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Passover has lots of questions, but one big gastrointestinal complaint. Dyspepsia, constipation and weight gain are the eleventh plague to an otherwise enjoyable holiday. With the exhilaration of Passover preparations behind us, we now enter the relatively sedentary holiday with lavish meals and lounging. And, of course, Passover adds vast amounts of matza to our

Question: If a frail, elderly adult falls, and can’t get up, in the middle of a room and is unable to reach a phone, what happens? Answer: They stay there. It’s sad and shocking, but it happens – and it’s preventable. Accidents happen all the time; but an injury that would otherwise be insignificant for

Patients often have difficulty distinguishing allergies from upper respiratory tract infections. The reason people can be confused about having an allergy attack or an upper respiratory infection is that while allergies are a chronic condition they can have severe exacerbating episodes, similar to those of upper respiratory infections. Sometimes allergies hit so fast and ferocious

Rashes cause not only physical symptoms but also psychological distress. Physical discomfort is  common, as is the worry associated with the rashes. “What did I come in contact with?” “What did I ingest?” “When will the rash go away?” There are many causes of rashes, but definitive diagnosis can be elusive. Rashes can be caused

Last week I was camping and the weather had 50 degree variance within 2 days. At first, I was freezing and a day later, it was so hot I couldn’t breathe. I felt so parched and lethargic. Welcome to Spring in New York: the weather is vacillating between cold and hot. Or it goes from

Spring has sprung and we are ready to get active. In the beginning of the active lifestyle season and sports season, injuries abound. I was at a recently at a yeshiva basketball game and saw a student trip and fall and strike his head on the floor. His head hitting the floor made a booming

There are many different complaints surrounding eye pain that are treated in our clinic. The most common is people complaining of “red eyes,” which is a classic sign of ocular inflammation. The causes range from simple conjunctivitis (pink eye) to corneal abrasion, corneal ulcer, and glaucoma. The treatment and prognosis of a red eye depends

In the past few decades there has been a marked improvement in the management of burns. But, burns are still a complex condition that requires medical care coordination between EMS, hospitals, specialists and primary care providers. Skin Anatomy and Function The skin is considered an organ, and it’s actually the largest organ of the body.

Computed tomography, or CT scan for short (sometimes spelled as “CAT scan”), is a radiographic procedure that creates three dimensional images using X-rays. [A CT scanner takes its images by rotating an x-ray beam around the body and produces crisp, high resolution, 360 degree images that can be seen as static images or “played” like