Archive for 2014
The Pearl that Broke Its Shell, A Reflection from author Dr. Nadia Hashimi
On May 6th of this year, I walked into our local Barnes & Noble with my husband and our two children. We had to see it to believe it. The novel I’d…
Read MoreWater Exercise – For Memorial Day and Year Round
Perhaps you think of pool exercise as being only for skilled swimmers or for those needing rehab for a joint. Well, think again! Swimmer or not, water is a great…
Read More“Sayar” is Doctor and Teacher
We started our medical mission in Myanmar at Sao Sun Tun Hospital, a 500-bed government run facility in Taunggyi, located 15-hour bus ride from Yangon. Dr. Po Po No, a…
Read MoreMay Health News
1. Type 2 Diabetes: Two Meals or Six Meals? As a type 2 diabetic, haven’t your physicians often advised you to eat multiple small meals instead of 3 big meals…
Read MoreA Few Words on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus – MERSCoV
The latest word from the World Health Organization about MERS – a virus that is new to humans – is that there is no broad risk to the public. People…
Read MoreThe NERVE! Chickenpox Returns as Shingles
I’m prompted to write this having seen a new case of shingles each week for the past month – not too surprising with 1 million cases occurring yearly in the…
Read MoreAndropause: Truth, Fiction, or Both? A lecture from the American College of Physicians (ACP) Annual Meeting 2014
Much controversy surrounds the concept of a possible male menopause. Dr. Kristen Gill Hairston, an associate professor in endocrinology from Wake Forest School of Medicine gave an excellent summary of…
Read MoreHappy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there and all those who still have a mother! I hope we will all take a moment to think about the mothers…
Read MoreThe Forces of Nature: Life, Gravity, Time and Prolapse
Co-author Joanna Hess, PT, DPT, Physical Therapist at Restore Motion Editor’s Note: In honor of Mothers’ Day, we thought we’d discuss a common problem that can affect all women, although it…
Read MoreFighting Social Injustice — Two Different Pathways
YES, dear readers, Dr. Nadia Hashimi, one of our LadyDocsCornerCafe bloggers, is officially a published author as her first novel (When the Pearl Broke its Shell) was released May 6 by…
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