Posts by Lady Docs Corner Cafe
Hear the Crunch
This is National School Breakfast Week. People differ on whether breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but when food is scarce, every meal counts enormously. Children who do not…
Read MoreWabi-Sabi Time
Anyone who doesn’t see that we are living in an uncertain, turbulent time has her head too deep in the sand. I even avoid reading or watching the news on…
Read MoreAnyone Can Have a Goal. Make Yours SMART!
It seems that every year around this time we talk about SMART goals. In December of 2024, we had a post giving examples and describing them as small steps that are: Specific Measurable…
Read MoreIn a Word – My Goal is Improvement
I’m not a fan of New Year’s Resolutions, as they rarely last beyond January. But for the past few years, inspired by a friend and wonderful writer, Salma Ali, I try to…
Read MoreA Year of Doing Nothing and Everything
It’s been a year since I freed myself from corporate practice in Gynecology. I stopped practicing Obstetrics in 2020. I even limited myself to only office Gynecology toward the end.…
Read MoreThe Goldilocks Version of the Immune System
As I think about fighting off all varieties of cold, flu and covid over the next few months, I marvel at the complexity of the immune system. Why can two people…
Read MoreThe Cold Outdoors is Still the Great Outdoors
Winter weather has descended on the Washington area. Many of us may move our exercise routines indoors and manage to perform aerobic exercises within a small space. However, being outdoors…
Read MoreYour Power to Prevent Alzheimer’s
If you want to know how the food you eat influences your long term brain health, this article1 published in Nature a few days ago is very encouraging. We know that Alzheimer’s…
Read MoreWhooping cough is on the rise
Pertussis is having its moment. We hear plenty about measles cases surging due to vaccine hesitancy, but not so much about pertussis, or whooping cough as it’s commonly known. Most…
Read MoreSuccess in Starting a Healthy New Habit – Part 2
In the last post, we talked about SMART goals and setting yourself up for success in creating a new habit. This article follows up with actionable suggestions. The difference between a routine…
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