Monica Therese Cating-Cabral, MD

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Just because it’s on the internet doesn’t mean it’s real

Real medicine does not rely on secrecy or urgency. It relies on evidence, transparency and accountability.

24 January 20264 MIN READ

When being tired isn’t just what it is

Fatigue is one of the most common and non-specific symptoms in medicine. While often benign, it can also be an early sign of underlying disease. The challenge…

9 January 20263 MIN READ

After the lights come down

27 December 20253 MIN READ

Arm sore, heart grateful: A reminder about adult vaccinations

The gift of prevention doesn’t end in childhood — it continues with every shot we choose to take.

13 December 20254 MIN READ

What we carry in silence — and what it can awaken

Autoimmunity does not storm into someone’s life. It whispers first. Part of my role is learning to hear those whispers early.

29 November 20253 MIN READ

World Diabetes Day: Working well with diabetes

According to the IDF, 589 million adults worldwide are living with diabetes, and seven in 10 are of working age.

14 November 20254 MIN READ

Give them flowers now:On grief, gratitude and gift of time

Don’t wait until those flowers are in the wreaths that decorate graves.

1 November 20254 MIN READ

50 and forward: ‘The gift of growing older is not the years behind me, but the life still ahead.’

18 October 20252 MIN READ

Stronger bones, stronger future

3 October 20253 MIN READ

The waiting room

For us doctors, waiting teaches humility. It reminds us that behind every name on the chart is a person whose minutes are as valuable as ours.

20 September 20253 MIN READ