Health
Published on May 23, 2013 - Page 14
DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you please explain why alcoholics get distended abdomens, and would the disorder reverse itself if someone quit drinking?
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Published on May 22, 2013 - Page 18
DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you help explain the preponderance of testosterone-enhancing drugs that I see advertised lately for “low male libido”?
Do...
Published on May 21, 2013 - Page 13
Q. I’ve relied on natural crystal deodorants for years, with the understanding that they were safer than the usual antiperspirants. I was under the...
Published on May 21, 2013 - Page 13
CHICAGO — One of the world’s most glamorous women had an operation that once was terribly disfiguring — removal of both breasts. But new approaches...
Published on May 21, 2013 - Page 13
WASHINGTON — A surprising new report questions public health efforts to get Americans to sharply cut back on salt, saying it’s not clear whether...
Published on May 21, 2013 - Page 13
DEAR DR. ROACH: Several years ago my husband received a stent for a 99 percent blockage. What had kept him alive was a network of collateral arteries...
Published on May 21, 2013 - Page 14
Americans love their bacon. As a nation, we consume more than 1.7 billion pounds of it each year. There are bacon bloggers, bacon websites, and bacon...
Published on May 20, 2013 - Page 9
Q. My doctor recently prescribed atenolol for high blood pressure. The day after I started on atenolol, I felt ill. When I went back to my doctor, he...
Published on May 20, 2013 - Page 17
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 64-year-old woman in fairly good health and who takes no medications. Both my mother, 88, and my sister, 53, take medication...
Published on May 19, 2013 - Page 5
CHICAGO (AP) — Women treated with chest radiation for cancer when they were girls have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than previously...
Published on May 17, 2013 - Page 8
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been taking 1,000-1,200 mg of calcium daily for a long time now — more than 12 years. I am 46.
I don’t get much, if any,...
Published on May 16, 2013 - Page 22
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am writing on behalf of my mother. For the past 17 months she has been experiencing what she feels are parasites coming out of her...
Published on May 15, 2013 - Page 6
NEW YORK (AP) — Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer among Hispanics in the U.S., and the rest of the country may be only a few...
Published on May 15, 2013 - Page 8
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stress does bad things to the heart. New studies have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with PTSD, New Orleans...
Published on May 15, 2013 - Page 18
DEAR DR. ROACH: For the past five years I have been using vaginal estrogen. I was first given Estradiol Cream. I have always had very thick, curly...
Published on May 14, 2013 - Page 15
WASHINGTON — Weight-loss surgery such as the type New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie underwent may not just improve people’s waistlines, but their health...
Published on May 14, 2013 - Page 15
BOSTON (AP) — A Vermont woman revealed her new face this month, six years after her ex-husband disfigured her by dousing her with industrial-strength...
Published on May 14, 2013 - Page 15
Q. I happened across a study showing that low-sodium diets don’t offer benefits to people who aren’t otherwise at risk for heart disease. I realized...
Published on May 14, 2013 - Page 15
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 80-plus-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis. My doctor has reduced my methotrexate dosage due to his concern about kidney...
Published on May 14, 2013 - Page 16
MILAN (AP) — Eating fish is good for your heart but taking fish oil capsules does not help people at high risk of heart problems who are already...