Lady Docs Corner Cafe Blog
Thu Tran, MD,FACOG
Walnuts as Super Nuts for Memory The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) reported a significant positive relationship between walnut consumption and cognitive function in adults of all ages,…
Read MoreTaking Steps to Maintain a Lucid Mind, a New Year Message
I met my mother in law Betsy more than twenty years ago. She was in her sixties, well read, well rounded, quite brilliant. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence, Barbara Walters’…
Read MoreDecember Health Pearls: Gardasil 9 Vaccine: Pollution Exposure and Risk of Autism, Dysfuntional Sleep and Childhood Obesity
1. Gardasil 9, the New Version of A Cervical Cancer Vaccine. Earlier this month, the FDA approved the Gardasil 9, Merck’s new version of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine, to…
Read MoreCan We Bring Real Changes?
Last Sunday, my husband and I went to the Maryland Youth Orchestra’s concert at Strathmore, a well known music hall in Bethesda, Maryland. Our Goddaughter and her two younger brothers…
Read MoreHoliday Events: Tips on Keeping Your Weight Stable
I don’t know how many holiday parties you and your family plan to attend this year, but that time is coming soon. Thanksgiving is over, but we have two more…
Read MoreGiving more than Thanks on Thanksgiving
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! Early this morning, many members in my bootcamp and I gathered at Dr. Rebecca Katz’s home for the Turkey Chase event in Bethesda,…
Read MoreWhose Life Is It Anyway?
Each physician went into his specialty for a reason. Some of us, like me as an obstetrician, want to see the beginning of life while others do not mind dealing…
Read MoreAcross the Bay Bridge 10K
Last Sunday, Dr. Marsha Seidelman, Dr. Mimi Nguyen (an orthodontist), my husband David, and I ran the Across the Bay Bridge 10K event. As you know, the Bay Bridge connects…
Read MoreThe Road Less Travelled
I just finished another on-call weekend, the second to the last weekend I will have to be on-call this year. It turned out to be among the “most brutal” on-call…
Read MoreNovember Health News: Nintendo’s Device, Physical Activities and Depression, V26 Slimming Coffee
1. FDA Warning of V26 Slimming Coffee Product The FDA recently warned that V26 Slimming Coffee Product, a weight loss product, contains Sibutramine, a substance withdrawn from the market since…
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