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Your Good Health: Bone density drug risky for woman with periodontal disease
Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 80-year-old woman in good health except for a diagnosis of osteopenia.
Jul 9, 2021 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Surgery imperative if mass in ear involves mastoid
Dear Dr. Roach: I have recently been diagnosed with a cholesteatoma in one ear, which has resulted in significant hearing loss. How common is this condition? I have been advised that surgery is my only treatment option.
Jul 8, 2021 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Proper technique crucial in checking blood pressure
Dear Dr. Roach: During my annual wellness visits to the doctor, my blood pressure is always taken. But it is done differently depending on the person taking it.
Jul 7, 2021 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Estrogen a good treatment for painful sex, recurrent urine infections
Dear Dr. Roach: I am 69, and my husband is 72. We have had a pretty active sex life for many years. Now, however, I find things are changing for me. Sex is becoming uncomfortable and sometimes painful.
Jul 6, 2021 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Growing post-surgery scar is likely a keloid
Dear Dr. Roach: I am 77, active and in relatively good shape. I was diagnosed with a ventral hernia two years ago following open heart surgery in 2001.
Jul 3, 2021 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Surgeon should know nurse is giving patients anti-vaccine advice
Dear Dr. Roach: At a recent appointment I discovered that my nurse practitioner (about 45 years old) doesn鈥檛 plan to get a COVID vaccination as he says it鈥檚 unsafe and that all of us (vaccinated ones) are just guinea pigs.
Jul 2, 2021 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Starting pain med at low dose eases side-effects
Dear Dr. Roach: I鈥檓 74 years old, not overweight and in generally good health. Your recent article on spinal stenosis hit home. I鈥檝e had six cortisone injections in the past year in my lower back and neck, which have helped tremendously.
Jun 30, 2021 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Neuropathy treatment augments antibodies
Dear Dr. Roach: My doctor has prescribed IVIG therapy for my peripheral neuropathy. As I understand it, this infusion will replace my antibodies with 鈥済ood鈥 antibodies.
Jun 29, 2021 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Exercise-induced anaphylaxis is a rare form
Dear Dr. Roach: Please write about food-dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis. Many medical professionals still do not know about this rare and potentially deadly condition. Thank you! M.S.
Jun 26, 2021 6:00 AM
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Your Good Health: Don't fear radiation from CT scan
Dear Dr. Roach: My doctor has recommended a CT calcium scan, but I have cancelled the scan because I am worried about the high radiation dose.
Jun 25, 2021 6:00 AM
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