Dear L.S.: I don't think there is a definition of "healthy" that everyone would agree on. One author described it as an absence of chronic suffering. The World Health Organization also gave a ...

During this period of time, we (the family) went regularly for chest X-rays and some kind of test that involved a needle in ...

Dr. Roach shares a link to a video, but having your doctor watch you use it is the best way to verify you're doing it right.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old male who is in relatively good health. For the past six months, I have been experiencing ...

ROACH: I am a 79-year-old female who is currently on biannual infusions for osteoporosis and high cholesterol. In 2018, I was diagnosed with Lynch syndrome with an MSH6 deviation. The genetic testing ...

I am a 70-year-old male with a large inguinal hernia on the right side. I have consulted two different surgeons, and both ...

I have notes from friends at home who are getting their COVID vaccines and high-dose flu shots on the same day in the same arm. They talk about being completely wiped out and the cons of having two ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an active 76-year-old man. I became aware of an increase in my resting heart rate in April 2021, going from a resting rate of 48 to 74 beats per minute in a six-day period. It is ...

When I was about 6 years old in the early '40s, my 16-year-old brother was sent to a sanitarium for tuberculosis patients. He ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I was recently diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica after weeks of intense muscle pain. I’m a 67-year-old female in otherwise good health. My doctor prescribed prednisone, which ...

What can you tell me about the cause and treatment of immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)? I am a 71-year-old male, and after lab results showed a low blood platelet count, I underwent a spleen and ...