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Your Good Health: Growth on palm bothers retired mail carrier

Your Good Health: Growth on palm bothers retired mail carrier

Palmar fibromatosis is a benign thickening of the connective tissue in the hand that can cause fingers to curl and become difficult to straighten.
Your Good Health: Can Tylenol be taken for arthritis pain?

Your Good Health: Can Tylenol be taken for arthritis pain?

Acetaminophen isn't helping pain due to osteoarthritis in my husband's neck. Is it OK to take Aleve or ibuprofen instead?
Your Good Health: A low T-score and a low Z-score signify severe osteoporosis

Your Good Health: A low T-score and a low Z-score signify severe osteoporosis

The results for my last bone density test show not only a T-score but also a Z-score. For my spine (L1 through L4), the T-score is -3.4, while the Z-score is -1.4. Can you please explain the difference between the two measurements?
Your Good Health: Ivermectin useless for COVID, similar viruses

Your Good Health: Ivermectin useless for COVID, similar viruses

There was no reason to suspect that ivermectin would be helpful with viral diseases like COVID-19 or other respiratory viruses
Your Good Health: Lab results signify treatment for diabetes

Your Good Health: Lab results signify treatment for diabetes

People with Type 1 diabetes absolutely need insulin. We have some non-insulin medicines that help with Type 1 diabetes, but insulin is still a necessity.
Your Good Health: Autoimmune patient experiences painful menstruation

Your Good Health: Autoimmune patient experiences painful menstruation

Women don’t need to have menstrual cycles for their health
Your Good Health: How to speed up the healing time of cold sores

Your Good Health: How to speed up the healing time of cold sores

Antiviral medicine can help reduce the duration of herpes flare-ups.
Your Good Health: Is it necessary to stop taking Viagra after a stroke?

Your Good Health: Is it necessary to stop taking Viagra after a stroke?

A man who is stable, has good blood pressure and is more than six months out from his stroke does need not stop Viagra
Your Good Health: Chest X-ray reveals a finding of interstitial lung disease

Your Good Health: Chest X-ray reveals a finding of interstitial lung disease

There are two issues here: The first is that ILD does need to be treated. The second is whether it’s better to tell your mother about the diagnosis.
Your Good Health: Cold feeling in the back still lingers three years after stroke

Your Good Health: Cold feeling in the back still lingers three years after stroke

When a stroke affects the sensory-processing areas of the brain it can result in numbness or pain, but other symptoms, such as a cold sensation, are possible.