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Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 57-year-old man who is healthy and physically fit. I contracted Valley fever last November while visiting Arizona.

Dear Dr. Roach: What exactly is collagen, and why do I see so many ads supporting its use as a youth supplement? R.F. Collagen is a structural protein found in your skin, bones, tendons and ligaments.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am anxious to know your opinion regarding removal of surgical hardware. Fourteen months ago, I broke and dislocated my wrist. It was a serious injury and required surgery. They put in a cadaver bone, a plate and eight screws.

Dear Dr. Roach: My urologist put me on finasteride for enlarged prostate. What are the side effects? R.G. Finasteride blocks the conversion of testosterone (T) to dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

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Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 77-year-old woman of Hispanic heritage. For many years I have been on cholesterol medication. It has always bothered me, but in the past year, the night cramps in my legs have been intolerable.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 65-year-old woman. As a child, I had what we called 鈥渓azy eye.鈥� My condition was that my right eye was aligned noticeably outward. I believe this is referred to as 鈥渆xotropia.

Dear Dr. Roach: I鈥檝e been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and prescribed 1,500 mg of metformin. My A1C is now 6.0, although even when it was 5.8, my endocrinologist kept the same dosage.

Dear Dr. Roach: I read recently that a coronavirus vaccine is scheduled for release in late October or early November in the very early stages of clinical trials.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have read everything I can find on Heberden鈥檚 nodes. I have one on the middle finger of my left hand, my writing hand. I have had this node for about three months, and I believe it is still growing.