DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a post-menopausal woman (12 years since my last cycle). Last month, I had a light period that lasted over a week. I have seen my OB/GYN, who sent me for a pelvic ultrasound and a transvaginal ultrasound. The only thing it showed was a thickening of the lining. I then […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: I need your help to get my husband to stop smoking. My husband and I have been together for 27 years. He has smoked cigarettes daily for at least 30-35 years. Recently, he had an attack where he couldn’t breathe, and we took him to the clinic, where they did a breathing […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: You probably have never gotten a question like this. How much mercury is in an old thermometer? A month ago, I wasn’t feeling well, so I took my temperature with an old thermometer that seemed to be taking too long to work. Long story short, I broke it into my hot cup […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: About three years ago, I was walking from the parking lot to church (not a long distance) and was overcome with a feeling of warmth and weakness throughout my body. I almost dropped my purse, but it stopped almost immediately. About three weeks ago, the same thing happened. I did not feel […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: An MRI showed that I have severe stenosis of my C6 vertebrae. I have pins-and-needles sensations that often go down my right arm and in the neck area of my left shoulder. I saw an orthopedic surgeon, who stated that he could “cure” my stenosis with a laminectomy surgery. Based on his […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: Is there a cure for keloids? My husband is 56 and has several keloids on his body, but there is one on his chest that has gotten considerably larger over the years and causes the most problems. He has experienced pain and discomfort, and it also bleeds at times. My husband would […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: Himalayan salt lamps have become a mini-rage in my family. We now have one “burning” 24 hours per day in our bedroom and soon will have another for our living room. The same is true with other family members. It consists of a nightlight encased inside a rock of Himalayan salt — […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have read that very high doses of the antioxidant vitamin C is a good preventive measure for cancer, and have read that even higher doses intravenously have cured cancer. I drink one cup of warm water each morning with the juice of one whole fresh lemon squeezed in it, as well […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: My 56-year-old sister has hepatitis C. She contracted the virus from a blood transfusion in a hospital in Spain in the 1980s. It is the genotype 4 (North African) strain. It was discovered about 12 years ago, and she had a biopsy that did not show any scarring of her liver at […]

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 27-year-old woman with three sisters. Recently, our mother had a mammogram and a spot was found. Following a biopsy, it was determined to be atypical hyperplasia. They removed all affected tissue, but told my mother that she does have a high risk of developing breast cancer due to this […]