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Tag: healthcare

GOOD HEALTH: Excess connective tissue leads to outward skin condition

GOOD HEALTH: Excess connective tissue leads to outward skin condition

— November 7, 2022

DEAR DR. ROACH: In my 40s, I developed lumps in the palm of my hands. I was diagnosed with Dupuytren’s contracture and underwent hand surgery to correct the condition. I also noticed…

  • GOOD HEALTH: Physician revokes driver’s license without explanation

    GOOD HEALTH: Physician revokes driver’s license without explanation

    — October 16, 2022

    DEAR DR. ROACH: My wife’s handicap parking placard expired, and she asked her primary care physician to fill out a renewal application. The new placard was received, followed…

  • GOOD HEALTH: Size of aneurysm determines  whether surgery Is necessary

    GOOD HEALTH: Size of aneurysm determines whether surgery Is necessary

    — September 4, 2022

    DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband will be 83 in September and was recently diagnosed with an ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm measuring 4.8 cm. Five centimeters is when the doctors decide…

  • GOOD HEALTH: The continued use of bactrim  creates resistance in treatment

    GOOD HEALTH: The continued use of bactrim creates resistance in treatment

    — August 22, 2022

    DEAR DR. ROACH: As a 90-year-old man in mostly good health, I have been taking one Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim) pill per day for several years now, preventatively for recurrent…

  • Program opens doors, helps fill need for rural doctors

    Program opens doors, helps fill need for rural doctors

    — August 10, 2022

    Grant Gingerich was about 3 years old when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Olivia White was a farm girl who wanted to be a pharmacist, but a medical student mentor opened…

  • GOOD HEALTH: Herbal product can help soothe gastro-intestinal symptoms

    GOOD HEALTH: Herbal product can help soothe gastro-intestinal symptoms

    — September 26, 2022

    DEAR DR. ROACH: I have had gastroparesis for many years. About two years ago, it led to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (which I once read about in your column). I worked with…

  • GOOD HEALTH: Different drinking water is not  cause of diarrhea while traveling

    GOOD HEALTH: Different drinking water is not cause of diarrhea while traveling

    — August 28, 2022

    DEAR DR. ROACH: While reading one of your recent columns, I learned that all water, except for distilled, contains electrolytes. I wondered if there are differences in the amount of…

  • Illinois gun, abortion-related bills might wait until new year

    Illinois gun, abortion-related bills might wait until new year

    — August 17, 2022

    SPRINGFIELD – In a series of downstate news conferences coinciding with the Illinois State Fair, Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week gave an update on the possibility of a special session,…

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