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To Your Good Health: Red, puffy gums? Check your medicine bottles

DEAR DR. ROACH: I know you are not a dentist, but I have a question connected to high ... Read more

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To Your Good Health: Temporary loss of memory triggered by stress

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 67-year-old woman in good health. I received two doses of the Moderna ... Read more

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Kentucky’s 10- to 17-year-old youth rank No. 1 for obesity

In 2019-20, Kentucky had the highest obesity rate in the nation for children between the ages of 10 ... Read more

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To Your Good Health: Colonoscopy is a valid screening test for 70-year-old

DEAR DR ROACH: I am a 70-year-old man in good health. I have had regular colonoscopies since my ... Read more

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To Your Good Health: Dandruff shampoo isn’t the reason for husband’s skin cancer

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 61-year-old husband has had 24 squamous cell carcinoma (skin cancer) surgeries on his scalp ... Read more

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Reducing the risk of breast cancer recurrence

A breast cancer diagnosis can change patients’ lives in ways they never imagined. That’s especially so in the ... Read more

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Symptoms that may arise after cancer treatment

Though millions of cancer survivors across the globe have recovered and gone on to live happy, full lives, ... Read more

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To Your Good Health: Long COVID refers to symptoms, not transmission of virus

DEAR DR. ROACH: Can you elaborate on “long COVID”? Specifically, do people experiencing long COVID carry the virus ... Read more

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To Your Good Health: Excessive alcohol consumption negatively impacts COVID risks

DEAR DR. ROACH: Recently, in the middle of all the news about the newly circulating delta COVID-19 variant, ... Read more

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To Your Good Health: Male breast growth could be the result of low testosterone

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 70-year-old male who has been experiencing an increase in breast size (slightly ... Read more