomen, lungs, and joints.  The episodes can last up to three days at a time and, if not treated, can lead to certain complications, such as kidney failure.  It primarily affects populations emanating from the Mediterranean area.  The disease is very ancient – probably beginning over 2500 years ago.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~4/ZpNb0abrJ64" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:18:15 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Persian Jews and Genetic Diseases</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Persian Jewry is one of the oldest continuous Jewish communities in the world, having been isolated reproductively from other Jews, as well as other Iranians.  Most now live in Israel and the United States, but before the Revolution, 150,000 Jews lived in Iran.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~4/zKv_dz6psOo" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:45:52 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Paging Dr. House…A Jewish infant is severely ill</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Dr. House of TV fame was not available, so I was called into consultation for this 24 day old female Jewish infant.  She had been hospitalized and seen by other physicians previously.  Shortly after birth, when the baby was fed, she gagged and became agitated.  Because of the suspicion of sepsis at this young age, intravenous antibiotics were initiated.  After 48 hours, however, the cultures were negative and the antibiotics were discontinued. <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~4/dMsDpS3BGc8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Wed, 12 May 2010 20:54:10 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>Jews, Genes and the Talmud</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[At the present time and for many millennia before, we physicians wait for people to get sick, and then we treat them with medication, surgery and other therapies.  But once we can construct a profile of every person’s genetic predisposition to disease, medicine will finally become predictive and preventive.  We are at the dawn of a new genetics—a paradigm shift from treatment to prevention, which is a result of the Human Genome Project (a 15-year, $3 billion quest), which maps every gene and discovers markers for hereditary disorders.  In the coming years, as medical researchers discover the molecular causes of various diseases, novel preventive strategies, new drugs, and eventually gene therapy will change the face of medicine.  <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~4/6ZJ7inS9FdQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:16:47 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>SCHMALTZ and GREBENES: A Medical Conspiracy</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[For thousands of years, the Jewish people have faced annihilation — promulgated by evil societies, notorious world leaders and the general passivity of <br />
global citizenry. But as deadly as our enemies have been, our diet has often imperiled us as well. Schmaltz (rendered chicken fat) and grebenes (fried chicken skin) and our generally high-fat, low-exercise lifestyles endanger Jews, and therefore the Jewish people.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~4/s77tKQY-zRg" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 01:40:30 +0000</dc:date>
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      <title>About</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Norman Lavin, M.D.,PhD.<br />
Clinical Professor of Endocrinology<br />
Director of Endocrinology Education<br />
UCLA Medical School<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JewishJournal/jewish_diseases/~4/7zdbgMcjPYw" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:date>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:55:26 +0000</dc:date>
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