Bethesda Magazine

Light Housework

Dearest Gabriel, On my first day in America—Aug. 17, 1978—our children were awake before dawn...

Screen time

One of Dr. Bertha Koomson’s favorite things about virtual visits during the pandemic is...

The detective

A 16-year-old who needs an insulin pump once told Dr. Rachel Schreiber, an allergist/immunologist...

Acts of kindness

The last thing most of us were expecting this spring was a pandemic. Within...

Older and Stronger

  After a woman in her 60s had surgery to remove a cyst next to...

Tough Times

  One of psychologist Lisa Sanchez’s clients, a high school student, recently told her that...

On the Move

  Peter Kwon was 15 when he first joined a gym, but no one showed...

Fighting the ‘Sugar Bugs’

  In the middle of dinner with his family, Dr. Derek Blank, a pediatric dentist,...

Costumes Required

  THE COUPLE: Maya Fox, 33, grew up in Rockville and graduated from Thomas S....

Just for Kids

  One of the first patients Dr. Sabah Iqbal treated when she started working at...

Baby Steps

  When Nicole Grocki was five months pregnant with her second child, she was diagnosed...

Medal Man

Photo by Marleen Van Den Neste.   As a child, Ted Murphy spent summers at a lake...

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