Health | Times Colonist

Your Good Health: Prostate medication side-effects worry man

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 79-year-old male who has been on tamsulosin for years, but it is not ...

Your Good Health: Woman, 77, skeptical of fatty liver diagnosis

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 77-year-old woman. I am five feet, two inches tall and weigh 107 pounds....

Your Good Health: Genetics counsellor could guide woman through neuropathy test

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a 30-year-old daughter who is concerned about Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome...

Your Good Health: Having C. diff infection is not a terminal diagnosis

Dear Dr. Roach: In December, I developed an abscess in my jaw from food getting caught in my ...

Your Good Health: Wide-ranging strategy needed to control chronic coughing

Dear Dr. Roach: For months, I have had a persistent cough that I have been unable to get help ...

Your Good Health: Why a new doctor needs to know your medical history

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 77 years old. When I go to a new doctor, there is always that past history ...

Your Good Health: Alzheimer’s study carried out to test new drug’s effectiveness

Dear Dr. Roach: My wife has had dementia for more than two years. There is an ad in our local ...

Your Good Health: See doctor about palpitations after taking Viagra

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a healthy male, age 66, non-smoker, not overweight, who takes no medication....

Your Good Health: Demerol’s effects make it a less-used painkiller

Dear Dr. Roach: Have any studies been done on Demerol to check its effect on older people? I know...

Your Good Health: Refeeding syndrome can be life-threatening

Dear Dr. Roach: My brother got very thin (112 pounds and he is six feet tall) from anxiety. ...

Photo galleries from the Times Colonist

Latest Health

Fitness
Women's

Popular Health

Most Recent
Most Read