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West Side Medical Center
New York, NY
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Aetna
Cigna
United HealthCare Insurance Company
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New York, NY
About
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In Family Practice for the past 45 years in the same office in New York city 137 W. 96 St. NYC 10025 Phone 212 749 7400
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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.
Family Medicine
Languages spoken
English, Hindi, Urdu
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351 Answers
51 Agrees
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. M. Jananswered
68 years experience
No medicine.: No alcohol
avoid fatty foods
no cheese, butter and oil.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Possible: Possible pregnancy days statrt on 5th day from the start of period through 16th day.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Easy: E-coli is usually present in feces. When you clean with toilet paper after bm, a thin film of fecal material full of e-coli is left around the anal ar... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Nothing to worry: This is quite common.If you miss the next period, repeat blood pregnancy test HCG quantitatve.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Early pregnancy is the most precious part of our life. Enjoy it but dont over do any thing.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Yes: For our bowel ( intestines ) to move and push the food farward, we need fiber and if your diet is low in fiber, you will suffer from constipation. Try... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Easy: 1. Eat every food you like on perticular day.
2. Chane your food whenever you want.
3. But while you are eating, you realize that you can eat 5 more... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Yes: It cools the throat and reduces the pain specially when you are eating.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Low residue diet: Liquid diets and low fiber and other low residue diets decrease bm. But it is not healthy, dont try it.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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No special diet: Regular diet and rest will make the fracture heal.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Mononucleosis: An infection where neck gland become enlarged, fever, weakness and is easily treated.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Not too many: You can do every thing physically and sexually except have a baby. So enjoy your life.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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May be reduced: The cancerous ovary fails to produce harmones both estrogen and progesterone.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Liver is affected: See your doctor, and ask him to do hapititis test.
If negative, then:
no alcohol
no cheese, oil and butter.
No smoking.
Avoid fatty foods.
Repe... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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YES: You may feel a little dizzy when you get up or stand up because of low bp.
Dont worry, you are almost ready to have beautiful baby. Enjoy it.
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A 31-year-old male asked:
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Usually NOT: Unless you come in direct contact with her urine.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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No: It is fungus infection. Take 0ne tablet of fluconozol 200 mg by mouth and repeat in one week. This willhelp.
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Try my recepie: To start with:
1. Take dulcolax 4 tabs at night.
2. Next morning, you will have good bm which will clean your digestive system.
3. Next, start taki... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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It is OK: It is safe to loose about one pound of weight a week. Do not go on a crash diet because you have to physically and emotionally ready to loose weight a... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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Rare: Pregnancy is rare in your age . Stiill do a pregnancy test to make sure.
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No: I think you are developing jaundice which may be due to hepatitis. You need to see your md to evaluate the type of hep. If it is hep a, nothing to wor... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Taking chemical,: Liquid or solid high protein diets.
Regular foods contain protein, carbohydrate and fat in fixed proportion for proper and full digestion.
High prot... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Simple: Chrinic rhinitis is inflamation of nose due to infection and/or allergy.
Chronic sinusitis is the inflamation of sinusies on both sides of the nose ... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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No eating Beans: Stop eating beans and other lentiles.
Take one tablet of Reglan (metoclopramide) 10 mg every night for two weeks.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Possible: Too much of any thing is not a good idea.
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Yes: With crash dieting, it is very difficult to keep weight down. You have to be physically and emotionally ready to loose weight and keep it down. So loo... Read More
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A 49-year-old female asked:
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Need treatment: Consult a doctor.
You should take biaxin 500 mg twice daily for 2 weeks, Phenergan (promethazine) dm cough syrup one teaspoonful 3 times a day till t... Read More
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Indicates chronic co: Most common diseases where ESR is elevatedare pulmonary tuberculosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Probably constipatio: Take dulcolax 4 tablets at night ( all 4 as one dose ), next morning you will have good bm and you will feel better.
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Not necessarily: Massage may not make a lesion bigger but it will spread the infection to other parts of face and body. Dont do it.
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Normal: If excessive bloating, take Reglan (metoclopramide) 10 mg, one tablet at night.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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Irregular heart beat: Most common cause is low potassium in healthy individual. See your doctor for evaluation.
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Careful exam: Complete physical exam including ekg, x ray chest, pulmonary function test, lab tests including cbc, chemistry, lipids, thyroid function tests, urinal... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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No menses: Menstrual period stops, may be slight nausea, positive pregnancy test.
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A 50-year-old male asked:
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Possible: Tylenol (acetaminophen) 500 mg every 6 hours will help.
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A 24-year-old male asked:
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Possibly Herpes.: Herpes labialis usually treated with zovirex
ointment. Apply very little 3 times a day.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Very easy: Wash with water, keep it clean, and apply
triple antibiotic ointment twice daily.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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None: Both are equally dangerous.
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Contunue Medicine: If you are taking Amoxil 500 mg 4 times a day, continue for 7 days. Claritin (loratadine) 10 mg twice a day will help.
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Terazol (terconazole): Insert terazol (terconazole) 3, suppository or cream every night for 3 nights. Repeat the same 2 weeks later.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
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Still good: You dont need another plan b. Next time use a better quality of condom.
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A 18-year-old male asked:
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Fungus infection.: It grows in sweaty areas. Apply Lotrisone (clotrimazole and betamethasone) cream twice daily on affected areas till it goes away.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Minimum 6 months: Depending upon the size of incision and the suture material used, you must waite 6 to 9 months and how you feel.
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A 50-year-old female asked:
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Sciatica: Inflamation of sciatic nerve , due to excessive walking, too much exercise, picking up heavy objects and overworking the left leg.
Give yourself res... Read More
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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Yes: Excessive fluid collect in various organs including our intestine. Further you are overking your kidneys with excessive urination.
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Yes: Flu vaccine is made from strains of virus of previous year. Some new virus strain is always the year after.
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No Pregnancy: Make sure that you are not pregnant.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Muscle Pain: Muscle between 2 ribs is hurting when you take a deep breath and the hurt muscle stretches. Gentle massage and tylenol (acetaminophen) will help.
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Possible: Do pregnancy test ( HCG quantative ) in 2 weeks, to find the exact situation.
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Dont worry: Ask him not to squeeze too hard. Also avoid excessive upper body work out and exercise. Rarely mastitis ( slight inflammation) of breast tissue around... Read More
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Jan is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Jan is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! Can I take any other over the counter medication at all? As I have been suffering anxiety for 6 months daily don't want to antidepressant
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Thanks for your quick reply! This is so interesting! Dr had also said to take Imodium and it wasnt helping either - will definitely try this!!
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It's funny how every doctor uses smoking as a go-to diagnosis when they don't know the real reason for something. You're an imbecile.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of the Punjab, King Edward Medical College, Pakistan
Graduated 1955MD
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