Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I was really into fitness.
I really live my life openly.
It's important to have a good social life.
I go out in Miami as a form of relaxation.
I've always lived a really balanced lifestyle.
There's one surefire hangover cure, and that's time.
Sleep is incredibly important for physical appearance.
Men are at risk for breast cancer as well. That's absolutely true.
When you do a telemedicine visit, you don't do a proper physical exam.
The field of medicine is one you have to have a lot of dedication to enter.
Think about your immune system as being an army, and it's fighting infection.
I decided to use my social media to inspire changes in the younger population.
We need to not write off vaping as a safe alternative to smoking. It's not safe.
By showing myself being out with my dog or playing sports, it motivates people to get active.
The public has this misconception that vaping is a safe alternative when compared to cigarettes.
I like to drink my juice immediately after a workout, because that's the best time to have your sugars.
The best date I've had would probably have to be one where I went hiking to a big mountain here in New York.
As a doctor, my thing is, we need to have access to medications; we need to have reasonable prices for medications.
I grew up watching 'Friends' and watching Rachel and Monica idolize George Clooney and the other 'ER' guy on the show.
Maintaining your hydration status is probably the most important thing, along with rest, that you can do with a hangover.
If you're going to have a lifesaving treatment, a curing treatment, but unaffordable, what's the use in having that treatment?
I am overworked sometimes. I'm tired sometimes. I'm sleepy sometimes. And social media allows me to show you that I'm human, too.
Pollen counts are generally high early in the mornings 8 to 10 A.M. to noon. So stay away from being outdoors early in the mornings.
When we prescribe antibiotics for a strep throat, it's not even for the strep throat. It's for the complications of the strep throat.
It is unfair to say one doctor is better than the other based on a degree, especially because we are all trained together during residency.
I think, in picking a doctor, you should focus less on the degree and more on their knowledge, bedside manner, communication, and patients' experiences.
When you get a full night's sleep, which can vary from 7 to 9 hours for different individuals, it's been proven that all aspects of performance increase.
Sleep is a regenerative process where we heal and where our neurons build strong connections. It's like a fountain of youth that we dive into every night.
Those people who get the flu shot not only protect themselves from getting the flu or reducing their likelihood of developing the flu, but those around them.
Hospitals feel like they need to increase prices to make up for treating patients that don't pay their bills or that are not having insurance supporting them.
I'm a family doctor, and a big part of what I do is preventative care, and breast cancer is one of the illnesses that women suffer from greatly in this country.
Most people, when they think about going into medicine, they think they have to give up their lives, and I was the prime example that you didn't need to do that.
If your child has a strep throat, and you're on vacation, it doesn't necessarily mean that they need antibiotics. In fact, by the majority, they won't need antibiotics.
Alcohol - once you drink it, it enters your bloodstream roughly in about an hour's time and begins to get processed. It doesn't sit around in your stomach for a long period of time.
Antibiotics have serious adverse reactions: diarrhea, anaphylaxis, allergies, rashes. We don't give these medications without discussing the risks and benefits and only when they're properly indicated.
Luck does play a huge role in whatever field you're practicing, whether that's medicine, acting, singing; but the way you make luck work for you is you constantly put yourself in a position to get lucky.
Doctors have a really big fear of looking unprofessional. I've always said that if you're a professional person, you'll never come off looking unprofessional, whether it's social media or something else.
If they are going to be outside, make sure you wash your pets, because your pets will bring in a ton of pollen and they will roll around in your bed sheets, and now you're rolling around in pollen all night.
I wanted to show people that doctors are humans, too. It's important for us to be around other people - that way, we can understand our patients better rather than just walking into a room, barking orders, and walking out.
Think about old people; think about young people, those with immune system problems. They can't really protect themselves well against the flu, so by you limiting the spread of the flu and getting vaccinated, you're helping protect them as well.
The use of IV replacement of electrolytes and fluids should be in a time when someone is unable to keep fluids down. If your hangover is so bad that every time you drink a sip of Gatorade, you instantly vomit, and you're actively being dehydrated, absolutely you need replacement via an IV.
Originally, I was in high school, and I was studying biology, and I got really interested in the field of medicine. And then, I got a lot of early exposure to it because my father's a physician, and I saw the relationship that he had with his patients, and it was something that drew my attention to how wonderful the field was.
I was not a person who you would find on social media traditionally, but when I was introduced to Instagram, I saw it as a way to show other medical students on their journey that you don't have to give up your life to study medicine. The stigma that you can't have a life in medical school was a fallacy, and I was the living proof of that.
The cost of the vaccine is truly minuscule when you think about the benefits you're getting from an opportunity-cost standpoint. If you're going to miss several days of work - and you will - with high fevers, body aches, nausea, and vomiting... you're going to be losing out on a lot more money and productivity if you don't get the flu shot.