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Your Good Health: Online tool a good start to estimate heart risk

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m 64 and thin, on no medications. Recently, I had my bloodwork done. My ...

Your Good Health: Exercise for hand arthritis improves pain, function

Dear Dr. Roach: I would like to know how to treat arthritis. I have been using Voltaren per my ...

Your Good Health: Why shouldn’t people trust their own research on supplements?

Dear Dr. Roach: I read your recent response to a question about the efficacy of brain supplements...

Your Good Health: With meds, healthier diet, exercise reduce heart risks

Dear Dr. Roach: About a month ago, I had pain in my chest, so I went to the emergency room, where...

Your Good Health: Spitting is both rude and potentially dangerous during pandemic

Dear Dr. Roach: There is much information about the spread of COVID germs from coughing, sneezing...

Your Good Health: Combination of therapy, meds best treatment for anger disorder

Dear Dr. Roach: Recently, you wrote about intermittent explosive disorder. I have this condition ...

Your Good Health: 'Abortion' has several meanings medically

Dear Dr. Roach: What’s the difference between a tubal pregnancy and an abortion? Are they the ...

Your Good Health: What you need to know about pneumonia vaccines

Dear Dr. Roach: Whenever I go to my local VA clinic for a checkup, I’m asked if I want the ...

Your Good Health: Dosing for over-the-counter drugs the same regardless of size

Dear Dr. Roach: In the majority of over-the-counter medication, the dosing references “adults 12 ...

Your Good Health: Excess sweating can be treated with topical meds

Dear Dr. Roach: Anytime I work — outside or in the house, in any season — my head sweats the ...

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