Lady Docs Corner Cafe Blog

Thu Tran, MD,FACOG

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Health News: Hepatitis C Rates in Pregnancy; Wine and Breast Cancer; Foods and Depression; Breast Cancer Rates in Asian American Women…

May 26, 2017

*Hepatitis C (HCV) On the Rise in Pregnant Women* US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report showed a doubling between 2009 to 2014 of hepatitis…

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Happy Mother’s Day Message from Victorian Poet Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

May 13, 2017

SONNETS ARE FULL OF LOVE, AND THIS MY TOME Christina Rossetti, 1830 – 1894 Sonnets are full of love, and this my tome Has many sonnets: so here now shall…

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The Rides in Two Maryland Counties, With a Common Goal

May 9, 2017

Last Saturday, six of us participated in a 27 mile bike ride – the Tree House’s Tour de Cookie.  Tree House is a nonprofit organization with the mission of public investment in…

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March for Science: Do You Want to Go Forward?

April 24, 2017

You might have guessed it, a group of Lady Docs friends and I were among the marchers in the March for Science last Saturday in Washington D.C.  I did not…

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An Evening Ride on the C&O Canal, a Ride of Mindfulness

April 9, 2017

Are you bored with your exercise? Do you find yourself not motivated enough to get to the gym? To stay fit, are there activities that you would rather do than working out…

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Health News: Pregnancy Risks in Cancer Survivors; Lymphoma in Breast Implants; BRCA Testing Rate; Depression on the Rise; Gum Disease and Shortened Lifespan; Marathon Runners and Kidney Disease…

April 1, 2017

*Cancer Survivors and Pregnancy Risks* A study from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina shows potential risks of preterm labor, low birth weight infants, and…

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What Does JD Vance Think about the Proposed American Health Care Act and Federal Budget?

March 19, 2017

We recently held a book club to discuss JD Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy,” one of Amazon’s all time best sellers.  JD Vance grew up in rural Ohio in a dysfunctional family.  He eventually…

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Roe v. Wade, the Story of Two Sides

February 19, 2017

A few days ago, several friends and I went to the Arena Stage to see “Roe,” a play by Lisa Loomer.  It was an incredibly powerful play about the landmark…

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Health Pearls – Breast Cancer Survivors and Brain Health; Extreme Prematurity and Future Health Risks

February 1, 2017

Breast Cancer Survivors and “Chemo Brain” Long after Treatment A large study from University of California, Los Angeles Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, showed…

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Bob Dylan and the Women’s March in Washington: Let Your Life Speak!

January 25, 2017

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son? And where have you been my darling young one? I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains I’ve walked and I’ve…

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