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Your Good Health: Appearance of seborrheic keratoses calls for a CT scan

Your Good Health: Appearance of seborrheic keratoses calls for a CT scan

Many people get seb K’s, but the sudden appearance of many of them, particularly when they itch and the underlying skin is inflamed, can herald an internal cancer — especially gastrointestinal cancers.
Your Good Health: X-ray for lower back pain reveals tumour

Your Good Health: X-ray for lower back pain reveals tumour

Most concerning possibility with this finding is a rare condition called retroperitoneal sarcoma
Your Good Health: Patient with recurrences of diverticulitis debates surgery

Your Good Health: Patient with recurrences of diverticulitis debates surgery

Diverticulitis is an infection in the small outpouches of the colon, called diverticula.
Your Good Health: Diabetic patient wants to switch from metformin to Ozempic

Your Good Health: Diabetic patient wants to switch from metformin to Ozempic

The data in people with diabetes show that compared to medicines like glipizide, medicines like semaglutide have significant benefit.
Your Good Health: Statin causes pain for blood-pressure patient

Your Good Health: Statin causes pain for blood-pressure patient

A statin like Lipitor is the first-line treatment, since we have decades of research showing it reduces heart attack in people at a high risk.
Your Good Health: Acne meds not to blame for woman’s infertility

Your Good Health: Acne meds not to blame for woman’s infertility

Although isotretoin can cause severe damage to the developing fetus if taken during pregnancy, a study showed that any effect on fertility was gone by 18 months after treatment.
Your Good Health: High blood calcium might not correlate with coronary disease

Your Good Health: High blood calcium might not correlate with coronary disease

A condition called primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is by far the most common cause of high blood calcium in healthy people.
Your Good Health: Iron still isn’t being absorbed properly amid iron infusions

Your Good Health: Iron still isn’t being absorbed properly amid iron infusions

“Microcytic anemia” means that your blood count is too low and that your red blood cells are smaller than they ought to be. I
Your Good Health: Supplements and a precancer scan wrack up large bills

Your Good Health: Supplements and a precancer scan wrack up large bills

Expensive supplements and extensive testing that isn’t based on identified problems is not recommended
Your Good Health: Pathologists can tell if cancer due to occupational exposure

Your Good Health: Pathologists can tell if cancer due to occupational exposure

Pathological evaluation of lung cancer tissue often finds asbestos fibers among those who have had occupational exposures.