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Your Good Health: Long-term side effects of sildenafil are very unusual

Your Good Health: Long-term side effects of sildenafil are very unusual

Found in Viagra and Revatio, this drug works by changing the blood flow to certain blood vessels by blocking an enzyme called phosphodiesterase 5.
Your Good Health: Is statin needed to lower cholesterol?

Your Good Health: Is statin needed to lower cholesterol?

It鈥檚 always good to take a clear-eyed look at the risks and benefits of a medicine
Your Good Health: Woman with very high BMI should see obesity expert

Your Good Health: Woman with very high BMI should see obesity expert

Physicians specializing in weight loss can prescribe drugs when appropriate for people who already have or are at a high risk for an obesity-related illness.
Your Good Health: Even after surgery, man can鈥檛 bend knees without pain

Your Good Health: Even after surgery, man can鈥檛 bend knees without pain

The key to improvement is usually gradual exercises to flex the knee.
Your Good Health: Itchiness, pain and desperation after shingles

Your Good Health: Itchiness, pain and desperation after shingles

As a general rule, the older a person is when they develop shingles, the more likely they are to develop postherpetic neuralgia.
Your Good Health: Man with rheumatoid arthritis should continue two-week dosing

Your Good Health: Man with rheumatoid arthritis should continue two-week dosing

Man wants to know if it鈥檚 safe to extend time between Humira injections for rheumatoid arthritis
Your Good Health: Statin drug doesn鈥檛 lower cholesterol as expected

Your Good Health: Statin drug doesn鈥檛 lower cholesterol as expected

Why isn鈥檛 lovastatin bringing down my cholesterol levels to normal?
Your Good Health: Doctor recommends bisphosphonates due to high FRAX score

Your Good Health: Doctor recommends bisphosphonates due to high FRAX score

These drugs can cause more harm than good when they are not used correctly
Your Good Health: Woman with kidney disease needs a plan

Your Good Health: Woman with kidney disease needs a plan

Despite significant improvements, being on dialysis increases your chances of dying by about 6% each year.
Your Good Health: Aromatase inhibitor provides poor quality of life

Your Good Health: Aromatase inhibitor provides poor quality of life

Aromatase inhibitors suppress the growth of receptor-positive breast cancer cells, but can have side effects.