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Your Good Health: Saw palmetto, glucosamine OK if it seems to help you
Dear Dr. Roach: Are there any recognized benefits from taking either saw palmetto or glucosamine/chondroitin, both of which I have been taking — and paying for — for years. P.F.
Feb 28, 2019 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Prostate cancer treatments by proton radiation, IMRT debatable
Dear Dr. Roach: I read your recent column on prostate cancer treatments, and I must disagree on the differences between intensity-modulated radiation therapy and proton radiation therapy.
Feb 27, 2019 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Why is one ‘identical’ twin gay, the other straight?
Dear Dr. Roach: I read your recent column regarding identical twins where one of the two was balding while his twin was not.
Feb 26, 2019 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Stem-cell therapy for Parkinson’s raises concerns
Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 76-year-old male who’s thinking of having fetal stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease. Please tell me your feelings and offer advice on this subject matter? S.C.
Feb 22, 2019 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Temporary stroke terrifying
Dear Dr. Roach: How does a medical condition get named? Once named, can the name be changed (for example, Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS)? I have a condition called hemiplegic migraines. It is rare and misunderstood.
Feb 20, 2019 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Dietitian nutritionist can advise on low-carb diet
Dear Dr. Roach: Can you send me a copy of your recommended low-carbohydrate diet? I have been trying to follow what IÂ think it should be, but would like an expert to weigh in. K.H.
Feb 16, 2019 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Worsening of ‘fatty liver’ seems to be halted with vitamin E
Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and had very high AST and ALT numbers. I lost about 25 pounds, and the numbers were normal. As a result of other health issues, the weight came back and the numbers went up.
Feb 15, 2019 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: Cholesterol ‘advice’ false; low levels usually better
Dear Dr. Roach: A 74-year-old woman has a total cholesterol of 123 and was told that low cholesterol like this greatly increases the risk of diabetes, stroke and cancer. It seems she has had low cholesterol for many years.
Feb 14, 2019 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: AFib diagnosis despite exercise surprises man, 72
Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 72-year-old man. I thought I was in excellent health until I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in a routine physical exam with an EKG about six months ago. I was and continue to be asymptomatic.
Feb 13, 2019 4:20 AM
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Your Good Health: If diabetes controlled, fewer tests needed
Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 53-year-old woman, and I weigh 190 pounds. A year and a half ago, I had gastric sleeve surgery. I have lost 24 pounds. I have been diabetic since about 2013. At my last blood analysis, in August 2018, my A1C was 6.
Feb 12, 2019 4:20 AM
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