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Your Good Health: Surgery may eventually be needed for lumbar spinal stenosis

Your Good Health: Surgery may eventually be needed for lumbar spinal stenosis

At age 90, regular epidurals to relieve pain might be a safer option than surgery
Your Good Health: I'm taking seven medications and supplements for constipation. Is that necessary?

Your Good Health: I'm taking seven medications and supplements for constipation. Is that necessary?

Often, using several different agents is more effective and come with fewer side-effects than taking just one agent at a higher dose.
Your Good Health: Recognizing and diagnosing cold agglutinin disease

Your Good Health: Recognizing and diagnosing cold agglutinin disease

What are the symptoms for cold agglutinin disease, and how is it diagnosed?
Your Good Health: Very high levels of prolactin can indicate a tumour

Your Good Health: Very high levels of prolactin can indicate a tumour

My doctor says I have low testosterone levels and high prolactin levels. He suggested medication but I鈥檓 hesitant to take it. Are there long-term concerns for high prolactin levels in men?
Your Good Health: Screening men for osteoporosis remains controversial

Your Good Health: Screening men for osteoporosis remains controversial

Osteoporosis screening in men is controversial, but a diagnosis should prompt consideration of the underlying reason behind it.
Your Good Health: Poor leg strength prevents woman from climbing stairs

Your Good Health: Poor leg strength prevents woman from climbing stairs

My wife has poor leg strength and has trouble going up stairs. What could be causing the problem? Is it as simple as needing to strengthen her legs through exercise? Could it be a circulation issue?
Your Good Health: Consult urologist on frequent urination

Your Good Health: Consult urologist on frequent urination

It is worthwhile to take a figurative step backward and ask whether an enlarged prostate is really the problem. Very often, the bladder is to blame.
Your Good Health: Aspirin OK after mild allergic reaction to ibuprofen

Your Good Health: Aspirin OK after mild allergic reaction to ibuprofen

For osteoarthritis, ask doctor for presciption medicine alternatives. Also anti-inflammatory gels like diclofenac cream (Voltaren) should also be safe for topical use.
Your Good Health: Patient with heart failure contemplates halting prescribed meds

Your Good Health: Patient with heart failure contemplates halting prescribed meds

Treatment for another condition seems to have improved my partner's heart function. Does he still need to take the medications prescribed for heart failure?
Your Good Health: Inspiratory muscle training helps to reduce high blood pressure

Your Good Health: Inspiratory muscle training helps to reduce high blood pressure

With this type of training, you inhale through a device that restricts airflow, to make inhaling more challenging.