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Dear Dr. Roach: For about the past year, I have had mouth movements that I do not intend to make. I can stop them if I really concentrate on doing so, but as soon as I think of something else, they resume.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 66-year-old white man who is very physically active. Until four years ago, the only real malady I suffered from was a benign enlarged prostate. In March 2016, I went to the emergency room for acute abdominal pain and cramping.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 77-year-old retired internal medicine physician. Last year I started to have asymptomatic PVCs. I also have prediabetes and mild high blood pressure. I am on 100 milligrams of Lopressor twice daily.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 76-year-old male in excellent health. The skin on my heels tends to be dry and callous, and at times develops cracks that can become surprisingly painful and take time to heal.

Dear Dr. Roach: About 20 years ago, I was prescribed amantadine to offset the side-effects of psychiatric medications I was being given. I also have always been predisposed to serious flu complications, even though I did get flu shots.

Dear Dr. Roach: My primary care doctor prescribed a cardiac calcium test after seeing me breathing hard while climbing onto the examining table. I don鈥檛 feel a need for it, as I am over 72 years old and it is common in this age.

Dear Dr. Roach: A recent column discussed shortness of breath on exercise. My aunt had this exact same scenario, and it turned out to be lung cancer.

Dear Dr. Roach: We have been hearing for quite a while about the health risks of obesity, and these have become of even greater concern given the pandemic.

Dear Dr. Roach: I鈥檝e been a vegetarian for the past few years, and I鈥檓 concerned about how to get enough protein without consuming meat from any type of animal.

Dear Dr. Roach: As a family physician, I must differ with you on your advice to the 71-year-old lady whose doctor wanted to start her on a statin. Using a Mesa score and her desire not to take any medicine, you advised her to decline the statin.