TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Drug use and hepatitis C
— February 7, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 35-year-old white male who was a drug addict from the age of 14 until 32. You name it, I took it. About three years ago, I quit drugs and have lived a healthy…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: ‘Brittle’ diabetes is hard to control
— February 1, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 74 years old and have been a brittle Type 1 diabetic for 50 years. I have no history of heart disease. My doctor of 40 years recently retired and had me control…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Bipolar disease takes four different forms
— January 2, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: Is it possible for a person to reach the age of 70 and just now be diagnosed with bipolar disorder? Are there degrees of impairment, like with autism — some worse…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Blood-pressure goal – How low should it go?
— December 19, 2021DEAR DR. ROACH: My sister, 75, is taking only two drugs for the past three years, and they are both for high blood pressure. Now she finds that her blood pressure is 110/70 and wonders…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Why do older folks have balance issues?
— December 5, 2021DEAR DR. ROACH: Apparently, it is common for older people to have balance issues. Do these balance problems usually stem more from muscular issues or inner ear issues? — E.M. …
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Late recurrences are possible in breast cancer patients
— January 24, 2022DEAR DR. ROACH: I just read another sad story about a woman who had breast cancer, fought it and seemed to win, but after five years, it came back and took her life. The same sequence…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Less mercury in flu shot than in can of tuna
— December 26, 2021DEAR DR. ROACH: How much mercury is safe? — A.C. ANSWER: The chemical element mercury exists in three forms: elemental mercury, which is the kind in thermometers; inorganic mercury,…
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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Dumping syndrome and obesity
— December 13, 2021DEAR DR. ROACH: A friend was given a test to see how long food stayed in her stomach after eating. She was told that it stayed only a short time before continuing its journey, a much…
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