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Thu Tran, MD,FACOG

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June Heath News: Cesarean Section and Autism Risk; Obesity Statistics; Marijuana Use in Pregnancy

June 27, 2015

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Path to a Meaningful Life: Teach Our Children to Give More, Not Yearn for More

June 12, 2015

Another school year is over.  Quite a few of our friends’ children graduated from high school this year and are about to enter college in a few months.  It was…

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June Health News: Peanut Allergy, Poor Sleep Links to Overeating, and More…

June 9, 2015

1.  Infant Exposure to Peanut Products Reduces Risk of Peanut Allergy. The Learning Early About Peanut Allergy (LEAP) study, supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)…

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May Health Pearls

May 17, 2015

1.  Gardasil 9 Vaccine: Potential 80% Reduction in Cervical Cancer A study conducted by the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute and the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) reported a…

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For the Love of Moms—Happy Mother’s Day!

May 8, 2015

Motherhood is a rewarding choice for many of us.  Motherhood, however, can be challenging, as a bulk of our adult life is spent taking care of our children instead of…

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Reaching Beyond the Ashes–Message from the Children of Hiroshima

May 5, 2015

Several weeks ago, my husband David and I went with our friend Dr. Serrin Gantt to the Gaithersburg Arts Barn in the Kentlands neighborhood to watch a documentary “Pictures from…

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Living our Full Moments: A Run on the C&O Canal

April 26, 2015

This weekend, like most weekends during the past three years, I was busy with activities with different friends in our exercise group.  The once six women bootcamp group four years…

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April Health News

April 26, 2015

1.  Daily Aspirin? Maybe Not. A 2012 survey, reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, showed more than half of the adults in the survey used daily aspirin for…

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Living in a Fallen World?

April 7, 2015

Last Friday, while you were going to your Easter mass, or having your seder to remember the escape of the Jews from slavery, I was watching on CNN the HBO…

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Do What You Can Do to Stay Healthy

March 31, 2015

I agree with Jody Miller about doing a few minutes of anything you can do, as most working people don’t have the luxury to go to the gym daily. I…

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