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Dear Dr. Roach: My hairdresser is being evasive about whether she has been vaccinated for COVID. She does not wear a mask. I am vaccinated, and I want everyone else to be as well, to avoid more harmful strains of the disease.

Dear Dr. Roach : What is heatstroke? I exercised a lot in the heat yesterday, and today I feel dizzy and nauseated, even though it isn鈥檛 as hot as yesterday. L.C. Heatstroke and heat exhaustion have similar names but are different conditions.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have seen very little written about lactose intolerance. I am a 79-year-old woman in excellent health. Over the past year or two, I experience gas, loose bowel movements and occasionally explosive diarrhea.

Dr Roach Writes: I have written many columns on COVID-19, which has become a major cause of death and disability in all of North America and the world.

Dear Dr. Roach: My doctor wants me to have a colonoscopy, but I would have to be off Xarelto for five days. The last time I did this I had a small stroke. P.D.

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Dear Dr. Roach: As I seem to be highly prone to urinary tract infections, I鈥檝e been using vaginal Estrace for decades. I鈥檓 82 years old. I鈥檝e developed serious gastroesophageal reflux disease, and note that there鈥檚 a connection with female hormones.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have always been a proponent of the attitude that 鈥渘o matter how much you make yourself look younger on the outside, you are still aging on the inside.

Dear Dr. Roach: I read with interest your recent column regarding the benefit of a colonoscopy for detecting colon cancer. I am 58 and started experiencing frequent light nausea about two months ago, a few days after getting my first Moderna vaccine.

Dear Dr. Roach: I鈥檓 a healthy woman. I recently had a whole-body thermography exam that highlighted my thyroid rather dramatically. Should I get a blood test for my thyroid and/or an ultrasound? E.D.