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Dear Dr. Roach: What can help a senior citizen with profound hearing loss? Many audiologists say a hearing aid can definitely help, but it seems it never happens.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a nursing student in my 30s and from the Philippines. As part of my testing, I had a skin test for tuberculosis, which was positive. I had a friend in the hospital recently with tuberculosis.

Dear Dr. Roach: I鈥檓 87 and have survived melanoma, which is now under control. I garden, grow flowers and landscape daily. I keep busy two to three hours a day outside. But last week, I was winded from a 12-step steep staircase. I was amazed.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a very healthy 74-year-old male. I am not on any medications and enjoy normal blood pressure and great stats from my regular bloodwork. I weigh 140 pounds and have been exercising every day faithfully for decades.

Dear Dr. Roach: I ran across a recent article of yours about carotid artery stenosis. In this article you state that 鈥渢here is no miracle food, drink or supplement that can clear out arteries.鈥� This is actually not true. I鈥檇 like to point out Dr.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 47-year-old woman. Five years ago, I developed a blood clot in my left leg after fracturing my ankle and being immobilized for several months. I was put on a blood thinner, and my ankle healed.

Dear Dr. Roach: Your recent article on statins/strokes piqued my interest since you mentioned that statins might cause hemorrhagic strokes. My husband had a hemorrhagic stroke in 2014, cause unknown. The stroke caused aphasia and seizures.

Dear Dr. Roach: I鈥檓 an 81-year-old man. About two years ago, I began to realize that my testicles were shrinking, and they are now about the size of a marble.

Dear Dr. Roach: I am battling depression and have a question about psilocybin. I stopped taking Effexor for my depression because I did not like the side- effects. I also tried SAM-e, which had only a small effect.

Dear Dr. Roach: I read an article about a study the Mayo Clinic did using 20-milligram tablets of sildenafil for pulmonary arterial hypertension and that it improved walking distance by 75 per cent.