Doctor D's Women's Health Corner

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Sorry for the long hiatus from this blog. If you've read my regular blog, you would know that this last month has been one of hectic transition for me. I hope to put the Female Genital Cutting post up this weekend and then hopefully add to the blog at least every 2-3 weeks. This first year of residency training will either prove to power my Women's Health Corner or overshadow it. I hope and pray that I am able to do both and give each of my posts the time and effort that they deserve. Thanks for your patience.

1 comment:

Yan TanJune 25, 2009 at 9:14 AM
hey hunn just stopping by showing your blog some love..very interesting..we love it : )

**YANTAN**

COME STOP BY SOMETIME.. ;-P

P.S.
I ALSO HAVE A BA IN SPANISH : ) VERY EXCITING GOODLUCK ON YOUR CAREER AS WELL AS YOUR BABY!!

**TANIA**
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KNOW YOUR BODY!!!- BODY PART OF THE MONTH

The Pancreas

The Pancreas is a gland organ. It is both an endocrine gland, meaning that it secretes hormones such as insulin, glucagon and somatostatin, as well as an exocrine gland, meaning that it secretes pancreatic juice that contains digestive enzymes that pass to the small intestines. These enzymes help to further break down the carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in the digestive tract.

Insulin- facilitates the uptake of glucose from your diet into all of the cells of your body so that it can be used for energy production. Therefore, insulin decreases glucose in the blood

Glucagon- increases glucose in the blood by working opposite to insulin. It stimulates the liver to produce more glucose.

Somatostatin- acts as a regulatory hormone with many effects on the pituitary gland as well as the digestive system.

Laine Strutton is a Ph.D. student in Law & Society at New York University. Her academic focus is on women's rights law in sub-Saharan Africa. She completed her B.A. at the University of Arizona and then served in the Peace Corps as a secondary school teacher in rural Mozambique. She has since worked at an indigenous women's rights NGO in Bolivia and at a conflict resolution NGO in Kyrgyzstan. After receiving her M.A. in Human Rights from Columbia University, she became a self-proclaimed New York addict which is where she resides and studies when she is not traveling all over the world.