Health

Your Good Health: Woman injured in fall mystified by doctors' explanations

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 84-year-old woman, and have always been a good walker. Three months ago, I fell down and could not get up from the floor. I was not in pain, but I could not move my right leg.

Oct 18, 2016 4:20 AM Read more >

Your Good Health: Pain of osteitis pubis calls for physical therapy

Dear Dr. Roach: For a year now, I have had such terrible pain in my pubic area and down my inner thighs. An X-ray (for another problem) showed that I have osteitis pubis. I have read about it online and found that there is no real treatment for it.

Oct 17, 2016 4:20 AM Read more >

The Doctor Game: Living with pain, cause unknown

Fifty-eight years ago, I made an unfortunate decision. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong Japanese girl. But the problem was not what you鈥檙e thinking. Rather, I was in Tokyo, travelling with my wife and her parents.

Oct 16, 2016 4:20 AM Read more >

Your Good Health: Heart patients using furosemide lose some kidney function

Dear Dr. Roach: Does a diuretic like Lasix (furosemide) have any negative effect on kidney function after being taken over a period of 16 years in connection with congestive heart failure? E.T. Furosemide (Lasix) is a powerful drug.

Oct 14, 2016 5:00 AM Read more >

Your Good Health: Sleeping pills don鈥檛 provide the rest you need

Dear Dr. Roach: Again and again, I read how vital quality sleep each night is. Well, for many years now, I have not gotten any. I have followed many suggestions, from supplements to acupuncture, without success.

Oct 13, 2016 6:00 AM Read more >

Your Good Health: Hydrogen peroxide unsafe as an emetic

Dear Dr. Roach: I鈥檝e heard of people using hydrogen peroxide (three per cent) as an emetic. How dangerous is this practice, and is it effective? B.G. Hydrogen peroxide taken internally is neither safe nor effective for any medical indication.

Oct 12, 2016 4:20 AM Read more >

Your Good Health: Embolism worries lead woman to cut salads

Dear Dr. Roach: I am having trouble controlling my warfarin intake to keep my blood test results within the two-to-three range that my pulmonologist recommends.

Oct 11, 2016 4:19 AM Read more >

Your Good Health: If you can, go for quadrivalent flu vaccine

Dear Dr. Roach: Flu season is approaching, and it is time to review the options available to prevent flu for the 2016-2017 season.

Oct 10, 2016 5:20 AM Read more >

The Doctor Game: Obesity treatment a sign FDA has gone mad

Has the medical world gone completely insane? A new medical device called 鈥淎spireAssist鈥� to treat obesity has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the U.S. Its approval is being studied by Health sa国际传媒.

Oct 9, 2016 4:20 AM Read more >

Your Good Health: There is no ideal amount of sleep

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a man in overall good health. I am in my early 80s. I see an increasing number of health articles emphasizing the importance of getting a good six to eight hours of sleep per night.

Oct 7, 2016 6:00 AM Read more >