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Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 68-year-old male in good health with a 3.3-centimetre aneurysm in my internal iliac artery. I have no symptoms. It was 1.9 cm eight years ago.

Dear Dr. Roach: I recently have been diagnosed with early prostate cancer. My Gleason score is 7. My urologist has informed me that he doesn’t think I am a good candidate for surgery, due to having atrial fibrillation.

How far have we come since Egyptians drilled holes in the skull in an attempt to cure a variety of diseases? We’ve seen tremendous advances in brain surgery. But relatively little progress in how to treat concussion.

Dear Dr. Roach: I wonder if you could comment on the negative side-effects of various blood-pressure medications for those over 65 — particularly folks who are 80-plus.

Dear Dr. Roach: My 82-year-old husband was diagnosed with H. pylori and was treated with two antibiotics and omeprazole. Would you please expand on what exactly H. pylori is? T.R.

Dear Dr. Roach: My teens keep smoking all these flavoured, ethereal wand vapours. They claim it tastes good and even try tricks with the vapour. I’m a concerned parent as I hear these are dangerous magic cigarettes.

Dear Dr. Roach: I recently read an article on MS. I have a young friend who suffers from it. As the article confirmed, and my young friend can attest to, symptoms receded during pregnancy.

Ask anyone about AAA and they will immediately think of the American Automobile Association. But it also stands for abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Dear Dr. Roach: Should people with Lyme disease avoid the flu shot? L.A. Lyme disease is a potentially serious infection caused by the bacteria Borrellia burgorferi, passed on by a tick bite.

Winter’s coming, so how much vitamin D do we need? How much time do you have to spend in the sun to obtain adequate amounts? How does obesity affect the dosage? How many diseases can be prevented by adequate amounts of this vitamin? And what can a ps