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Your Good Health: Red blood cell count remains high amid multiple screenings

Your Good Health: Red blood cell count remains high amid multiple screenings

Check with a hematologist on appropriate tests and to explain potential issues
Your Good Health: Is estetrol OK for breast cancer survivor?

Your Good Health: Is estetrol OK for breast cancer survivor?

Estrogens can be very helpful in preventing urine infections
Your Good Health: Headaches that worsen over months call for evaluation

Your Good Health: Headaches that worsen over months call for evaluation

Could these headaches be related to my IBS? Is this something to be concerned about? Do you think I should see a neurologist?
Your Good Health: Alzheimer’s drug slows progression, but isn’t a cure

Your Good Health: Alzheimer’s drug slows progression, but isn’t a cure

There is considerable interest in lecanemab since a 2023 trial showed that it slowed the worsening of cognitive loss compared to a placebo.
Your Good Health: Longtime allergy issues continue to cause pressure in sinuses

Your Good Health: Longtime allergy issues continue to cause pressure in sinuses

What are your thoughts regarding histamine intolerance when eating high-histamine foods? I am a 65-year-old woman who has suffered from sinus problems since my late teens.
Your Good Health: Mail-order meds can lose efficacy if they’re not stored properly

Your Good Health: Mail-order meds can lose efficacy if they’re not stored properly

All medicines should be stored in a cool, dark place, as direct sunlight and heat can damage their effectiveness.
Your Good Health: Finasteride linked to rare cases of impotence and cancer

Your Good Health: Finasteride linked to rare cases of impotence and cancer

Breast enlargement, a breast mass or pain, or a change in the nipple should prompt a man not only to stop the medicine, but to get a prompt evaluation for rare cases of cancer.
Your Good Health: Meds for rare disease shouldn’t be withheld long for procedures

Your Good Health: Meds for rare disease shouldn’t be withheld long for procedures

Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia is a rare disease — a type of blood lymphoma and a cancer of the bone marrow.
Your Good Health: Prednisone can cause herpes flare-ups

Your Good Health: Prednisone can cause herpes flare-ups

The steroid drug prednisone is an immunosuppressant, so it can spark an outbreak of herpes
Your Good Health: Delayed treatment of stroke results in lost brain function

Your Good Health: Delayed treatment of stroke results in lost brain function

With any of the cardinal symptoms of a stroke it is time to call 911.