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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
Your Good Health: No benefit to aspirating plunger before vaccine shot

Your Good Health: No benefit to aspirating plunger before vaccine shot

There aren鈥檛 any large veins in the recommended part of the deltoid muscle for a vaccine to be injected
Your Good Health: Early data show mRNA vaccines best for boosters

Your Good Health: Early data show mRNA vaccines best for boosters

Based on preliminary data, Moderna and Pfizer vaccines seem to have longer-lasting protection than the J&J vaccine
Your Good Health: Statin drug can lower heart risk for healthy 79-year-old

Your Good Health: Statin drug can lower heart risk for healthy 79-year-old

The downsides of taking a statin are small. Most people have no side effects, and the medications are inexpensive now.
Your Good Health: When used correctly, alendronate reduces fracture risk

Your Good Health: When used correctly, alendronate reduces fracture risk

Can osteoporosis medication help reduce the risk of spine fractures as well as broken hips?
Your Good Health: Get the OK from doctor before using olive oil in ear canal

Your Good Health: Get the OK from doctor before using olive oil in ear canal

Dr. Roach answers questions about dry ear canals, shingles vaccines and the cause of cold, numb toes.