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Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 68-year-old woman diagnosed with osteopenia. My hip T-score is -2.3, and lumbar spine T-score is -1.6. My doctor suggested medication, but I am concerned about side-effects.

What does 鈥減lant a seed and watch it grow鈥� have to do with a medical column? In one word, plenty. One of today鈥檚 medical disasters is that many children in this country are hungry and poor.

Dear Dr. Roach: I would like your advice concerning my 75-year-old boyfriend, whom I have known for eight years. He had what I suppose would be called a nervous breakdown two years ago and was admitted to a mental hospital for seven days.

Dear Dr. Roach: I recently went for an annual checkup, and was told that I am anemic. Other than advising me to take iron pills, I was told to see my gastroenterologist.

Dear Dr. Roach: In your recent column about the prognosis for a patient with esophageal cancer, what about offering the patient the option of just doing nothing? I suspect this may contradict your training.

Something happened today that I thought would never happen! At 92 years of age, I have asked the Registrar of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to reinstate my medical licence, which I reluctantly gave up at the age of 87.

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Dear Dr. Roach: I had an MRA scan and it was noted that I have calcifications in my cerebellum, suggesting dystrophic calcifications. Is this hereditary? How do you know you have it? D.S.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 85-year-old man in reasonably good health, with a problem of excess saliva and drooling. My neighbour has the same problem, and his doctor prescribed prednisone.

Dear Dr. Roach: Thank you for your recent column about the benefits of HPV vaccine for males.