Dr. Jonathan Leibowitz
Internal Medicine
Brooklyn, NY
30 years experience male
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First Health Group Corporation
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SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Internal Medicine
Languages spoken
English
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39 Answers
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A 22-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jonathan Leibowitzanswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Its like a hose: Your blood needs to maintain a certain pressure to flow so to speak - if there is low water pressure you can't shower - if there is low blood pressure... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Hypo: Sepsis is commonly associated with hypotension - meaning low blood pressure.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
You never know: Usually not - but never say never - suppose if the initial insult that led to dialysis was a reversible one -.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Is there a medication i can take to help with the radiation exposure i get from flying all the time?
Dr. Jonathan Leibowitzanswered
Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Nope: Maybe covering yourself in lead - or if you have the bucks, gold, might help - but careful - remember the girl in gold finger!
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Nothing: "pre" anything is essentially nonsense - in this case, a way of getting people scared to do the right thing in terms of salt, diet and weight. Sorta... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Wow your lucky!: "low" blood pressure can be complicated - if your a 'normal' person - young and healthy and maybe get lightheaded in the hot tub - enjoy your 'low' bl... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Very significant: Hypertension - under any other name - is still hypertension - deal with it wisely.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
The heart: The heart pumps blood out to the aorta - coronaries come off of there -.
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Could be bad: Wilson's disease leads to copper accumulation in the body - brain/liver/eyes and elsewhere - what it does to the liver? Well - imagine if you stuff y... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Yes: Generally not. Unlike most breast milk, most if not all formulas are fortified with vitamin d and will provide the infant with an adequate intake.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Yes: Used to be mainky in children with specific disorders - now with fat kids high on fast foods - all bets r off!
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Yes: At least a night! you have to be kidding!
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Yes: Living transplant donors, boxers, car accident victims do it all the time!
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Probably not: Water by itself will just keep you peeing - however - have a bowel of fiber one with a big glass of water - now were talking!
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Yes: Sure you can do a virtual - but if you find something that needs a biopsy - its back to the prep and then get ready for the scope - so might as well g... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Yes: Human breast milk indeed is nutritionally complete - provided the mother is complete - if the mother has an adequate blood level of vitamin d so will ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Weak pump: For whatever reason - a 'heart attack', alcohol, virus, other disease - the heart doesnt pump as well as it should, and, simply speaking - blood backs... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Same issues: Two main reasons -
reason 1 - same risk factors - obesity is a biggy - now what's the funnest way to get obese? High salt foods -
reason 2 - diabe... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Death: Paracetemol is in essence a form of tylenol (acetaminophen) sold outside the us.
Overdose leads to rapid liver failure and death.
I dont suggest do... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Diet: Not eating too much would be the best " exercise".
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Bad: Its the drill that hurts. Pay for a local - or a laser drill - or get ready - it ain't fun or worth going wo anesthesia.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
MAYBE: Its all about fiber - eat a potato - your not helping - blueberrys come out whole - as does spinach and corn. So anything that is gonna move the stoo... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Yes: Just like any other invasive procedure - if the guy pricking your skin has something - you have a chance of getting it -.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
No: A very fine and interesting question - if you have to push out that xs gas then maybe - but, as with most people in your situation - the xs gas just c... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
No: Well aside from both itching - no.
But, be careful the owner of pinworms that scratch their hemorrhoids is in for a fun time in a pool of blood!
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Yup: Go wild assuming you dont have blood pressure / dizziness issues - make sure your back to normal then exercise - thats your best shot at living short ... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Yes: For some amount of time - or forever - depends if you have or dont or wont have diabetic nephropathy.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
YES YES YES: Obesity is probably the number one cause of this thing we now call "gerd" - GERD used to be known as indigestion - you knew - eat the pizza - get the ... Read More
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A 27-year-old female asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Hardly...: ur multi likely has 400iu - less than 1% of 50,000iu. it wont matter. whats more important to know is that if ur an average size the 50,000 weekly... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
It means ur at risk : It means really just two things -
one - well, you knew this - the pressure in your blood vessels is 'high'
two - your at a high risk for heart atta... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
A few things: Biggys are smoking, obesity, and add salt intake to the above -
of course there are about 10 people in the country with some sort of disease that cau... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
1-3 days: The right antibiotics in a 'normal' person - with a simple UTI - your looking at feeling better in a few hours - continue the meds b/c you want to kil... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
?nothing: I believe they are the same - of course someone may come up with some differences - but in reality i think its just that someone forgets the "cardio" ... Read More
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A 49-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Stop picking it: Either stop picking it , or, if u swear up and down ur not, get it taken off! truth is get it checked out either way.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Well - depends!: It all depends on exactly what you asked - how sever is it ?
Its never really good - when its severe - well, then i guess you would say its 'severe' a... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
No: In theory no - however - and there is forever a however - there is blood stuff happening - and some centers resuse your filter (cleaned of course) - s... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Sometimes: Some people inherit what are called 'dyslipidemias'- which is a fancy way of saying messed up lipids - that cause coronary disease - but what most pe... Read More
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A 57-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Funny: As far as symptoms go - if your lucky - its a headache - lucky b/c you might go to a doc and check your pressure - otherwise the "silent killer" is us... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
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Internal Medicine 30 years experience
Not really: Many things can make u itch. Vit d is at the very bottom of the list. 1000iu is a bs dose.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Leibowitz is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Leibowitz is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Try talking to people with some respect you arrogant bastard.
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