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    Moderation and perspective will give us about eighty percent of what we need to live a full and healthy life.

    Kulik, M.D.

    Dr. Alfred D. Kulik is a board certified ophthalmologist in New York and New Jersey.  While Dr. Kulik’s specialty is ophthalmology, his passion is learning and sharing the information we need to lead vibrant, healthy and long lives.

    Today’s Health Tip

    Eat fruits and vegetables. Don’t work to get your nutrients from a vitamin or a drink. Eat the real thing. If you cannot eat well at every meal, eat well at one. 

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    I believe that media and medicine work well together. The power of media and its relationship to medicine is that it is a vehicle to reach more than one patient at a time.

    While embracing the possiblities of what advances in science and technology can provide us, Dr. Kulik believes that good medicine will always begin and end with the trust and relationship between the physician and patient.  

    KulikMD.com is meant to be a site that features health news, ideas, columns and questions for and from you. If you have a question for Dr. Kulik, please e-mail askdrkulik@kulikmd.com.

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    Dr. Kulik’s Medical Philosophy

    Good medicine is about trust; it’s about loyalty and relationships. My patients know that whatever it takes, my job is to be an advocate for them. Sometimes, this means listening for an hour (and at times, listening about a medical issue that has nothing to do with the eyes because all information is relevant when it comes to health); sometimes it means making a house call; and, sometimes it means getting on a telephone and fighting for a procedure (If this doesn’t work, it often means eating the Baked Ziti that was my payment for the procedure). In a sentence, I suppose I am a hometown doctor practicing modern medicine in a very busy world.

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