- If a person falls in a classroom
and the student's chair falls on the leg-
- Sue.
The answer is sue. (everyone laughing)
Sorry, go ahead.
- Sue?
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- It's almost like you had it scripted.
Like you know everything.
(Dr. Mike laughing)
- All right, we're about to head out
and answer people's questions.
It's back to street medicine.
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Bee-whoop!
Before we go out obviously,
Dan needs to grab the gear right there.
- All set.
- Bear, are you ready?
I'm trying to warm up
so I put on an extra layer
'cause it's like 40 degrees outside.
And Sam-
- I made a sign, "Ask a doctor."
- Do you think anyone's gonna actually ask questions?
Or am I gonna be left begging pigeons to ask a question?
Bear, what do you think?
Will people ask?
The question is, "How are we actually getting to the park?"
Being that I'm a doctor, boxer, YouTuber,
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All right, let's get started.
You might be wondering why I'm in Central Park
answering people's medical questions.
Well traditionally, in the United States,
it's hard to get healthcare.
And health literacy needs some work.
I'm a real doctor.
You knew this 'cause you watch the videos?
- Yeah, I watch you videos, yeah.
- What's your favorite video?
- Um...
- She's lying right now.
- No! (laughs)
- I'll change the question.
Name one video you watched.
- Oh, your reactions to the, "Grey's Anatomy."
- Okay, okay, I'll take it.
What have you seen on TikTok,
in the media,
that you're like, "Oh, is this BS?"
- Is there going to be like male birth control anytime soon?
- Say it again for everyone in the back.
- Hey, Dan,
get it for those people in the back over there.
Just to make sure that they hear it.
I think that within the next five years,
there will definitely be multiple options.
Whether it'll be a shot,
a medication, a patch,
remains to be seen.
There are male birth control options.
Vasectomies do exist.
And while this is considered a permanent type
of birth control for men,
it can be reversible in some cases.
- Is it really better to be a vegetarian?
Or is it better to eat meat?
- You can be a vegetarian,
you can be a vegan,
and you can eat meat,
and you could have a healthy diet
in both of those scenarios.
But being vegan,
being vegetarian,
or being an omnivore,
does not on its own mean you're healthy.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
I'm a doctor but I need to know,
how much can you press?
(crowd laughing)
Get it?
'Cause it's a bench press?
- Are crunches actually good for you?
- Crunches are not like my go-to
for increasing abdominal strength.
A lot of people think you need to do a million crunches
to show your abs.
It's actually about your body fat content.
For me, I like isometric exercises
where you're holding yourself like planks.
Even pilates I'm a big fan of.
- I'm a pilates girl so I get you on that.
- Dan Owens, do you have a medical question?
- [Dan] No, I don't.
- Obviously because he knows everything
because he films the YouTube channel.
- I'm Matt.
I'm a psychologist.
- Oh, nice to meet you Matt.
I'm Dr. Mike.
- My question is, when somebody comes in
and they say they've been feeling anxious or depressed,
what's your approach to dealing with that?
What do you you?
- One, is to make sure that I can provide support right now
if necessary,
whether that be medically or mentally.
And two, is to get them plugged in
with my interdisciplinary team.
Social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists
that are readily available,
either for crisis intervention right at that moment
or something downstream
where they can get plugged into the system
and make sure they have access.
- Evidence suggests that therapy works
and has additive benefits when combined with medications
so I think that all sounds great.
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- [Dr. Mike] Hi, hi.
- What are the stages through puberty?
- My guess, and correct me if I'm wrong,
is that you're wondering when the growth spurt's coming?
- Yeah. (chuckles)
- When I was going into high school,
I was six foot three,
which is the height I am right now.
At the same time,
I had friends of mine
who were much shorter than me going into high school
that then outgrew me by senior year.
So as you can tell,
there's a lot of variety that happens with growth spurts.
So I wouldn't start thinking about,
"Oh, it didn't happen to me yet.
"I wish it would happen to me."
And instead, think about how to stay healthy.
Ankle, what we're concerned about is tears of ligaments.
The most commonly torn ligament is-
- On your ankle?
(person in sunglasses laughing)
- She's just laughing at her.
- Achilles?
- No, it's the anterior talofibular ligament.
- Anterior talofibular ligament.
(bell ringing)
- What do you think the heart rate of Bigfoot would be?
(Dr. Mike sharply inhales)
- 176.
- Okay.
