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Dear Dr. Roach: A colleague of mine recently had a pulmonary embolus at age 45. She is otherwise healthy. What must she be concerned about? N.R. A pulmonary embolus is a blood clot that travels to the lung.

Orthopedist says use of Brilinta must stop before surgery; cardiologist disagrees

Is it an impossible dream to find Ponce de León’s Fountain of Youth? No! I’ve just attended my 67th reunion at the Harvard Medical School and, while interviewing Dr. George Church, I discovered such a notion is no longer science fiction. Dr.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a widow in my early 70s and am not sexually active. I had my last Pap smear and complete gynecological and breast exam in 2014.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 70-year-old man. I receive testosterone injections (in the butt) from my provider every three weeks, and have been receiving these injections for roughly five years.

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m almost 84, and all my life I have had a problem with sinusitis. Never headaches, just post-nasal drip and use of multiple tissues.

Is Grandma’s doctor slowly harming her through over-medication? I’m being facetious here, as no doctor wants to injure patients. But remember, today is not the horse-and-buggy era of medical practice.

Dear Dr. Roach: In a recent column regarding the woman with Parkinson’s disease experiencing a loss of taste, I was wondering if you have read about the Miracle Fruit.

Dear Dr. Roach : A few months ago, I had routine follow-up thyroid tests, and my results were normal except for a slightly high free T4 level. My doctor decreased my medication dose to 137 mcg from 150 mcg; now my TSH is high (8.

Why would anyone in their 94th year, without consulting a psychiatrist, agree to descend from the top of Toronto’s City Hall on a rope? My wife thought I had gone mad. Surreptitiously, I momentarily agreed with her.