Lady Docs Corner Cafe Blog

Marsha Seidelman, M.D.

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April pearls – Penicillin Allergy, Testosterone Therapy and The Elbow Sign in Sleep Apnea

April 11, 2014

Penicillin – Real allergy or not?  Ten percent of the US population reports having an allergy to penicillin. It turns out that when they are tested, less than a tenth of…

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African Bean Soup

March 15, 2014

Well, I hate to break the news, but yes, it’s supposed to snow again. So here’s a great simple recipe that you can call nutritious comfort food to keep you…

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Is There an Ideal Dose of Alcohol?

March 11, 2014

As part of an annual physical, among the questions I ask patients are, “Do you smoke?”, “Do you drink?”. Several times in the past few months, patients have mentioned drinking…

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Low Tech Medicine Trumps Higher Tech Website

February 27, 2014

Fortunately, in the office practice of medicine, we rely on many low tech procedures — talking with patients, listening with our stethoscopes and running blood tests. When we move to…

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Safe Shoveling – and Other Options For Those Who Opt Out

February 13, 2014

So, the meteorologists got it just right – right to the minute in my area. Snow started falling at 7 PM and we got about a foot of snow. Many…

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Safe Shoveling – and Other Options For Those Who Opt Out

February 13, 2014

So, the meteorologists got it just right – right to the minute in my area. Snow started falling at 7 PM and we got about a foot of snow. Many…

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OOH baby it’s cold outside

January 28, 2014

What better time to talk about frostbite prevention than during a week of record low temperatures across the country? Frostbite is the formation of tiny crystals inside the body which…

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Pre-Diabetes and How to Make a U-turn on the Road to Diabetes

January 27, 2014

Recent news in the prevention of diabetes is that weight training and yoga help decrease the risk of diabetes in women who have already been diagnosed with pre-diabetes. Although it does not…

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Nature’s Best Photography

December 29, 2013

If I were writing for the Washington Post Weekend Section, I would give a green “GO” arrow to the Nature’s Best Photo Award exhibit at the Museum of Natural History.…

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e-cigarettes: what you should know

December 22, 2013

Over the past few months, I’ve seen articles on e-cigarettes frequently in the popular press and in medical journals – so I thought you might like the scoop on this…

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