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Your Good Health: Bipolar diagnosis can take years

Your Good Health: Bipolar diagnosis can take years

Dear Dr. Roach: How do you diagnose bipolar disorder? Do you need a blood test, or can it be diagnosed by a person鈥檚 actions? A.Y.
LGBTQ2SIA+ family building: Amanda and Sarah鈥檚 story

LGBTQ2SIA+ family building: Amanda and Sarah鈥檚 story

Amanda and Sarah were one of the many couples wanting to have a family. Experts at Olive Fertility made this dream a reality
Your Good Health: Leg is shorter after hip surgery

Your Good Health: Leg is shorter after hip surgery

Dear Dr. Roach: Four years ago, my wife had hip surgery caused by a fall. About eight months after the surgery, she noticed her left leg was three inches shorter that her right one.
Your Good Health: Genetic counsellor could give cancer advice

Your Good Health: Genetic counsellor could give cancer advice

Dear Dr. Roach: I am concerned that my 33-year-old daughter will have breast cancer. I have no history in my family of breast cancer, but my husband鈥檚 grandmother, mother and sister all have had breast cancer with double mastectomies.
Your Good Health: Muscle breakdown a dangerous response to exercise

Your Good Health: Muscle breakdown a dangerous response to exercise

A small number of people have rhabdomyolysis due to a genetic condition involving the muscle
Your Good Health: 'Bone death' in jaw often linked with medications

Your Good Health: 'Bone death' in jaw often linked with medications

Osteonecrosis of the jaw is a serious condition involving poor blood flow that results in death of the bone cells in the jaw
Your Good Health: To solve parasite mystery, find source of exposure

Your Good Health: To solve parasite mystery, find source of exposure

Documenting travel history and contact with other people or environments where a parasite may be picked up is paramount, as is a careful skin exam
Your Good Health: COVID vaccine safe for transplant recipients

Your Good Health: COVID vaccine safe for transplant recipients

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an organ transplant recipient who has received both COVID vaccinations and both boosters.
Your Good Health: Try ablation of nasal nerves only if meds don't work

Your Good Health: Try ablation of nasal nerves only if meds don't work

Any relatively new treatment has the potential for undiscovered side effects that show up only after many people have used it for a prolonged period of time
Your Good Health: Turmeric can increase risk in patients with blood disorders

Your Good Health: Turmeric can increase risk in patients with blood disorders

Unfortunately, any medical intervention runs the risk of causing an untoward effect