Monthly Archives: April 2009

It’s May!

By Linda | April 30, 2009

For me, May has always been the most hopeful month of the year. Okay, so I am celebrating its arrival one day early, but who’s counting? The weather starts to look up here in Buffalo, sometimes. We celebrate Mother’s Day, Memorial Day and my birthday. Communions, commencements, and college reunions make for memories and milestones [...]

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Wearing Red And Seeing Red—Small Steps And Larger Issues on Equal Pay Day

By Linda | April 28, 2009

Yes, it is Equal Pay Day. April 28, 2009 marks the day when the average woman has finally been paid for the work that the average man did and was paid for in 2008. What he made in 12 months, she made in 16. Four additional months! Pretty unbelievable. Well, believe it because it is [...]

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Women Physicians and Equal Pay Day—Getting Ready for Tomorrow

By Linda | April 27, 2009

The practice of medicine is inherently stressful and becoming more so every day. Long hours, ethical dilemmas, pressing problems, increasing regulations, and the conflicting demands of the individual patient vs. the healthcare system are but a few of the “extra stressors” that sit on top of the physician’s already challenging job of diagnosing and treating [...]

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It’s Not a Numbers Game—Another Wrong Assumption

By Linda | April 23, 2009

I am preparing for my blog of April 28th. Why that day? Well, if you are so uninformed as to not know that there is a new non-holiday on the calendar, right up there with doctor’s appreciation day, surgical techs week, administrative assistants/secretary’s day, oh and lest I forget, April fool’s day, let me enlighten [...]

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They Have All Grown Up

By Linda | April 20, 2009

There is one question I never get from a male medical student or resident. It’s not that I discourage open conversation about almost any topic, but it just doesn’t seem to be on their minds. However, this question is almost always a topic for discussion with the female students and resident trainees. The question? “Can [...]

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Book Report: Telling Stories Out of Court

By Linda | April 15, 2009

Edited by Ruth O’Brien, that is the title of a book I am presently reading. It was suggested to me by my friends at the AAUW in preparation for a panel discussion O’Brien and I are going to give together at the biennial AAUW convention this June. She very effectively uses fictional stories, written by [...]

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Progress for Children with Disabilities

By Linda | April 13, 2009

In medical school I was taught that 90% of the information that will help you arrive at a diagnosis for a patient comes from taking a history. In the case of my patients that means letting the parent talk about what it is that is bothering his/her child or the family unit. Most patients come [...]

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Changing the Face of Medicine

By Linda | April 6, 2009

Our country is now deeply involved in a spirited debate about the future of health care. Many Americans are angry because of rising costs, limited access and the fragmentation of care among specialists. Technology, new drugs, and surgical advances have no doubt improved outcomes, but at a cost that might soon become too much to [...]

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Loss and Redemption

By Linda | April 2, 2009

Every year this week is generally a solemn and sad week for me. The anniversary of my mother’s death coincides with April 1, also known as April Fool’s Day, as you all know. Not really a holiday, this day marks a time when pranks and practical jokes lighten up the heaviness of the winter’s slow [...]

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