[Medicine and Judaism--a patient is forbidden to endanger his life in order to fast on Yom Kippur].

Dr. Israel Katz and his colleagues discuss the theoretical possibility of allowing type-1 diabetes patients to fast on Yom Kippur despite the danger that fasting might lead to a life-threatening state of hypoglycemia. For those diabetics who insist on fasting, the authors recommend more frequent monitoring of their glucose levels, changing their medications and arranging that expert medical advice and treatment be available to them over the course of the fast.