Posts by Lady Docs Corner Cafe
The War Zone We Created: Jump Before the Water Reaches Your Ankles!
Before reading further, please be advised that this blog represents my view, as I am not speaking for all the lady docs writers. The beauty of our friendship is the…
Read MoreUpdates on Hormone Therapy in Menopause
As a practicing ob-gyn for the last 35 years, I have certainly seen the “hormone wars.” As is true in so many subjects in medicine, studies are presented that demonstrate…
Read MoreNetflix 13: How to Start the Discussion
As a novelist and as a reader, I believe stories can impact our lives. They bring us to emotional brinks, challenge our way of thinking, and introduce new ideas. Sometimes…
Read MoreThe Tastes of Peru
In Part One about our trip to Peru, I promised you a Part Two – so here it is! Anyone who has read my blogs knows that food is foremost on my…
Read MoreHealth News: Hepatitis C Rates in Pregnancy; Wine and Breast Cancer; Foods and Depression; Breast Cancer Rates in Asian American Women…
*Hepatitis C (HCV) On the Rise in Pregnant Women* US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report showed a doubling between 2009 to 2014 of hepatitis…
Read MoreOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder – a book review and observations
I read about this book in a review in the Washington Post and got it as soon as I could. In light of the recent election, I felt confused and…
Read MoreHappy Mother’s Day Message from Victorian Poet Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
SONNETS ARE FULL OF LOVE, AND THIS MY TOME Christina Rossetti, 1830 – 1894 Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome Has many sonnets: so here now shall…
Read MoreThe Rides in Two Maryland Counties, With a Common Goal
Last Saturday, six of us participated in a 27 mile bike ride – the Tree House’s Tour de Cookie. Tree House is a nonprofit organization with the mission of public investment in…
Read MoreLoving Nature in Peru
My husband and I just returned from a fabulous trip to Peru. I’m in awe of the Incan respect for the earth and how they worked within their natural environment,…
Read MoreCarrots as Medicine
When my patients tell me that their blood pressure has been running high, the first thing I ask them is what they have been eating. After a careful discussion, it…
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