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Your Good Health: IV drug for osteoporosis avoids stomach side effects

Your Good Health: IV drug for osteoporosis avoids stomach side effects

However, both oral and IV treatments have the potential for serious side effects, such as osteonecrosis of the jaw
Your Good Health: Pros and cons of at-home peritoneal dialysis

Your Good Health: Pros and cons of at-home peritoneal dialysis

Pros include better outcomes and more convenience but the patient must be both motivated and capable of performing the dialysis on their own.
Your Good Health: Non-small cell lung cancers often have similar prognoses

Your Good Health: Non-small cell lung cancers often have similar prognoses

Three kinds of lung cancers are grouped together as non-small cell lung cancer, because they tend to have similar prognoses and tumour behaviour.
Your Good Health: Optimal amount of sleep is around 7 hours per night

Your Good Health: Optimal amount of sleep is around 7 hours per night

People who feel well rested with less sleep, and who naturally wake up at a given time (rather than force themselves to get up) are at lower risk for development of complications of poor sleep
Your Good Health: There are many reasons for doctor to see couple separately

Your Good Health: There are many reasons for doctor to see couple separately

One reason to be cautious about seeing couples together, from a physician鈥檚 perspective, is that a person might feel uncomfortable sharing certain medical information in front of their partner.
Your Good Health: Senior with cancer risk can continue screening past age 75

Your Good Health: Senior with cancer risk can continue screening past age 75

It is reasonable to continue colonoscopies past age 75 for older people who are very healthy and/or at higher risk of cancer
Your Good Health: Sjogren's syndrome may have caused heart block

Your Good Health: Sjogren's syndrome may have caused heart block

While it is plausible the COVID-19 infection may have caused the reader's heart block, this complication seems to be uncommon, Dr. Keith Roach writes
Your Good Health: Don鈥檛 make changes to breakfast, medication routine

Your Good Health: Don鈥檛 make changes to breakfast, medication routine

Consistency is key for thyroid drug and many other medications
Your Good Health: Why no rehabs for cigarette smokers?

Your Good Health: Why no rehabs for cigarette smokers?

In-patient rehab is a very expensive, time-consuming intervention that few can afford. It is used when the immediate threat of physical harm from drugs and alcohol is extremely high.
Your Good Health: Diet, exercise better than supplements for diabetes

Your Good Health: Diet, exercise better than supplements for diabetes

At reasonable doses, cinnamon and chromium are safe but their effectiveness in treating diabetes is not proven