Lady Docs Corner Cafe Blog
Thu Tran, MD,FACOG
Are 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…
Read MoreSocial Connectedness: Journey With Others
Last weekend, one of the last weekends of 2015, was very hectic. By Sunday night, I realized how we didn’t have any dinner at home for three days! On Saturday,…
Read MoreCan We Please Bring Back the Wild Things?
Twenty-five years ago when I started practicing ObGyn, I had to use my creativity to calm down the children who came with their mothers for their office visits. Some of…
Read MoreCoffee and Health Protection; Aspirin and Liver Cancer; Antibiotics for UTI; Public Antibiotics Survey
*Coffee Consumption and Health Risks* Coffee drinkers, regular or decaf, may have lower rate of mortality from cardiovascular disease, neurological conditions, stroke, and suicide, reported by Dr. Frank Hu, MD,…
Read MoreA Circle of Giving: A Tribute to My Friend Dr. Ann Tonnu
Last weekend, some friends and I attended an introductory lecture about the power of meditation on health and lowering stress. The instructor, a radiologist named Dr. Arnold Raizon, reminded us…
Read MoreBeautiful People: What I Learned from My Medical Missions
Beautiful people You live in the same world as I doBut somehow I never noticedYou before todayI’m ashamed to say Beautiful peopleWe share the same back doorAnd it isn’t rightWe…
Read MoreOur Kids, the American Dream in Crisis — Reflections on Dr. Robert D. Putnam’s Book
Several days ago, my husband and I went to a gathering at Georgetown University to meet a group of premed undergraduate students all from the Georgetown Scholarship Program (GSP), a…
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