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Your Good Health: Healthy husband, 79, dies of heart attack
Dear Dr. Roach: My very healthy husband collapsed and died on the way to the hospital. They worked on him for a long time but could not revive him. They didn't do an autopsy, and they declared his death as “atherosclerotic vascular disease.
May 23, 2018 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: False positive mammogram upsets woman
Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 42-year-old, completely healthy woman. I recently went for my first mammogram. I delayed it, despite being told I should start at 40, because I did not think I really needed it.
May 22, 2018 7:35 AM
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The Doctor Game: Be kind to your heart so that power plants go on working
Ask anyone what is the nation’s number one killer and most people will say heart attack.
May 20, 2018 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Promising treatment found for Huntington’s
Dear Dr. Roach: My sister was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease. What are the symptoms she might be experiencing? R.G. I am very sorry to hear about your sister. Huntington’s disease is a terrible disease with no cure.
May 17, 2018 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Shockwave therapy for erectile dysfunction fails
Dear Dr. Roach: I recently heard about a new treatment for erectile dysfunction using shockwave therapy. Has there been enough research to know if it works? Can you comment on this and any other treatments besides pills? D.P.
May 16, 2018 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Cardiologists give conflicting advice to woman
Dear Dr. Roach: I am a snowbird who uses two different cardiologists for my health, and I am devoted to both of them. However, they have conflicting advice. I have coronary artery disease and had three stents placed in New York.
May 15, 2018 4:20 AM
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The Doctor Game: Readers join criticism of opioid summit
This week, my email account nearly developed rigor mortis from the volume of responses to my column about an opioid summit. I recently told readers the government’s proposed opioid summit was a waste of money. I asked for readers’ opinions.
May 13, 2018 4:30 AM
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Your Good Health: Itchy rash won’t be ‘flesh-eating’ disease
Dear Dr. Roach: What do you know about flesh-eating bacteria? After going to a hospital to get a mole checked, I developed an itchy rash that won’t go away. I am worried. H.W. Let me reassure you that this isn’t flesh-eating bacteria.
May 12, 2018 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Medication fails, ultrasound an option for essential tremor
Dear Dr. Roach: About five years ago, I came down with essential tremor. I have tried many medicines. Currently, I’m taking propranolol and primidone, but nothing seems to help. The only thing that stops the shaking is a glass of wine.
May 11, 2018 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Crohn’s turns diet into delicate balancing act
Dear Dr. Roach: I am 61 years old and in good shape. I have Crohn’s disease, which makes eating a good diet difficult. Fruit and fresh vegetables go right through me. I can digest a banana.
May 10, 2018 4:20 AM
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