Recently, I heard about someone with cancer of the pancreas. When he asked his doctor about the possible cause of his malignancy, his doctor told him, “It’s because of your massive consumption of diet sodas.” This comment warrants a closer look. For more than a decade we’ve heard about the health risks of high-fructose corn…
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There’s a science to empathy, and an art to explaining it
In the middle of an explanation about a band of nerve fibers in our brains, Josh Kornbluth has a question. He grabs his phone. “Siri, do animals have a…
Bay Area
Reutlinger families seek assurances about home’s Jewish character
After the Reutlinger Community announced in March that it planned to affiliate with a nondenominational senior care nonprofit, some family members of…
Bay Area
Cannabis partners with a commitment to social and ecological justice
There were six people locked in a metal pen on Ninth Street near San Francisco City Hall. They wore orange prison jumpsuits. One appeared to be praying.…
Bay Area
Friendship Circle expands, extending a hand to young adults
The Bay Area Friendship Circle is widening. The nonprofit that pairs trained teen volunteers with special needs kids and teenagers for weekend social…
Bay Area
In S.F., Israel gets brownie points for medical cannabis research
When Israeli plant scientist Nirit Bernstein got a call five years ago from a research institute asking if she’d be interested in working on the…
First Person
Judaism saved me from myself during my manic episode
I don’t even know how to characterize it. Was I disabled? Impaired? Inspired? Was the thing that lifted me off my feet and part way out of my mind…
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Q&A: The therapist behind ‘The Healing Feeling Sh*t Show’
Rachel Kaplan, 39, is a marriage and family therapist who lives in Oakland. She recently debuted her podcast, “The Healing Feeling Sh*t Show,” to help…
First Person
The tragedy of my grandmother, the perfect rebbetzin
My grandmother, Rae Stern, was born 50 years too early for the feminist movement, but 80 years before the drugs that might have helped her take advantage…