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Dear Dr. Roach: Every year and a half to two years, someone in our house gets a sinus infection. We are in our mid-60s, and it is always a fight with our doctor to get antibiotics to cure it.

Dear Dr. Roach: I鈥檓 a 65-year-old male. For the past five years or so, I have been losing the hair on my legs.

Mark Twain once remarked, 鈥淕et your facts first, then distort them as you please!鈥� Facts are easy to distort in medicine, particularly when talking about coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10).

Dear Dr. Roach: I had surgery last year to remove my spleen and three-quarters of my pancreas. I had numerous vaccines before and after the surgery.

Dear Dr. Roach: My 46-year-old son has suffered for nearly five years with what seems to be chronic pelvic-pain syndrome. Being the mother, I am involved only to a limited extent, as my son, of course, is embarrassed to go into detail with me.

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.