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Your Good Health: Consult urologist on frequent urination

Your Good Health: Consult urologist on frequent urination

It is worthwhile to take a figurative step backward and ask whether an enlarged prostate is really the problem. Very often, the bladder is to blame.
Your Good Health: Aspirin OK after mild allergic reaction to ibuprofen

Your Good Health: Aspirin OK after mild allergic reaction to ibuprofen

For osteoarthritis, ask doctor for presciption medicine alternatives. Also anti-inflammatory gels like diclofenac cream (Voltaren) should also be safe for topical use.
Your Good Health: Patient with heart failure contemplates halting prescribed meds

Your Good Health: Patient with heart failure contemplates halting prescribed meds

Treatment for another condition seems to have improved my partner's heart function. Does he still need to take the medications prescribed for heart failure?
Your Good Health: Inspiratory muscle training helps to reduce high blood pressure

Your Good Health: Inspiratory muscle training helps to reduce high blood pressure

With this type of training, you inhale through a device that restricts airflow, to make inhaling more challenging.
Your Good Health: Few conditions cause Rh factor to make a difference in health

Your Good Health: Few conditions cause Rh factor to make a difference in health

Many studies show no clear evidence that people with Rh-negative blood are at increased risk for chronic medical issues. AB negative is the rarest blood type to have, but that’s not a bad thing.
Your Good Health: What does it mean to be immunocompromised?

Your Good Health: What does it mean to be immunocompromised?

Unfortunately, as good as our immune systems are, they aren’t quite perfect.
Your Good Health: Will cholesterol levels rise if I stop using statin?

Your Good Health: Will cholesterol levels rise if I stop using statin?

Patient weighs stopping statin to see if cholesterol rises
Your Good Health: Inflammation in the blood increases heart disease risk

Your Good Health: Inflammation in the blood increases heart disease risk

Whether from chronic infection or inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, there is a connection and it’s not just coincidence
Your Good Health: Doctors dismiss fatigue in older man due to aging

Your Good Health: Doctors dismiss fatigue in older man due to aging

Fatigue can be caused by many conditions other than aging, even in a 92-year-old.
Your Good Health: Cholesterol in food not a dietary concern

Your Good Health: Cholesterol in food not a dietary concern

Most experts do not emphasize dietary cholesterol when choosing healthy foods.