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The Lummi Nation: How a Native American Community Prepared for the COVID-19 Pandemic

I have been following the success of the Lummi Nation, a Native American community, two hours from Seattle, Washington. They are a model of how a community dealt with and contained the virus quickly.

Health

Managing More than Your Mood in the Time of COVID

I spoke to dozens of people who were willing to share how they are changing their lives in positive ways, consciously choosing to improve their mood, physical health, and their intellectual, cultural and spiritual lives.

Health

The COVID Revolution

In spite of the horror of disease, death, and economic havoc that has come from the COVID-19 pandemic, I have hope that a COVID Revolution can produce lasting change that will benefit many.

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Lifestyle · News

Patricia Yarberry Allen: Memories of That Morning

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

September 11, 2001 I had just finished my first case of the day in the gynecology operating suite at New York Presbyterian Hospital. My patient had been transferred to the recovery room nurse, and I sat by her bed to write my notes. Then I was paged to the phone. It was Mommie, from her home in Columbia, Ky. She…

Money & Careers

Patricia Yarberry Allen: Economy Worries, Hard Realities

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

I am worried. This is not an unusual state for me, as friends and colleagues will agree. Often, my worries can be assuaged by thoughtful preparation or action. The worries of these days have left me in a state of paralysis. Every day I speak to dozens of people, professionally or socially or just out in the business of daily…

Poetry

Voices in Verse: Patricia Yarberry Allen

By Womens Voices for Change

Where some of us might see a landscape, Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen saw a reminder that grammar and expression must be honored. What an honor to have her share her poetic reflection on the start of the season with us all. "Seasonal News" begins after the jump.

Ask Dr. Pat · Health

Ask Dr. Allen: Football and the Defense Against Concussion

By Dr. Baxter Allen

Dr. Baxter Allen

Concussions are not generally caused by directly applied force, but are rather thought to be due to the consequences of a rotational force as the head and brain move around a fixed point at the neck. Since helmets do not prevent the head from moving around the neck, they cannot prevent these rotational forces from being applied to the brain.

Poetry

Poetry Friday: Interview with Patricia Spears Jones

By Chris Lombardi

The poet's poet talks to WVFC about tracing women's history through the movies, writing from midlife, and what makes the poet's life she loves sometimes hard to bear.

Money & Careers

Daily NewsMix:Dolly Parton and Allison Janney’s New “9 to 5” Musical; Professor Challenges NY Times’ Speculation About Women in Science

By Womens Voices for Change

What a way to make a living: Nearly 30 years after 9 to 5 rocketed the world, a new, sing-through version of the 1980 film is headed to the Broadway stage. The story, about three office workers plotting to overthrow a misgynist boss, will be the same, producers said this week. The music,of course, is gonna be a little bit…

Ask Dr. Pat

Dr. Pat Consults: Treatment Options for Anxiety

By Megan Riddle, M.D. Ph.D. MS

This week, Dr. Patricia Allen has asked Megan Riddle, M.D./Ph.D.— a psychiatry resident at the University of Washington and a graduate of the Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program—to address a woman riddled with anxiety, which she likens to a gnawing feeling of dread.

Health

Dr. Pat Accepts a Presidential Award at the American Medical Women’s Association Gala

By Women's Voices For Change

Patricia Allen had a certain confidence, developed under the affectionate eye of Mary Moss Greenebaum, the vibrant cultural pioneer who founded the Kentucky Author Forum. “Mary taught me how to be a mentor," Dr. Pat says. "She gave me advice about how to dress, what to talk about . . . Once, after I had acquired a particularly attractive pair of shoes, Mary said to me, ‘Pat, dear—you know, a lady’s shoes never talk.’"

Ask Dr. Pat · Menopause

For Weight Loss Management in Perimenopause,
a Personalized Plan Works Best

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

Recognize that you are in a transition that is not just a hormonal one, but a transition into that second half of life where your wisdom and determination to find and achieve your personal best is certainly attainable.

Menopause

Early Menopause and Depressive Mood Disorder

By Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen and Megan Riddle, Ph.D., M.S

Women who experience menopause at a young age, as studies show, seem to be at a slightly increased risk of developing depression.

Fitness · Health

Shoulder Exercises:
Key Tips to Prevent Shoulder Injury

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

Women in mid-life are more likely to develop shoulder problems. Here are some fundamental shoulder exercises that can prevent many shoulder injuries.

Menopause

Menopause is Never Old News

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

A frank discussion about making the right choices in the menopausal transition and the belief that management of symptoms is certainly possible are great life lessons that mothers can give their daughters.

Menopause

Lichen Planus and Menopause:
Diagnostic and Treatment Differences

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

I am writing because I feel that my symptoms were never taken seriously by my primary care health care provider. Because I was in “menopause,” I think my symptoms were attributed to hormonal change and not evaluated properly.

General Medical · Health

Red Hair, Blue Eyes, Fair Skin: Getting a Tan Impossible, Skin Cancer More Likely

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

We have long known that sun exposure is especially dangerous for women like me, who have the genetic trifecta of red hair, blue eyes and fair skin from an Irish/Scottish genetic background. Redheads also make up 16 percent of the world’s melanoma patients. In fact, Redheads have a 102 percent higher risk of skin cancer than brunettes.

Emotional Health · Family & Friends

Grandmother 911: Out of the Storybook and Into Reality

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

While there are common themes in our readers’ comments, one of the most frequent is a sense of being taken advantage of. Many of you wrote to say that your children take you for granted, expecting you to babysit at a moment’s notice without taking into consideration the realities of your life circumstances.