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Your Good Health: Medications not a cure for being overweight

Dear Dr. Roach: I am looking for advice on diet pills. I have tried everything. I eat well, go to...

Your Good Health: Avid hiker develops headache, shaking

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an avid hiker, and I live in an area with lots of Lyme disease. I recently ...

Your Good Health: Former pack-a-day smoker wonders about nodule on lung

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 74-year-old woman who smoked a pack a day for 40-plus years, having quit ...

Your Good Health: Prognosis for COPD highly variable

Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with COPD a year and a half ago and have several questions. I ...

Your Good Health: Snoring a common symptom of sleep apnea

Dear Dr. Roach: How are sleep apnea, sighing and heart failure related? Recently, I was told that...

Your Good Health: Blood in urine should be checked

Dear Dr. Roach: My question is about microscopic hematuria. I see a rheumatologist for ...

Your Good Health: Mammogram, CT scans raise concerns about excess radiation

Dear Dr. Roach: I am due to have a mammogram, but around the same time I am supposed to have a ...

Your Good Health: Gluten-free diet essential for celiac disease

Dear Dr. Roach: I have no health issues, but I’m a cheapskate. I see products labelled as “...

Your Good Health: Cough cause a mystery despite many tests

Dear Dr. Roach: I picked up a cough while travelling in Europe almost two years ago. No other ...

Your Good Health: Plant diet results in lower cholesterol, blood pressure

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a strong history of premature heart disease in my family, and I have been ...

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