After Halloween in the jungle, I’ll admit I was a skeptic about Thanksgiving on a ranch. The whole extended family flew all the way to Buenos Aires and we weren’t even going to try to get them some turkey? Instead we spent our non-traditional holiday on a typical Argentinian Estancia, horseback riding, watching traditional gaucho…

It was an early morning clinic in the Belén area of Iquitos. Women, most of them with children in tow, trudged up the wooden stairs of the stilted home where our clinic was located for the day. There were two exam rooms for the cervical screening, and I set up a Dermatology consult table on the…

Every year, more than 300,000 women worldwide die from cervical cancer. Over 85% of those deaths occur in developing nations. In fact, cervical cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths for women in low and middle income countries. Perhaps the most unsettling factor: Human papillomavirus (HPV), the group of viruses that cause cervical…

Surviving the Wilderness (Manu Jungle) Day 1: mosquito bites: 0 (v. g.) suitcases: 1, bottles of DEVACURL 4 (excellent), number of spiders in bed: 0 3 am: why the heck am I awake 7 am: morning sunrise over Andes mountains, and only 10 hours of travel to go~ very good progress 9 am: you call…

It’s awesome to say that you’ve been to a ancient wonder of the world so I was super excited. For those who don’t know, Machu Picchu is an amazing ancient Inca city of ruins, which is on top of a mountain. Machu Pichu means old mountain in Quechua, the Inca language. The Inca temples are…