Dear New Readers,

Welcome to Go Ask Alice!, Columbia University’s health Q&A Internet site! So glad you've found the site and hope you’ll browse the archives in search of the answers to your health questions.

To help you navigate the site, it is recommended that you start at the About Go Ask Alice! FAQ page to learn more about how the site works. More Go Ask Alice!-specific info can be found by clicking here. It’s also a good idea to check out the seven category pages — Alcohol & Other Drugs; Fitness & Nutrition; Emotional Health; General Health; Sexuality; Sexual Health; and Relationships — to get a feel for the types of questions answered. And, familiarizing yourself with definitions of common GAA! terminology (listed below) will be a helpful guide on your GAA! adventure.

Go Ask Alice! is here for you, so that you can be connected, inquisitive, informed, and healthy.

Alice

Go Ask Alice! Glossary

Get Alice! in Your Box
Free weekly e-mail subscription service detailing when the newly posted Go Ask Alice! Q&As of the week, the Theme of the Week, and bi-weekly Poll Q are updated online on Fridays, plus GAA! news and events

New Q&As of the Week
A variety of five new and updated Q&As that are published every Friday on the site

Reader Responses
Readers’ responses to Q&As that allows all readers a way to comment on and offer additional information about the Q&As on the site and in that way, offers an "interactive" aspect to the site

Retro Alice!
Re-run and updated Q&As featured as newly published on the home page every Friday. Retro Alice! is only published a couple of times each year.

Theme of the Week
Weekly feature highlighting a select number of Q&As that revolve around the same subject

Updates
Q&As that are revised in accordance with the latest research findings and reflect changes in other relevant information, such as resources

Bi-weekly Poll Q
A survey that lets readers tell Alice what they think about current health topics