Bariatric Surgery and Safer Interval for Pregnancy A study, published in JAMA, concurs with the recommendation from the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology for women with bariatric surgery to…
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Several days ago, I went with many women physician friends to Montgomery County Medical Society meeting. Part of the meeting included a panel discussion of physician wellness. Physician burnout is not a…
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I never left home for college. My family came to the U. S. only three years before I went to college. With three older siblings in college at the time,…
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Obesity Increases Risks of 13 Types of Cancer. A review by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, published in the New England Journal…
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“That’s what we are all looking for. A certain peace with the idea of dying. If we know, in the end, that we can ultimately have that peace with dying,…
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Several years ago, I read an excellent novel called “ House of Sand and Fog,” by Andre Dubus III, which later was made into a movie. Now and then, there…
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Colorectal Cancer incidence increases in Under 50s Age Group A review of more than one million cases of colorectal cancer by researchers at Mount Sinai West Hospital in New York…
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Everything in life has a beginning and an end, including high school. After thirteen years at Sidwell Friends School, a Quaker school in Washington, DC, our son joined his 126…
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Dear Johanny, You did it! You graduated from Georgetown University with high honors, after four years of hard work. You were in the same stadium with the Crown Prince of…
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Last Saturday, our group of friends organized an event at Dr. Chitra Rajagopal’s farm in Gaithersburg on behalf of the William Penn House Quaker Foundation (WPH). The event raised fund for…
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