Lady Docs Corner Cafe Blog

So here we are, facing another big wave of Coronavirus in 36 states, with Texas and Florida leading the pack, having the highest case reports.  Am I shocked?  Not unless I have been away on another planet and did not get to follow the news for a month or so, about how this surge will happen because many states had reopened without adequate public health preparation and guidelines.  ...

  Tomorrow afternoon, my husband and I will attend a “ Zoom funeral” for one of his close friends who died of COVID-19 at Georgetown hospital last weekend.  He caught the virus from his wife, a healthcare provider who caught it herself from an asymptomatic patient at the hospital where she worked.  We also joined a “Zoom Shiva” service for a friend’s mother a ...

  The U.S. now has the [LINK: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/11/coronavirus-latest-news/] highest number of COVID-related deaths in the world, with [LINK: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-hospitals-bronx.html] exhausted, frightened physicians managing the front lines. We need not only medical supplies but also emotional personal ...

This morning, one of our  Lady Docs Corner Cafe dear friends, Dr. Joann Urquart, a cardiologist, sent us a link to a very well written and moving article by a movie producer and writer, Julio Vincent Gambuto, titled[LINK: https://forge.medium.com/prepare-for-the-ultimate-gaslighting-6a8ce3f0a0e0] “ Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting.”  This writer knows the human condition ...

  There are two pandemics. The virus makes the headlines, but the anxiety that is sweeping the nation just a few steps behind (or in some cases a few steps in front of) the virus has serious and lasting consequences. Much like the virus itself, the mental health impact of this situation is invisible to many. Front line responders, like doctors, nurses, and PAs have to fear ...

  Even before COVID-19 arrived, many of us were already diligent about washing our hands and avoiding contact with someone sneezing or coughing to avoid becoming ill. Many have always understood the importance of washing our hands before meals and coughing or sneezing into a tissue.  So, what is different now?  Researchers have discovered that many individuals can carry ...

As I write this, I am about to end the third week of isolation. I work from home, and currently see clients online. This is a time of great uncertainty.  It's not easy for anyone.  But for trauma survivors, myself included, times like this are especially difficult.  I want to explain why and review the actions I am taking to manage moments of frozenness that lie at ...

  I don’t remember how many weeks that, whenever I wake up and turn on the TV for news of the day while preparing for work, I have been bombarded with statistics on how many people have died around the world from Coronavirus, and how many more people were diagnosed with this specific strain, Covid-19.  My online subscriptions from different media and newspapers have ...

  The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) defines community pediatrics as the “practice of promoting and integrating the positive social, cultural and environmental influences on children’s health.” Traditional clinical pediatrics is not sufficient to take on problems such as gun violence, high infant mortality rates, obesity, or exposure to lead and other environmental ...

In my 2017 LadyDocs Corner Cafe blog, “Let’s Talk About Racism,” I introduced my first experiences grappling with racism. I’m happy to report back after the 2019 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) annual meeting that many pediatricians, myself included, are freer from both intentional (explicit) and unintentional (implicit) acts of interpersonal racism and sexism. ...