- Hi Dr. Mike.
- Hi.
- I was just wondering-
- I love your outfit by the way.
I love the colors.
Are you are designer?
Are you in fashion?
- I studied fashion, yeah.
How do I lower my heart rate
when I am anxious and stressed at work?
- Physiologically,
which means control over your own body,
we can do deep breathing exercises
where you're literally counting the number of seconds
in between your inhale and exhales
so that you slow the process down.
Your vagus nerve,
which is responsible for your parasympathetic state,
which is the rest, digest, chill state,
sometimes gets overlooked when we're breathing very fast.
And when you breathe deeply,
you engage the diaphragm,
you help facilitate that parasympathetic state,
so that you can calm down naturally.
So it sounds like you're having some arch problems.
You probably just need more arch support.
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- I wanna become a doctor too.
- Really? Okay, what kind?
- Like help people like not be sick.
- To be honest,
if you were my doctor,
I'd take it and I'd love it.
So maybe in the future,
you could be my doctor.
Deal?
- Deal.
- What's your biggest,
I guess, advice,
going through interviews for residency?
- Okay, well I have to ask,
what type of residency are you applying to?
- Family medicine. (laughs)
That's why I'm like, "Oh my god."
- This is like meant to be right now.
I interview people
for family medicine residencies all the time.
We're looking for people to work with
that are gonna be motivated,
that have gone through a struggle,
that have experienced things in their lives.
And really, that's what being human is about.
So try and be human as much as possible
because we don't want robots.
We want humans to interact with other humans.
That's why AI's not taking over our jobs just yet.
- Okay, for fitness.
- Ooh, ooh, ooh, we got a good one.
- Okay, so you know how creatine's a big obviously-
- [Dr. Mike] Oh, yeah, yeah.
- Is there an appropriate amount of creatine intake
that someone should take if they are working out?
- Creatine helps facilitate anaerobic exercise,
meaning that if you're pushing a weight
for a short duration.
If you're sprinting,
that's where you're gonna get the biggest benefits
of creatine.
You're not gonna see it
if you're trying to run a marathon.
Just taking the five milligrams as a single dose
is more than enough. - Yeah.
- After an exercise session.
All right, we got good questions.
- Let's go! Thank you. - We got good questions.
- Thank you.
- Hey, squirrel.
Do you have a medical question about your nuts?
I can answer all the nut questions you want.
How are you?
- I'm good, how are you going?
- What's your name? - Milan.
- Milan. Pleasure.
I'm Dr. Mike.
- Yeah, I know who you are.
- Oh!
- More and more people talk about like oatmeals
and different kind of meals
and different kind of oats to eat.
Do you really think that that is that much healthy?
- Why oats have risen in popularity
is because we've seen that oats have a lower glycemic index,
meaning they don't spike your blood sugar
as much as simple sugars do.
And oats have fiber,
which we don't eat enough as a society,
and we know that if you're eating a good amount of fiber
in a given day,
you decrease risks of certain medical conditions
like colon cancer. - Yeah.
- I don't know if I have a medical question.
I'm a nurse, but I'm like...
- Where are you a nurse?
- Jamaica Hospital.
- How grateful are you
when a patient actually says, "Thank you,"
for your work?
- Oh my God, it feels amazing.
At the moment,
when you're like really stressed and overwhelmed,
you didn't have like a break,
time to eat,
and when a patient says, "Thank you so much.
"Thank you for everything that you've done."
It's a small act of kindness but it feels good.
- PSA! Say, "Thank you," to your nurses.
Thank you!
- Yeah, say, "Thank you."
- Before, we used to say we should give aspirin
to anyone who's potentially at high risk
for having a heart attack
to prevent the heart attack.
We have now realized
those who are of age of having high risk
should not take an aspirin
to prevent their first heart attack
because the negative effects of taking aspirin
outweigh the benefits.
- Even a small baby aspirin?
- Correct, and interestingly enough,
I'm glad you said, "Baby aspirin,"
because we don't call it baby aspirin anymore.
I'll tell you why.
Because people started giving baby aspirin to babies.
So we need to call it low-dose aspirin.
Message to the people
who you wanna make their dreams come true.
How can they follow their dreams?
- I believe the world's not a good place
because there's not enough people following their dreams,
making the world a better place.
Everybody out there is not ordinary
but they're extraordinary.
- You heard it here first.
Follow your dreams
and you will make the world a better place.
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