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Displaying all articles tagged:
Ask A Best Doctor
July 26, 2013
Ask a Best Doctor: Why Would You Ever Take Out Tonsils?
Aren’t they part of your immune system?
By
Rebecca Milzoff
June 14, 2013
Ask a Best Doc: How Safe Is NYC’s Drinking Water With All the Talk of Fracking?
It’s been called some of the best in the country.
By
Sunny Sea Gold
May 31, 2013
Ask a Best Doc: Is It Okay to Lose Sleep to Work Out?
The trade-off.
By
Ron Geraci
May 17, 2013
Ask a Best Doc: Can You Train Your Brain With Games?
Remember how many times you’ve heard “the brain is like a muscle.”
By
Rebecca Milzoff
May 3, 2013
Ask a Best Doc: Is It Dangerous to Run With Headphones?
Not hearing the sounds of the urban jungle.
By
Ron Geraci
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Apr. 22, 2013
Ask a Best Doctor: Is Music in the Womb Good?
The truth about this popular advice.
By
Rebecca Milzoff
Mar. 22, 2013
Ask a Best Doctor: When Should I Get a Pap Smear?
The guidelines are always changing.
By
Rebecca Milzoff
Mar. 15, 2013
Ask a Best Doctor: Is Green Juice Worth It?
Liquid kale vs. solid kale.
By
Rebecca Milzoff
ask a best doctor
Mar. 8, 2013
Ask a Best Doctor: Does My Air Conditioner or Radiator Make Me Sick?
“So much of that is folklore.”
By
Rebecca Milzoff
ask a best doctor
Feb. 22, 2013
Ask a Best Doctor: Did I Injure Myself by Working Out Too Hard?
Or am I just really out of shape?
By
Rebecca Milzoff
Jan. 24, 2013
Ask a Best Doctor: Why Do I Wake Up Gasping?
A frightening interlude on the way to dreamland.
By
Rebecca Milzoff
Dec. 19, 2012
Ask a Best Doctor: What’s the Worst Thing I Can Catch on the Subway?
Hint: It’s not the bubonic plague.
By
Sunny Sea Gold
Sept. 20, 2012
Ask a Best Doc: Will Touching Germ-Ridden Doorknobs Make Me Sick?
Because people are gross.
By
William Knapp
ask a best doctor
Aug. 21, 2012
Ask a Best Doctor: Why Do Mosquitoes Love My Sweet, Sweet Blood?
Sweat and fat play a role.
By
Rebecca Milzoff
ask a best doctor
July 27, 2012
Ask a Best Doctor: Why Doesn’t Bloomberg Just Promote Diet Soda?
Forty-ounce Fresca, anyone?
By
Rebecca Milzoff
June 29, 2012
Ask a Best Doctor: Does City Living Make You Deaf?
Don’t forgot those earplugs.
By
Ron Geraci
ask a best doctor
June 22, 2012
Ask a Best Doc: Sitting, Soy, and Panic Attacks
Physicians from our annual lists answer your urgent health queries.
By
Rebecca Milzoff
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Ron Geraci