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The Doctor Game: How to stay well on a cruise

I should hate being at sea. In 1952, during my first trip as a young ship鈥檚 surgeon, I sailed to Germany to bring persons displaced by the war to sa国际传媒.

Your Good Health: Woman dies of aorta root rupture. Why?

Dear Dr. Roach: Two weeks ago, my sister-in-law, age 74 and in excellent health, collapsed and died suddenly and unexpectedly while working full time at a nearby university. The autopsy reports that she died from aorta root rupture.

Your Good Health: Cramps put cyclist in agony

Dear Dr. Roach: For the past few months, I have been training for a 260-kilometre bike ride, scheduled for this month.

Your Good Health: Cluster headaches call for preventive medicine

Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with cluster headache at age 20. Now, at age 65, I have endured these excruciating headaches for some 45 years. In my situation, I can have once- or twice-daily headaches for anywhere from two to four months.

The Doctor Game: Why 鈥榖ig T鈥 may help men live longer

Should aging males use testosterone therapy to increase overall health and longevity? It鈥檚 a question I鈥檝e pondered after interviewing Dr. Malcolm Crowthers, an early pioneer of testosterone therapy, in London years ago. Now, Dr.

Your Good Health: Low vitamin D can be treated with injections

Dear Dr. Roach: I was wondering if聽you can give me any advice on聽dealing with my diagnosis of聽low聽vitamin D. I have been plagued by this for years. My problem is compounded by severe GERD, which makes it impossible to take vitamin D supplements.

Your Good Health: Shoulder pains diagnosed as torn rotator cuff

Dear Dr. Roach: Several months ago, I noticed a slight pain in my right shoulder, and a month later, pain in my left shoulder. The pain got steadily worse in both shoulders.

Your Good Health: Boy, 11, passes out when receiving shots

Dear Dr. Roach: Yesterday, my 11-year-old son had his well-child visit. His doctor informed us that he needed his DTAP, hepatitis A and meningococcal vaccines. My son hates shots. During his previous set of shots, he vomited and almost passed out.

Your Good Health: 鈥楳ixed鈥 sleep apnea unlikely to herald disease

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a pretty healthy 53-year-old female and have central sleep apnea, along with a few obstructive events. I see a neurologist for this, and he doesn鈥檛 seem concerned with finding out why I have the central events.

The Doctor Game: Make life easy and safe this summer

An African proverb says: 鈥淭here is only one kind of common sense, and 40 varieties of lunacy.鈥 Unfortunately, this summer will again prove it right. There鈥檚 also an old song that goes: 鈥淪ummertime and the living is easy.