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Gurgles and Growls: How to Decode Your Body Noises

By Ross Weale | April 11, 2008

You sniffle, you snore, your jaw pops. Are they conditions that need fixing, or just annoying sounds you can live with? Most body noises, although sometimes embarrassing, are usually harmless. Occasionally, they’re a signal that something’s not quite right. Health contributor Dr. Roshini Raj reveals what sounds are normal and what should send you to the doctor on the Today show on April 3.

DR. ROSHINI RAJ

Roshini Raj, MD, a Health magazine contributor and part of the magazine’s Health Expert Network, is board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine with degrees from the New York University School of Medicine and Harvard University. Currently Dr. Raj is an attending physician at NYU Medical Center’s Tisch Hospital in New York City. She also serves as an assistant professor at the NYU School of Medicine, and she has a special interest in women’s health and cancer screening. She has also published several research articles on colon-cancer screening.

Dr. Raj has discussed health topics on numerous television outlets, including NBC’s Today show, ABC’s  Good Morning America, CNN, Fox News, and Discovery Health. She has been quoted in publications such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, and Fitness on the state of health care and other health news of the day. Dr. Raj is often called upon to explain and demystify complicated health topics.


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