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Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 70-year-old man who is generally in good health. I take medication for high blood pressure, but nothing else.

Dear Dr. Roach: Every article I have read about prostate screening fails to define 鈥渟creening.鈥� I had thought of screening as the PSA blood test and/or the digital exam.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 68 years old, and I hesitate to continue with mammograms. I have a couple of friends who were treated with very harsh chemo and radiation for tiny stage 1 tumours.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am hoping you can weigh in on the use of cannibidiol (hemp-derived) for managing anxiety. My son has diagnoses of major depression and ADD.

George Carlin, the American comedian, once remarked when referring to God: 鈥淗e, and if there is a God, I am convinced He is a He because no woman could or would screw things up this badly.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 77-year-old man who has had erectile dysfunction for eight years.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have lymphedema in my right leg. From the knee to the bottom of my foot, my leg is swollen and red, and always in pain. I've had it for over two years. I've seen several different doctors, with no help.

Dear Dr. Roach: Two months after our daughter and son-in-law came back from their honeymoon in Belize, they have sores that still will not heal. She has two sores on her hand; he has three on the right side of his body.

Dear Dr. Roach: I鈥檓 a 47-year-old male taking the following prescriptions: venlafaxine, buspirone and gemfibrozil. I am in excellent health with no other issues. I started all the meds at the same time, approximately six years ago.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a female and 66 years of age. I had a varicella zoster blood test a couple of years ago to see if I had ever had chickenpox, because I had concerns about getting the shingles shot.