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Dear Dr. Roach: I have never gotten the flu vaccine. Years ago, it was believed to be too dangerous for anyone with an autoimmune condition. They said that the body could not handle the vaccine and that it was actually dangerous to receive it.

Dear Dr. Roach: My 60-year-old husband is a longtime alcoholic. He is also bipolar. His current drug of choice is cough syrup. He drinks a bottle a day or more of generic cough syrup without alcohol.

Dear Dr. Roach: How many people must buy the three-part series of HPV vaccine for about $500 to prevent one case of cancer? You easily can find the facts if you bother to check.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am interested in finding out more about steroids in sports, but I am having a hard time finding medical research on anabolic steroids.

Dear Dr. Roach: In a recent column, you said that companies can pay doctors to promote a product.

What is it that doctors worry about when they鈥檙e flying? It鈥檚 not fear of flying. They know that travelling by air is safer than driving a car.

Dear Dr. Roach: There is a very easy cure for hot flashes 鈥� and it works! Take 400 units of vitamin E twice a day. The flashes will disappear in three days. This has worked for countless women for years. Why don鈥檛 doctors know about this? S.P.B.

Dear Dr. Roach: I love fish and chips. I eat them once a month. I have tuna and other fish throughout the month as well. Quite often, the fishy odours linger for days until all remnants have left my body.

Dear Dr. Roach : Regarding urine collection in boot camp, I had the same experience in the fall of 1962. As I remember the story, after a few weeks in 鈥渃aptivity,鈥� our systems were cleaned out and our urine had medical value.

Dear Dr. Roach : Is there anything that I could take for an enlarged prostate that would allow me to donate blood? I have been trying saw palmetto and pygeum. M.J.C.