I’m Dr. John Hong, an internal medicine doctor in Cape May, NJ. (Yes, beaches and blue skies!) Medical information, Health information, Blogs, Videos...VOILA! It's all here! I really practice medicine full time as well as blog, write about health for newspapers, and appear on TV. This is my forum for plain talk about real medicine, in a fun, hip, non-threatening manner. Do take a look!

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September 2, 2010: Kerri-Lee Halkett and I talk about 3 studies on Fox29 in Philadelphia. First, a studies shows exercise can beat the battle of the bulge in those with "fat genes". (Not Levis jeans, but genes that predispose folks to become obese.) | Breast and ovarian cancers can occur from a mutated gene: BRCA-1 and BRCA-2. A studies again shows removal of ovaries can decrease risk of both cancers as well as help these women live longer. | They're baaack: IUDs. Remember the horror from the 70s with Dalcon Shields? Newer IUDs are becoming popular again and it appears they are safe.

August 29, 2010: Dengue (rhythms with Ben-Gay) is a mosquito bite sickness that never occurred within the US borders....until now. See why dengue is much worse than just the horrible itch from a pesky mosquito bite.

August 25, 2010: Today on Fox29, we discuss a possible cause of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, how bottled tea doesn't have the same amount of antioxidants as freshly brewed tea, and how texting might be addictive like heroin. OMG!

August 22, 2010: Good gracious great balls of fire! Can you believe how hot Jerry Lee Lewis was until people found out the 23 year old's 3rd wife was his 13 year old cousin? But that didn't make him infertile, even with his 6th wife. What is a man to do if he is infertile?

August 18, 2010: Flu shots are already available? You have to be kidding me! My own office doesn’t even have flu shots yet. You don’t want to get a flu shot too early because then you won’t be protected by the flu in the spring. CDC recommends flu shot November to March. | Whooping Cough is returning. It was almost eradicated by 1976 because of vaccinations, but now it has been getting worse each year. See why this cough gives you a whooping! | Moose get arthritis just like humans, and it seems malnutrition is a risk factor for osteoarthritis (the most common type of arthritis). Poor Bullwinkle!

August 14, 2010: It is not fun to be canned from something: a job, a sports team, your family. Botulism is a type of food poisoning that is most found in canned food, and it is paralyzing. | Bullies. Who needs them? It is sad there are cruel people who like to pick on others, so how do doctor's deal with bullies who are "difficult" in the office?

August 11, 2010: Fox29 Video Today: Pea and The Princess is one thing, but a pea in the lung is more than bizarre. Watch about the man in Cape Cod who had a pea plant found inside his lung. | NDM-1 gene is making E. Coli resistant to some antibiotics, like some staph. This could be bad news. | Menstrual cramps might be putting more than just a dent in your uterus…it might also put a dent in the brain

August 5, 2010: FOX29 Video: I didn't know nail salons use UV light, like a tanning bed, to dry certain types of nail treatment. Can that UV light put a "nail" in your coffin....via skin cancer? | Bacteria is changing in our bodies, and does this change our health? | More people are being honest about being obese, but do people really care about being heavy?

August 1, 2010: Happy August everyone! Though it isn't October, here is my song, "Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet, Give me something good to eat...." Remember that song? Well, Trichomonas, aka "Trick", is an STD that can cause a variety of symptoms...or none at all! | Are Men from Mars while Women are from Venus? Depression in men can be difficult to diagnose and treat because of....well, the way men are!