Lady Docs Corner Cafe Blog

Thu Tran, MD,FACOG

Confessions of a Gym Rat: How I Have Matured with my Exercise Routine

March 20, 2016

I read my friend Dr. Julia Korenman’s blog a few weeks ago about why she exercises. Julia is a better athlete than she admitted, and a disciplined one when it comes…

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It’s OK to Be an Artist

March 5, 2016

When I started as an undergraduate student at Ohio State University, I was a French Literature major.  I immersed myself in Sartre and Camus, Proust and Gide and the poetry…

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In Mom’s Memory

February 27, 2016

Today marks the fourth anniversary of the day my mother died from a hard fall at a local hospital in Northern Virginia, the day before she was supposed to be…

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February 2016 Health Pearls: Vitamin D and Allergy; Seafood and Brain Health; Beet Juice and Heart Health…

February 16, 2016

*Vitamin D Consumption During Pregnancy and Lower Incidence of Allergy in Children.*  A study by Mount Sinai researchers found a 20% reduction rate in allegies in children whose mothers had…

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End of Life: Time or Quality?

January 31, 2016

The evening before the blizzard, my husband and I drove after work to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to see a friend who has been hospitalized for a week for…

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What the Dog Saw, and Other Adventures, by Malcolm Gladwell

January 26, 2016

Every time I’m on vacation, I bring a book to read but never seemed to finish it. The vacation destination takes my mind off the book and I end up savoring…

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Are You Surviving the First Blizzard of 2016? A Balance of Shoveling and Making Soup

January 23, 2016

I am fortunately in the comfort of my breakfast room looking out to the beautiful heavy snow. As you all know by now, wherever you might be, we are in the…

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January Health Pearls: Zika Virus, Analgesics and Heart Failure, Antifungal and Miscarriage, USPSTF Breast Cancer Guidelines…

January 17, 2016

CDC Warning of Zika Virus Infection to Pregnant Women Traveling to Latin America or Caribbean Countries Last Friday, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned pregnant women to…

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My New Year Resolution? I Need to Meditate!

January 3, 2016

I hope you all enjoyed the holiday time you spent with your families. On New Year’s Day, my husband David, a neighbor and I went for a walk to North…

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December Health Pearls: Smoking, Drinking and Coffee

December 27, 2015

SMOKING: Women who smoked or had been exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke were more likely to have infertility and reached menopause before 50 years old, reported by the…

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