Archive for 2016
Aspirin and Cancer Prevention, Estrogen Use in Breast Cancer Patients, CVT Risks in Obese Users of Birth Control Pills, Asthma and Obesity…
Aspirin Use and Cancer Prevention Two large studies, reported by Dr. Yin Chao from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, showed how regular use of Aspirin was…
Read MoreBeauty and Sadness Intertwined – A Visit to Vietnam and Cambodia
We just returned from a two week whirlwind tour through Vietnam, with one stop in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Since this was my first time traveling in Asia, there was a…
Read MoreConfessions of a Gym Rat: How I Have Matured with my Exercise Routine
I read my friend Dr. Julia Korenman’s blog a few weeks ago about why she exercises. Julia is a better athlete than she admitted, and a disciplined one when it comes…
Read MoreHow To Raise An Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success by Julie Lythcott-Haims, Henry Holt and Company, 2015
In the introduction to this book, the author remembers that “by the time I stepped down as dean at Stanford in 2012 I had interacted not only with a tremendous…
Read MoreIt’s OK to Be an Artist
When I started as an undergraduate student at Ohio State University, I was a French Literature major. I immersed myself in Sartre and Camus, Proust and Gide and the poetry…
Read MoreYou Want Me to Eat a Fungus?
Mushrooms, technically speaking, are the fleshy, fruiting body of a fungus. Not so enticing so far, right? But, they are quite versatile. Some have a meaty texture and can be…
Read MoreIn Mom’s Memory
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the day my mother died from a hard fall at a local hospital in Northern Virginia, the day before she was supposed to be…
Read MoreConfessions of a Non-Athlete
Do you exercise? If you don’t, is it intimidating to think of getting started? Have you stopped for a while? Isn’t it hard to get that motivation to get moving…
Read MoreFebruary 2016 Health Pearls: Vitamin D and Allergy; Seafood and Brain Health; Beet Juice and Heart Health…
*Vitamin D Consumption During Pregnancy and Lower Incidence of Allergy in Children.* A study by Mount Sinai researchers found a 20% reduction rate in allegies in children whose mothers had…
Read MoreItalian Vegetable Soup – Ribollita
I’m guessing your inbox is filled with recipes for comfort foods as a cold spell envelops the East Coast this weekend, just in time for Valentines’ Day, but here’s a…
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