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Your Good Health: Infection most common reason to remove surgical hardware

Your Good Health: Infection most common reason to remove surgical hardware

Pain and joint stiffness are possible after surgical hardware placement, although that doesn鈥檛 mean the hardware is causing the problem.
Your Good Health: Shortness of breathe not caused by valve issue

Your Good Health: Shortness of breathe not caused by valve issue

Additional testing on patient's heart, lungs and blood might be necessary
Your Good Health: For women with history of blood clot, IUD a good option

Your Good Health: For women with history of blood clot, IUD a good option

Nonhormonal forms of birth control are best for patient who has had a blood clot
Your Good Health: Estrogen therapy ups cancer risk if given without progestin

Your Good Health: Estrogen therapy ups cancer risk if given without progestin

In the case of uterine cancer, giving estrogen alone (without a progestin) absolutely increases the risk of developing abnormalities
Your Good Health: Microvascular disease increases risk of a stroke

Your Good Health: Microvascular disease increases risk of a stroke

Diagnosis is most commonly made by MRI but an ophthalmologist examining the retina can see findings indicative of small vessel disease.
Your Good Health: Multivitamins only benefit people with deficiencies

Your Good Health: Multivitamins only benefit people with deficiencies

A recent review of nine clinical trials showed no benefit of multivitamins in preventing cataracts
Your Good Health: Some patients need meds long term for panic attacks

Your Good Health: Some patients need meds long term for panic attacks

Unfortunately, there is a stigma associated with mental illness, which can keep people from getting the help that they need.
Your Good Health: Arthritis common cause of back, hip pain in men in their 80s

Your Good Health: Arthritis common cause of back, hip pain in men in their 80s

It's unlikely that prostate drug Finasteride is causing patient's hip and back pain
Your Good Health: Desiccants keep capsules from degrading in high humidity

Your Good Health: Desiccants keep capsules from degrading in high humidity

If you live in a place with high humidity and you get a 90-day or longer supply of pills, it's best to leave the desiccant in the bottle
Your Good Health: Antibiotics or observation first-line treatment for appendicitis

Your Good Health: Antibiotics or observation first-line treatment for appendicitis

Recently, there has been a trend away from sending all people with appendicitis to immediate surgery