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Your Good Health: Alzheimer鈥檚 drug slows progression, but isn鈥檛 a cure

Your Good Health: Alzheimer鈥檚 drug slows progression, but isn鈥檛 a cure

There is considerable interest in lecanemab since a 2023 trial showed that it slowed the worsening of cognitive loss compared to a placebo.
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Your Good Health: Longtime allergy issues continue to cause pressure in sinuses

Your Good Health: Longtime allergy issues continue to cause pressure in sinuses

What are your thoughts regarding histamine intolerance when eating high-histamine foods? I am a 65-year-old woman who has suffered from sinus problems since my late teens.
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Your Good Health: Mail-order meds can lose efficacy if they鈥檙e not stored properly

Your Good Health: Mail-order meds can lose efficacy if they鈥檙e not stored properly

All medicines should be stored in a cool, dark place, as direct sunlight and heat can damage their effectiveness.
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Your Good Health: Finasteride linked to rare cases of impotence and cancer

Your Good Health: Finasteride linked to rare cases of impotence and cancer

Breast enlargement, a breast mass or pain, or a change in the nipple should prompt a man not only to stop the medicine, but to get a prompt evaluation for rare cases of cancer.
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Your Good Health: Meds for rare disease shouldn鈥檛 be withheld long for procedures

Your Good Health: Meds for rare disease shouldn鈥檛 be withheld long for procedures

Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia is a rare disease 鈥� a type of blood lymphoma and a cancer of the bone marrow.
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Your Good Health: Prednisone can cause herpes flare-ups

Your Good Health: Prednisone can cause herpes flare-ups

The steroid drug prednisone is an immunosuppressant, so it can spark an outbreak of herpes
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Your Good Health: Delayed treatment of stroke results in lost brain function

Your Good Health: Delayed treatment of stroke results in lost brain function

With any of the cardinal symptoms of a stroke it is time to call 911.
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Popular nasal decongestant ingredient doesn't actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say

Popular nasal decongestant ingredient doesn't actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say

Phenylephrine is an ingredient in many over-the-counter medications marketed for cold and flu symptoms.
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Your Good Health: What prompted the discontinuation of fen-phen?

Your Good Health: What prompted the discontinuation of fen-phen?

Weight-loss drug was discontinued after it was linked to valve diseases of the heart in some patients
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Your Good Health: How to handle a diagnosis of CREST syndrome

Your Good Health: How to handle a diagnosis of CREST syndrome

Formerly called scleroderma, Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that can affect multiple organs, not just the skin
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