Lady Docs Corner Cafe Blog
Thu Tran, MD,FACOG
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…
Read MoreIt’s OK to Be an Artist
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…
Read MoreIn Mom’s Memory
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…
Read MoreFebruary 2016 Health Pearls: Vitamin D and Allergy; Seafood and Brain Health; Beet Juice and Heart Health…
*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…
Read MoreEnd of Life: Time or Quality?
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…
Read MoreWhat the Dog Saw, and Other Adventures, by Malcolm Gladwell
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…
Read MoreAre You Surviving the First Blizzard of 2016? A Balance of Shoveling and Making Soup
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…
Read MoreJanuary Health Pearls: Zika Virus, Analgesics and Heart Failure, Antifungal and Miscarriage, USPSTF Breast Cancer Guidelines…
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…
Read MoreMy New Year Resolution? I Need to Meditate!
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…
Read MoreDecember Health Pearls: Smoking, Drinking and Coffee
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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