To Your Good Health – Heart disease can have few or no symptoms
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By Keith Roach, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently went to my family doctor complaining of left-arm pain and heartburn-like pain in my throat area. He said that he could admit ... Continue Reading →
To Your Good Health – Can laser zap nail fungus?
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By Keith Roach, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: In discussing treatment of nail fungus, you did not mention newer laser treatments that I see advertised by podiatrists in my area. ... Continue Reading →
To Your Good Health – Is Knee Replacement Surgery the Only Option?
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By Keith Roach, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a female in my 60s, and for the past couple of months I have been having some discomfort and swelling in my right knee. I am slightly ... Continue Reading →
How to choose a kidney doctor
TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH By Keith Roach, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: How can I find the most successful, experienced kidney doctor? Would I be better off with a doctor who has his or her own practice, ... Continue Reading →
Tremors aren’t always sign of Parkinson’s
TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH By Keith Roach M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been diagnosed with essential tremor. Propranolol 10 mg has not helped. Sometimes I can write and eat with no shaking, ... Continue Reading →
Nonalcoholic fatty liver is increasingly common
TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH By Keith Roach, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 59 years old and am having problems with my lower abdomen. After colonoscopy and ultrasound, my doctor called to say I ... Continue Reading →
To Your Good Health – Psoriatic arthritis, varicose veins, aneurism
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By Keith Roach, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 77-year-old male. I had to stop playing golf about two years ago due to joint pain. I had psoriasis from age 15 until ... Continue Reading →
No Harm in Taking Nitro for Angina
DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you write about the effect that angina, stopped quickly by nitro, has on one’s system? My husband takes Imdur (30 mg) twice a day to control angina, although ... Continue Reading →
White-Coat Syndrome; D.O. versus M.D.
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By Keith Roach, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: My 21-year-old son is a college athlete, a sprinter, but he has had recurrent high systolic blood pressure readings since he ... Continue Reading →
Sweating buckets, fructose absorption
By KEITH ROACH, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I hope you can help me. I am 67 years old and have been sweating profusely from my head for about six years. I believe it is secondary hyperhidrosis. ... Continue Reading →
