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Your Good Health: Screening men for osteoporosis remains controversial

Your Good Health: Screening men for osteoporosis remains controversial

Osteoporosis screening in men is controversial, but a diagnosis should prompt consideration of the underlying reason behind it.
Your Good Health: Poor leg strength prevents woman from climbing stairs

Your Good Health: Poor leg strength prevents woman from climbing stairs

My wife has poor leg strength and has trouble going up stairs. What could be causing the problem? Is it as simple as needing to strengthen her legs through exercise? Could it be a circulation issue?
Your Good Health: Consult urologist on frequent urination

Your Good Health: Consult urologist on frequent urination

It is worthwhile to take a figurative step backward and ask whether an enlarged prostate is really the problem. Very often, the bladder is to blame.
Your Good Health: Aspirin OK after mild allergic reaction to ibuprofen

Your Good Health: Aspirin OK after mild allergic reaction to ibuprofen

For osteoarthritis, ask doctor for presciption medicine alternatives. Also anti-inflammatory gels like diclofenac cream (Voltaren) should also be safe for topical use.
Your Good Health: Patient with heart failure contemplates halting prescribed meds

Your Good Health: Patient with heart failure contemplates halting prescribed meds

Treatment for another condition seems to have improved my partner's heart function. Does he still need to take the medications prescribed for heart failure?
Your Good Health: Inspiratory muscle training helps to reduce high blood pressure

Your Good Health: Inspiratory muscle training helps to reduce high blood pressure

With this type of training, you inhale through a device that restricts airflow, to make inhaling more challenging.
Your Good Health: Few conditions cause Rh factor to make a difference in health

Your Good Health: Few conditions cause Rh factor to make a difference in health

Many studies show no clear evidence that people with Rh-negative blood are at increased risk for chronic medical issues. AB negative is the rarest blood type to have, but that鈥檚 not a bad thing.
Your Good Health: What does it mean to be immunocompromised?

Your Good Health: What does it mean to be immunocompromised?

Unfortunately, as good as our immune systems are, they aren鈥檛 quite perfect.
Your Good Health: Will cholesterol levels rise if I stop using statin?

Your Good Health: Will cholesterol levels rise if I stop using statin?

Patient weighs stopping statin to see if cholesterol rises
Your Good Health: Inflammation in the blood increases heart disease risk

Your Good Health: Inflammation in the blood increases heart disease risk

Whether from chronic infection or inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, there is a connection and it鈥檚 not just coincidence