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Who hasn鈥檛 heard of the Mayflower, the ship that brought pilgrims to the United States in 1620? What is rarely known is that towards the end of its voyage, it was necessary to ration beer, and some pilgrims died as a result.

Dear Dr. Roach: I hope you can shed some light on an issue that I have not seen you address: the dawn phenomenon. I am having trouble controlling my diabetes.

Dear Dr. Roach: With the current focus on gut health, I have been hearing a lot about probiotic supplements.

Dear Dr. Roach: I read your recent column about 鈥渇lesh-eating bacteria.鈥� Is it in any way related to Mycobacterium marinum? My son is having multiple surgeries due to this, which was finally and correctly diagnosed after many weeks.

Dear Dr. Roach: Over the past year, I have taken three different statins, all with disastrous side-effects. I am currently getting a month off before my doctor tries another one. I have talked to everyone I know or meet about these drugs.

Albert Camus, the French humanist, wrote: 鈥淭here is only one true philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy.

Dear Dr. Roach: My daughter鈥檚 iron level has been dangerously low for several years. One measurement was as low as 5, but mostly it is between 9 and 15. She took iron pills, which affected her in many other ways.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 58-year-old woman with a long medical history of anxiety. In 2007, my doctor prescribed me clonazepam 0.5 mg to take as needed for anxiety attacks and obsessive-compulsive disorder, from which I constantly suffer.

Dear Dr. Roach: I hope you can help elderly folks (like myself, age 83) who have a very embarrassing situation wherein their stool seeps out of them. The problem is only noted when I sit down and find that my underwear sticks to me.

Permethrin, which can affect nerves, is likely culprit