We had a virtual blast preparing this soup as part of KindSoups efforts to deliver food to those in need. Each week for the past year, we’ve been cooking together via Zoom, making enough soup for our own family’s dinner, plus enough to freeze and deliver meals for friends who may be hitting a rough patch and…
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MAIN DISH This is a delicious light barbecue option. It was my first venture into grilling fruit, and I will definitely be experimenting more with this during the summer. It’s early in the season for peaches, but even totally unripe peaches worked well and developed flavor as they cooked. The ripe mango was even better when…
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I just sat in on a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting regarding an ADDITIONAL dose for moderately to severely immunocompromised patients. There was a very broad range of experts, covering the fields of pediatrics, internal medicine, infectious diseases and immunology. Here are the main takeaways: – Yesterday, 8/12/21, the…
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Be good to it so it can be good to you! There is a huge village living inside of you. It is invisible to the naked eye, yet it plays a role in what happens to the food you eat, the medications you take, the allergens you react to, how you react to stress…
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Here are some simple adaptations regarding food shopping and food prep that are relevant to our stay-at-home situation. Many of us as health care workers, are still on the job in some ways, but we are home more than we’re used to, out of our routine. And many have their young children or adult children…
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Knowledge is the best antidote to anxiety regarding the unknown. Based on questions from my patients, I composed a FAQs sheet, and a list of reliable resources. There are many emails and videos out there that can make you more anxious, so try to limit your reading to reliable sources. Importantly, try not to read about…
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Here’s some of the very latest information available from reliable sources, including answers to the questions doctors are asking. Yesterday I was in on several long phone conferences with many of my fellow lady docs in addition to other colleagues. One was hosted by our very own Dr. Rebecca Katz, who is the Director of…
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