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TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH Can Prilosec be taken for more than 14 days?

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH Can Prilosec be taken for more than 14 days?

— April 24, 2022

DEAR 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…

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Spleen screens bacteria, spent blood cells from body
— January 9, 2022

DEAR DR. ROACH: I had an abdominal X-ray to check on my gallstones, and was surprised to find an enlarged spleen. I was told it might be leukemia or lymphoma! I was sent to an oncologist,…

Chest physicians, respiratory care doctors join operations
— March 16, 2020

The American College of Chest Physicians and the National Association for Medical Direction of Respiratory Care will join efforts by integrating NAMDRC activities and operations into…