Ashkenazic? Chances high you carry altered gene
Statistics suggest that of the 63 people at a free program about genetic diseases more common among Ashkenazi (eastern European) Jews, 15 are carriers of at least one of those Jewish genetic diseases. read more »
FIRST PERSON: After swine flu: Finding camp at home
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—Every parent who has a child at sleepaway camp dreads the call. This summer the call came in the evening—not because my teenage son Micah was injured or had broken one of the camp’s rules.
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Israeli whiz kid behind Google's new searches
SYDNEY, Australia (JTA)—Pressed to find a name for his new technology enabling a more accurate Internet search, Israel native Ori Allon looked to Greek mythology—and perhaps his own name.
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Technology transforming genealogy research
PHILADELPHIA (JTA)—In genealogy research, crumbling documents and high-speed Internet connections often go hand in hand. So it goes for Schelly Talalay Dardashti.
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Teal Lunch II raises $20,000 for ovarian cancer research
In 2005 Sherie Hildreth turned her diagnosis of ovarian cancer into a mandate to create funding for research of the disease. read more »
High-risk women left out of mammogram debate
Ashkenazi Jewish women, have a higher chance of having a high risk for breast cancer. read more »
How to retire, happily
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (JTA)—Although most working stiffs imagine retired life to be heaven, "A life of incessant recreation and indolence is enough to drive any business entity like you or me mad after 3.5 years. And after you go mad you get old. read more »
