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Your Good Health: After oral herpes, virus stays in the body

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The Doctor Game: Type 2 diabetes cases keep growing

What is the last thing our health-care system needs? More cases of Type 2 diabetes. According to the Diabetes Association, more than 33 million people in North America suffer from diabetes. More millions are unaware they have pre-diabetes.

Your Good Health: Arthritis shots leave woman in severe pain

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 71-year-old woman with osteoarthritis. I have had several injections of Euflexxa in both knees in the past with excellent results.

Your Good Health: Eyedrops can provide relief from migraines

Dear Dr. Roach: Recently a reader was asking for help with chronic migraine that was little helped by various medications.

Your Good Health: Could a cancer patient still be an organ donor?

Dear Dr. Roach: My question is in regard to organ donation. The current status on my driver鈥檚 licence is as an organ donor. However, I have cancer.

Your Good Health: Adrenal dysfunction leads to severe fatigue

Dear Dr. Roach: I had apoplexy, a ruptured pituitary tumour, developed panhypopituitarism, then adrenal insufficiency. I am doing fairly well with cortisol replacement, thyroid supplement and oral diabetic medicine.

Your Good Health: Migraine aura raises questions about stroke, heart attack

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a healthy 64-year-old woman. My only medication is atenolol for blood pressure. I get the aura of migraines very often.

Your Good Health: Therapy for breast cancer alarming to relative

Dear Dr. Roach: One of my relatives has been diagnosed with stage 2 or 3 triple-negative breast cancer.

Your Good Health: Prostatectomy patient fed up with leakage

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a DaVinci prostatectomy 11 months ago. I can sit or stand for hours with no problem, but then sitting on the floor to play with my dog causes me to leak.

The Doctor Game: Fibre keeps system running smoothly

Humans don鈥檛 learn from history. Dr.