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Dear Dr. Roach: Could you please explain why alcoholics get distended abdomens, and would the disorder reverse itself if someone quit drinking? J.P. Alcohol causes injury to liver cells. The liver has the ability to regenerate.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have been taking 1,000 to 1,200 mg of calcium daily for a long time now — more than 12 years. I am 46. I don’t get much, if any, dairy in my diet, but I am a good vegetable eater.

Dear Dr. Roach: For the past five years, I have been using vaginal estrogen. I was first given Estradiol Cream. I have always had very thick, curly hair. In less than a week, I started noticing hair coming out in my hands when washing it.

Dear Dr. Roach: Please, please help me. I’ve visited my allergist, the ear-nose-throat specialist and my own internist. None of them has ever heard of my problem and don't know how to help me.

Attention dieters: If you want to maximize your chances of success, don’t go to the grocery store on an empty stomach.

It’s OK to eat veggies instead of starchy food

Dear Dr. Roach: I am writing regarding my son, who at age 15 had surgery and removal of his left testicle due to a cyst that was growing. The cyst proved negative for cancer.

Tracey Delisle was half expecting a difficult second delivery. Delisle’s first child was born a few weeks premature after a pregnancy that was complicated by diabetes, pancreatitis and high blood pressure.

Runners, volunteers and the public came together during the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 10K race weekend for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Almost $8,600 was raised from donations to One Fund Boston through the purchase of stickers and T-shirts.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 93-year-old male. In February 2012, I fell on a hospital sidewalk. Along with some other minor injuries, I cut my upper lip. The hospital's emergency room put three sutures in my lip to close the wound.