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Your Good Health: Client fainted during tattooing

Dear Dr. Roach: I went to get a tattoo on my hand, but got dizzy and fainted. I have low blood pressure. I want to finish the tattoo, so what can I take or do so that I don鈥檛 pass out? M.Y. I certainly would recommend that you lie down.

Your Good Health: New medication, drop in oxygen need closer look

Dear Dr. Roach: I have COPD and have been on oxygen for about 12 years now. I recently saw a cardiologist for the first time, and he found that I have atrial fibrillation. He added Xarelto and atenolol to my regimen.

Your Good Health: Need for nap after breakfast could be sign of sleep disorder

Dear Dr. Roach: After I eat breakfast, I feel really tired and just want to lie down and take a nap. I am a 71-year-old woman in good health. Any ideas? D.M.

The Doctor Game: Having 鈥榞ood rubber鈥 can help you avoid Alzheimer鈥檚 disease

This week, would readers help me answer a perplexing question? Their answers could be helpful to millions of people. I鈥檓 sure that very few people in sa国际传媒 and the United States have not witnessed a friend or loved one develop Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.

Your Good Health: After years of surgery, physiotherapist pinpoints cause of pain

Dear Dr. Roach: I had just about given up on controlling my sciatic nerve pain in my right leg. I also had no faith that physical therapy could help, but I was referred by my family doctor, so I went.

Your Good Health: Vitamin B-12 recommended for MTHFR mutation

Dear Dr. Roach: I keep hearing that I should have my children tested for the MTHFR gene before vaccinating them. What is the MTHFR gene? Does something about it lead to more vaccine injuries? K.S.H.

The Doctor Game: No longer only seniors who are at risk of stroke

Early-onset obesity and diabetes can bring on episode in young people that may result in death or paralysis

Your Good Health: Family history with Alzheimer鈥檚 has man in 60s worried

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 64-year-old male in excellent health. My mom and dad both developed dementia. Dad died from a stroke at 76, a few months after diagnosis. Mom is 85 and has severe short-term memory loss and sudden-onset dementia.

The Doctor Game: Why competing eyes may cause umpires鈥 errors

Leo Durocher, the fiery win-at-all-costs baseball player, and later manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, once remarked: 鈥淚 never question the integrity of umpires.

Your Good Health: Red lesion inside eyelid causes alarm

Dear Dr. Roach: I have a red lesion inside my lower eyelid, with minor occasional symptoms of burning, discharge and blurred vision. The eye just doesn鈥檛 feel 鈥渞ight.鈥 The lesion was removed and biopsied in December.