TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: What is the optimal blood pressure?
— June 13, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: I read that high blood pressure is 140/90, but I thought 120/70 was optimal. Has the standard number increased? — D.M.I. ANSWER: The “pressure” in “blood…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Can she donate plasma despite gene mutation?
— June 5, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: When my mother discovered she has a factor V mutation, everyone in the family decided to be tested as a precaution. This is a hereditary item, which I am sure you know….
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Blood thinners preclude some OTC pain meds
— May 23, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: I am on blood thinners, so I am unable to take ibuprofen or naproxen for pain. Do you know of anything I can take to help with pain? — K.B. ANSWER: The body…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Cologuard test is worth risk of a false positive
— May 9, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 77-year-old man in good health. At my recent annual physical exam, my physician ordered a Cologuard kit to be sent to me to screen for colorectal disease. I have…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH Can Prilosec be taken for more than 14 days?
— April 24, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: What’s the story with Prilosec? Doctors routinely tell people with GERD or acid stomach to take this forever. Yet it clearly describes only a 14-day treatment on the…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: CPAP machine can help with sleep apnea
— May 29, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: How are sleep apnea, sighing and heart failure related? Recently, I was told that I have severe sleep apnea and that I must use a CPAP machine. I have noticed that during…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Walking difficult after visit to bowling alley
— May 16, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: My partner and I are in our 60s, exercise regularly (three to five times per week), eat a well-balanced diet and are of average weight. Recently, we went bowling for…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Cause of chronic cough has doctors stumped
— May 2, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: I picked up a cough while traveling in Europe more than two years ago. No other symptoms have ever presented. Since that time, I have received every test imaginable,…
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