Cancer isn’t the only risk from smoking; reversing the risk for GD
Q: I just read that only 10% to 20% of smokers get lung cancer. So why do they make such a big deal about it? Yes, I smoke.
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Incontinence caused by an enlarged prostate calls for meds
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 55-year-old male in good health and was diagnosed with a slightly enlarged prostate several years ago.
Pros of adding medication outweigh small risk of bleeding
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 79 years old and have coronary artery disease.
Alarming traits mean wife should end marriage
Dear Amy: My husband of just under two years does things behind my back that he knows would hurt me. While we were dating we promised exclusivity to each other.
The student doctor; a complement to patient care
As a clinical professor at my state’s medical school, I frequently have medical students seeing patients with me in clinic. While the majority of patients are happy to allow student involvement, some decline. This makes me wonder what misconceptions lead patients to be averse to trainees participating at their clinic visits or hospital bedsides. In my experience, the presence of learners has a positive influence on our work in the clinic and hospital.
Drinking water is not the cause of diarrhea while traveling
DEAR DR. ROACH: While reading one of your recent columns, I learned that all water, except distilled, contains electrolytes. I wondered if there are differences in the amount of each electrolyte in drinking water in different places in Canada, and if so, whether that might explain why I experience cramping and diarrhea when I am visiting another place? Through experience, I have been able to avoid the problem by drinking only bottled mineral or distilled water when I am away from my home. In cases where I have been on lengthier holidays, after I lived through the initial distress, eventually, my gastric system calmed down and seemed to accommodate the new source of water. I felt that my malady might be some sort of domestic version of Montezuma’s Revenge, but the analogy is inapt because the water I have consumed away from my home was not contaminated. -- M.T.
Designer clothes invite fashionable cold shoulder
Dear Amy: Some time ago I gave my good friend “Cheryl” some very expensive designer clothes I thought she would like, but they were too big for her. With my permission she showed them to a couple of other people I know, one of whom took the clothing, apparently with delight.
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Dear Editor, It’s really no surprise that the Vote No side has been stealing Value Them Both Signs out of our yards all over town. Their campaign, funded primarily by out of state groups and large corporations, is based on a lie.
Casual dater needs to find her missing person
Dear Amy: I met “John,” who I thought was an evolved, caring, and understanding human. We’ve been dating for nine months.
Ask Amy: Families should hold on to discharge papers
Dear Amy: My father died three weeks ago. After his death, I talked with a close friend whose father died in 2007.