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Acute Coronary Syndrome – 911! Not 411!

Chest pains: yes, certain things give me chest pains. People who don’t put their shopping cart away! Grocery stores should handcuff the cart to such patrons and un-handcuff them when they return the cart. Litter bugs! Can’t you put your cigarette in your ashtray for proper disposal later? The highway is not a garbage [...]

Menopause – End of an Era

“I’m a girl and by me that’s only great. I enjoy being a girl!” Go, Flower Drum Song! In that Rogers & Hammerstein song, Nancy Kwan sings about all the great things women get to do that are fun and sassy. I tell you, the ladies have all the fun: hair, makeup, shoes, clothes-and [...]

Prevent Pregnancy with a Condom: Mr. Spock Would

Vulcans rock! When I grew up watching Star Trek, I did not want to be the sexy, pause-talking, profound James T. Kirk. Even as a future doctor, I did not desire to be Dr. McCoy. Sulo was my hero since he was Oriental Asian like me-but what a bad haircut! Lt. Uhura-now that girl [...]

Medicare Cuts – Give me a break!

Do rich people rely on Medicare? It seems to me the way the US government keeps trying to cut Medicare, the answer is, “Of course not, Buffy and Skippy!” Chortle, chortle, nasal honk. “Now where did I put my yacht?”
Senior citizens tend to have the most need for healthcare, and the demand on Medicare [...]

Food Poisoning | Salmonella in Peanut Butter

Poison is such a sneaky way to murder someone. Kings and Queens made servants sample their meals beforehand to ensure they weren’t poisoned. (Something tells me these servants hated buffets.) Though increasingly now it seems like our current food system is accidentally poisoning Americans. I don’t mean to throw tomatoes at the FDA, but [...]