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Dear Dr. Roach: I am an active, healthy 67-year-old man. Several months ago, I started having a deep tightness and burning sensation in both lower legs. Nothing I do relieves the pain, including ice, heat, massage and pain medication.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 63-year-old overweight woman with low cholesterol, normal-range blood pressure and a healthy heart.

Dear Dr. Roach: After two major bouts of gout, my husband was treated with Medrol and colchicine, and has resorted to a low-purine diet in order to decrease the frequency of gout attacks, with their attendant pain and potential renal damage.

It has been aptly said that 鈥渨ars are too important to be left to generals.鈥� I would add that assisted death is too important to be left to politicians and doctors.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 63-year-old male who was diagnosed with hereditary angioedema about 16 months ago. I use Firazyr injection when I have an attack. Are there any new drugs in pill form for my condition? Any support groups? D.Z.

TORONTO 鈥� With medically assisted death now legal in Canada, doctors need access to specific drugs that will painlessly and humanely terminate a suffering patient鈥檚 life.

Dear Dr. Roach: In 2013, I complained to my internist about severe shaking in my legs and hands. He referred me to a neurologist, who diagnosed me with a rare disease: primary orthostatic tremor.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have blepharospasm (eye twitching, for those who have never heard of it). It鈥檚 terrible. I鈥檓 58 and have had it for 10 years, but it has gotten worse as I鈥檝e gotten older.

Dear Dr. Roach: Our 19-year-old son, who is 6 feet, 2 1/2 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds, wants to know if there鈥檚 anything that can decrease his metabolism. He has always been thin and very active, loves outdoor sports, running, hiking, surfing.

What should parents fear most when raising children? You could compile a list as long as your arm. While travelling in the U.S, I happened to read a column written by Bruce Feiler in the New York Times.