Lady Docs Corner Cafe Blog

Thu Tran, MD,FACOG

Chickpeas and Tomatoes Salad with Mint

January 29, 2020

CHICKPEA SALAD WITH FETA CHEESE AND MINT, adapted from “The New Jewish Table” of Todd Gray and Ellen Kassoff Gray Makes About 6 Cups Ingredients: Two 15.5 ounce cans chickpeas,…

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Bok Choy and Mushroom Stir Fry

January 29, 2020

For 2014, be adventuresome! Walk into an Asian grocery store and pick some vegetables you have never tried before. Pick a basic stir-fry sauce (black bean or oyster sauce), and create a…

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Julia Child’s Soupe au Pistou (Pesto Soup)

January 28, 2020

Below is a recipe of Julia Child’s Soupe au Pistou, or Pesto Soup. It’s a simple vegetarian soup with the divine taste because of the “Pistou,” not exactly like the Italian “Pesto,” because…

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2019 National Race to End Women’s Cancer

November 4, 2019

This morning, my husband and I and several friends met at Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C. for our third 5K run/walk for National Race to End Women’s Cancer, to support…

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Hypertension Effect in Pre-Pregnancy Period; USPSTF Drafted Recommendation on HCV Screening; Prolonged Topical Steroid Use and Type 2 Diabetes,

August 31, 2019

Hypertension in Either Partner Can Delay Pregnancy Time  A study from China of 2,234,350 eligible couples, spanning from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2016, showed that preconception hypertension in…

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The Gastric Cancer that Never Was

August 16, 2019

This blog probably will be among the longest ones you have seen from me.  I often warn my women friends whenever I write a long email, to tell them what…

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The Unwinding of the Miracle, by Julie Yip-Williams

June 2, 2019

“They say that youth is wasted on the young. Now, as I approach my final days, I realize that health is wasted on the healthy, and life is wasted on the…

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We Are What We Eat: Stay Slim the Japanese Way

February 28, 2019

I often heard the expression “We are what we eat,” which turned me immediately off from certain foods.  Who would like to be a cow? Chicken? Pig? Should I be…

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I Don’t Have Answers About Life and Death and Neither Do You, But Let’s Live Our Life Better.

February 17, 2019

This morning I went to the funeral of a little boy I delivered two and a half years ago.  I have taken care of his mother for quite a few…

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Social Connections as The Secret of Happiness

December 26, 2018

Are you alone at this time of the year, or do you plan to spend time with your family and friends? Do you know of the loners in your neighborhood…

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