Eve Glazier

Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and associate professor of medicine at UCLA Health. Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health.

Dear Doctors: I recently read about a way to fall asleep faster where you think about a word for a few seconds and then move on to another word. I tried it using a word for every letter in the alphabet and never got much beyond J. Is there an explanation for why this would work?

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Doctors: My wife often wakes up with one of her arms completely numb.

Dear Doctors: I read your column about improving gut health and want to do it. But I have also read that it's best to start with a test to get your gut mic...

Dear Doctors: I read your column about improving gut health and want to do it. But I have also read that it's best to start with a test to get your gut microbiome analyzed.

Dear Doctors: When a femur is broken and an 18-inch rod is inserted to stabilize the bone during healing, then removed about a year later, does the bone marrow ever regrow back into the femur? Or will it remain a hollow cavity forever? I appreciate any information you can provide.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Doctors: I was recently diagnosed with floaters in my right eye.

Dear Doctors: Can you please explain the ice cream headache? My kids get it from popsicles, and I just gave myself one by drinking some iced tea too fast. Is there anything you can do to make the pain go away more quickly? More important, any way to not get one in the first place?

Dear Doctors: Can you please explain the ice cream headache? My kids get it from popsicles, and I just gave myself one by drinking some iced tea too fast.