Mikhail Varshavski

“Maintaining your hydration status is probably the most important thing, along with rest, that you can do with a hangover.”

“Those people who get the flu shot not only protect themselves from getting the flu or reducing their likelihood of developing the flu, but those around them.”

“There's one surefire hangover cure, and that's time.”

“I decided to use my social media to inspire changes in the younger population.”

“Doctors are very popular with women.”

“As a doctor, my thing is, we need to have access to medications; we need to have reasonable prices for medications.”

“I am overworked sometimes. I'm tired sometimes. I'm sleepy sometimes. And social media allows me to show you that I'm human, too.”

“Antibiotics have serious adverse reactions: diarrhea, anaphylaxis, allergies, rashes. We don't give these medications without discussing the risks and benefits and only when they're properly indicated.”

“Men are at risk for breast cancer as well. That's absolutely true.”

“I'm a family doctor, and a big part of what I do is preventative care, and breast cancer is one of the illnesses that women suffer from greatly in this country.”

“We need to not write off vaping as a safe alternative to smoking. It's not safe.”

“The field of medicine is one you have to have a lot of dedication to enter.”

“I think, in picking a doctor, you should focus less on the degree and more on their knowledge, bedside manner, communication, and patients' experiences.”

“Sleep is a regenerative process where we heal and where our neurons build strong connections. It's like a fountain of youth that we dive into every night.”

“I'm a preventative doctor.”

“Think about your immune system as being an army, and it's fighting infection.”

“It's important to have a good social life.”

“I wanted to show people that doctors are humans, too. It's important for us to be around other people - that way, we can understand our patients better rather than just walking into a room, barking orders, and walking out.”

“Originally, I was in high school, and I was studying biology, and I got really interested in the field of medicine. And then, I got a lot of early exposure to it because my father's a physician, and I saw the relationship that he had with his patients, and it was something that drew my attention to how wonderful the field was.”

“Think about old people; think about young people, those with immune system problems. They can't really protect themselves well against the flu, so by you limiting the spread of the flu and getting vaccinated, you're helping protect them as well.”