Health
Published on April 27, 2024 - Page 7
Q: All my adult life, I had problems with foul-smelling gas. This was embarrassing.
I also hated it bothered my wife.
Then, I was diagnosed with...
Published on April 26, 2024 - Page 4
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 58-year-old female in reasonably good health. When I was young, I donated blood several times and would have continued to do...
Published on April 25, 2024 - Page 18
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a healthy 67-year-old female being treated with Eylea for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). I have just had my second...
Published on April 24, 2024 - Page 7
Fifty years ago, Joe Graedon wrote this in the book, "The People's Pharmacy:" "Drug interactions are the Achilles heel of the medical profession. The...
Published on April 24, 2024 - Page 7
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 64-year-old male, and my A1C level has been averaging around 7.4% for a number of years. I was diagnosed diabetic at 54. My...
Published on April 23, 2024 - Page 7
DEAR DR. ROACH: After reading your recent column on difficulty swallowing, I wanted to write.
An endoscopy with dilation and biopsies confirmed I...
Published on April 23, 2024 - Page 7
Q: Why do I get constipated when I take a new multivitamin? My most recent attempt resulted in four days of constipation. I had to take Ex-Lax to...
Published on April 22, 2024 - Page 14
DEAR DR. ROACH: My question is about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). I have been diagnosed with this debilitating disease. I went to a hospital...
Published on April 19, 2024 - Page 7
People who have trouble getting a good night's sleep have been told their wakefulness is undermining their health. They may worry sleep deprivation...
Published on April 19, 2024 - Page 9
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 23-year-old woman.
Recently, my friend experienced a problem with high blood pressure, and for about five days, I followed...
Published on April 19, 2024 - Page 9
Q: I know many people take the antihistamine diphenhydramine to help them sleep. I feel agitated, not drowsy, when I take it. This drug often gives...
Published on April 18, 2024 - Page 6
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a 3 mm piece of shrapnel lodged in my skull bone. This is a result of military action in 1967. A recent X-ray continues to...
Published on April 17, 2024 - Page 9
DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm an 83-year-old healthy woman. In 2019, I became aware of a little bulge in my groin and suspected an inguinal hernia. It was...
Published on April 16, 2024 - Page 5
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am wondering if there is any link between low iron and depression/anxiety.
I am a 37-year-old woman, and started taking Lexapro a...
Published on April 15, 2024 - Page 16
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have lymphedema in both legs. I'm undergoing drainage every day for two hours for the next two weeks. They wrap my legs with four...
Published on April 14, 2024 - Page 7
Q: When my daughter was 7, she had warts on her hands and feet. We went to a foot doctor who prescribed Tagamet. He told us the warts would grow...
Published on April 13, 2024 - Page 5
Q: The news had a segment about niacin supplements causing heart disease in mice. I have taken B complex supplements for years to get vitamin B6 to...
Published on April 12, 2024 - Page 5
DEAR DR. ROACH: Would you recommend the most reliable literature source(s) for vitamin and supplement information and interactions? For instance,...
Published on April 11, 2024 - Page 18
DEAR DR. ROACH: My second inguinal hernia operation resulted in pain and a lot of blood in my groin area. I can understand why I was prescribed...
Published on April 11, 2024 - Page 18
Are you fed up with viruses? Most Americans are sick and tired of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. They are also ready to move on from...
Published on April 10, 2024 - Page 8
DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 71-year-old male in excellent health, and I don't take any medications. Recently, after experiencing mild headaches, mild...
Published on April 9, 2024 - Page 7
DEAR DR. ROACH: A friend has been diagnosed with "stiff heart" and has kind of given up because there is no treatment. With all the advances in...
Published on April 9, 2024 - Page 7
Q: What is your take on Prevagen? I’ve seen ads on TV implying it does miracles for brain health. As far as I can tell, there is no substantial...
Published on April 8, 2024 - Page 5
DEAR DR. ROACH: Why aren't people able to see an allergist to be desensitized to a peanut allergy? As a child, I was allergic to dust, pet hair, milk...
Published on April 6, 2024 - Page 9
Noam Chomsky is a renowned scholar of linguistics and philosophy. He observed "Science is a bit like the joke about the drunk who is looking under a...
Published on April 5, 2024 - Page 5
DEAR DR. ROACH: My 1-year-old grandniece (my brother's granddaughter) was diagnosed with Van der Knaap disease after seizures and an MRI. An...
Published on April 4, 2024 - Page 6
DEAR DOCTOR ROACH: I recently learned my sibling, age 70, has rare cancer of the thymus.
She will be getting chemotherapy and perhaps radiation...
Published on April 3, 2024 - Page 11
DEAR DR. ROACH: Diabetes, as I understand it, is usually a result of too much sugar being consumed. But consuming carbohydrates is not that much...
Published on April 3, 2024 - Page 11
Q: A year or so ago, you published an article describing independent lab studies of various brands of red yeast rice. The article identified...
Published on April 2, 2024 - Page 9
We live in a binary world. People like to classify everything as either good or bad. Life is far more complicated, especially when it comes to...