Archive for March 2018
Dr. Rachel Schreiber welcomes spring by talking to Kojo Nnamdi on NPR
Our own Dr. Rachel Schreiber, former President of the Greater Washington Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Society, was interviewed at length on the Kojo Nnamdi show on NPR. I was so proud of her – so calm, so knowledgeable! She answered Kojo’s questions and those from many callers. They covered everything from the most common allergens,…
Read MoreMarch For Our Lives, Listen to the Children Cry!
In 2006, Elizabeth Edwards, ex-wife of former North Carolina Senator John Edwards poignantly told stories about her grief over her oldest son who had died in a car accident at 16 years old. Mrs. Edwards was fighting stage 4 breast cancer and died a few years after the interview. Elizabeth Edwards, like a typical…
Read MoreA Quest for Longevity by the “Experts”
Three years ago, on Father’s Day, I wrote a blog about my father and how strong he was at 92 years old. Last weekend, we celebrated his 95th birthday. I was on call and delivered two babies, a boy and a girl. My patients were both beaming when I told them how their babies now…
Read MoreMarch is Colon Cancer Awareness Month. Have You Had Your Screening?
This year, as we are in the middle of colon cancer awareness month, I have been thinking about two people who would have benefited from screening. One is my 54 year old neighbor who recently died of metastatic colon cancer. I don’t know his medical details, but he did tell me that he didn’t go…
Read MoreSecondhand Smoke – The Times They Are a’Changing
It seems almost comical now, looking back to measures that were taken to reduce SHS exposure – non-smoking sections in airplanes. You can smoke in row 11 when the non-smoking section was rows 1-10. You could smoke on one side of a restaurant without concern for the SHS exposure to your waitstaff and to the…
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