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Your Good Health: CHEK2 gene mutation ups risk of cancer

Your Good Health: CHEK2 gene mutation ups risk of cancer

My 29-year-old niece carries a mutation of her CHEK2 gene and was just diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Should I get tested for the gene and should my children be tested?
Your Good Health: Strength training highly effective for osteopenia

Your Good Health: Strength training highly effective for osteopenia

You can do strength training by raising the resistance on your exercise bike and jumping rope, callisthenic-type exercises and dancing are all good weight-bearing exercise
Your Good Health: Toxicity risk low for healthy person on NSAIDs

Your Good Health: Toxicity risk low for healthy person on NSAIDs

It is unlikely a healthy person will develop serious toxicity when taking NSAIDs as directed, even if taken every day. However, there is still the possibility of problems in anyone, no matter how healthy
Your Good Health: Dementia risk low with allergy drug cetirizine

Your Good Health: Dementia risk low with allergy drug cetirizine

Which is worse for the body: a daily allergy drug or daily allergic reactions?
Your Good Health: Low testosterone can cause hot flashes in men

Your Good Health: Low testosterone can cause hot flashes in men

Hot flashes can also be caused by certain rare tumours and some infections. None of these is likely, but it鈥檚 worth your doctor investigating, for your peace of mind
Your Good Health: Heart failure can raise blood sugar in people with prediabetes

Your Good Health: Heart failure can raise blood sugar in people with prediabetes

SGLT2 inhibitors such as empagliflozin (Jardiance) are commonly used for diabetes, but have also been shown to reduce hospitalizations in people with heart failure
Your Good Health: No strong evidence fish oil prevents dementia

Your Good Health: No strong evidence fish oil prevents dementia

Especially for prevention, the evidence must be strong, and it just isn鈥檛 adequate right now
Your Good Health: Serious complications rare after cataract surgery

Your Good Health: Serious complications rare after cataract surgery

The procedure has been shown to have significant benefits, including reducing risk of serious traffic accidents and of hip fracture
Your Good Health: Muscle cramps very rare side effect of blood-pressure drug

Your Good Health: Muscle cramps very rare side effect of blood-pressure drug

Muscle cramps are extremely common in people with or without blood pressure problems
Your Good Health: Daily use of sleep medication has risks

Your Good Health: Daily use of sleep medication has risks

Even at a low dose, there is a small risk of falls or motor vehicle accidents with daily use of benzodiazepines