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Your Good Health: Tylenol PM poses daytime risks
Dear Dr. Roach: Several years ago, my doctor told me to start taking Tylenol PM to help me get to sleep at night and to avoid some neuropathy pain. I have been taking two before bedtime, as directed.
Sep 7, 2016 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Armour Thyroid seems helpful, benefits doubtful
Dear Dr. Roach: About 35 years ago, a renowned Beverly Hills internist prescribed Armour Thyroid for me. At the time, I was burned out in a highly stressful job and would get bronchitis, usually twice a year.
Sep 6, 2016 4:24 AM
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Your Good Health: Hemorrhagic stroke victims should be cautious with statins
Dear Dr. Roach: I take two Aggrenox daily, plus a baby aspirin every evening, because I had minor strokes about 20 years ago. Vasculitis was suspected, but never was definitively shown through tests. I had no other obvious risk factors.
Sep 5, 2016 4:20 AM
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The Doctor Game: Waiting tough to bear after prostate cancer diagnosis
Doctors have stressed for years it’s vital to treat all cancers early to increase the chance of cure. But one rogue malignancy rarely obeys the rules.
Sep 4, 2016 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Difficulties with swallowing not part of aging process
Dear Dr. Roach: My mother, who is in her late 70s and who always has enjoyed eating meat, can no longer do so. She says that she just has a hard time getting it down. So sometimes she just chews on a piece of meat (e.g.
Sep 1, 2016 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Nasal strips could solve nighttime whistling
Dear Dr. Roach: Every night for the past several months, my sleep has been interrupted by a whistling sound when I exhale. I notice it only when I wake up in the early morning. It prevents me from going back to sleep.
Aug 31, 2016 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Diagnosis first step for irritable bowel syndrome
Dear Dr. Roach: I am 92 and in exceptional health. I have irritable bowel syndrome, and my digestive system goes through a cycle of constipation and loose bowels. I also have episodes of incontinence with clear liquid.
Aug 30, 2016 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Surgery best for ruptured appendix
Dear Dr. Roach: A co-worker of mine recently had a ruptured appendix. The doctors did not remove it, but instead gave him heavy doses of antibiotics for three weeks. I thought they had to remove it. What is going on? D.M.
Aug 29, 2016 4:20 AM
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The Doctor Game: Cancer patients suffer to protect addicts’ lives
How history repeats itself. Today, politicians are once again ignoring the pain of terminal cancer patients. At the same time, they are shooting themselves in the foot by making illogical remarks about pain. This human folly takes me back 37 years.
Aug 28, 2016 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Arteritis drug carries possible side-effects
Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed in March 2015 with giant cell arteritis. I was started on 60 milligrams of prednisone, but it has decreased steadily and I am now on 5 mg.
Aug 25, 2016 6:00 AM
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