DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 68-year-old man who has lifted weights off and on since 1961, but my cardio exercise has been limited. Two years ago, I started speed-walking. I had some pain in my left arm while doing cardio, and my doctor had an echocardiogram performed looking for blockage. The test did not reveal […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: I went through many tests for a cough that lasted for 30 years. No treatments worked. The only sign my doctor could find was that my throat had scars from coughing that long. My allergy specialist had tried for years with all kinds of prescriptions, to no avail. I am now living […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 72-year-old aunt has both hypertension and Type 2 diabetes. She is not on any medications yet. If she took medication to correct her hypertension only, would her blood sugar levels normalize? Or, if she took medication to correct Type 2 diabetes only, would her hypertension be eliminated? I need to know […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: I retired from a large hospital after smoking was prohibited in the building. At that time, doctors still smoked in their lounge, and other employees — nurses, technicians, etc. — smoked on the adjacent strip-mall property or in their personal vehicles. I imagine that the doctors no longer smoke in their lounge […]