DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I read your column every day and have never seen anything on carpal tunnel syndrome. I am 82, and I have it in both hands. My fingers hurt all the time. Can you help me out? My doctor tells me nothing. — R.T. ANSWER: And I thought I was overdoing carpal tunnel […]

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: After reading your article on walking, I went out for my daily morning walk with two pedometers on my waist. When I returned home, one pedometer showed 10,090 steps, and the other, 9,971. The pace of the walking was 125 steps a minute. I am 5 feet 5 inches tall, weigh 137 […]

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 80. I suffer with atrial fibrillation, which began about 11 months ago, when I underwent surgery to replace my aortic valve with a tissue heart valve. At the same time, a bypass on one heart artery was performed. The A fib lasted on and off for about 12 days. Since […]

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 73 years old. I have chronic lymphoid (lymphocytic) leukemia. Can you inherit this from a parent? Is there a place that specializes in treating this disease? I would like to know more about it. — S. ANSWER: The incidence of chronic lymphoid leukemia is higher in families where one member […]

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I’ve been helping my daughter manage her home and three other children after she delivered a baby. The baby, a boy, has started to throw up after most feedings. He’s not losing weight, but this is trying on everyone. The pediatrician says he might have pyloric stenosis. I am not familiar with […]

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 82 years old, and for the past year have been bothered by a nearly constant burning sensation on my tongue and sometimes lips. An ENT doctor tells me there is no known cause or cure for this fairly common condition. Can you provide any information? — G.M. ANSWER: Burning tongue […]

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What should I eat with type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol? All the advice I get tells me what I cannot eat — no potatoes, no bread, no crackers, no cereal, no fruit. Since breakfast is the most important meal of the day, I don’t know what to eat. […]

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a nurse who is into exercise. This year, I have increased the amount of time I exercise and have increased the exercise difficulty. I don’t know if this is just a coincidence or if it’s related to my new program: I have had two colds this year, one on top […]

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: While having dinner with my father, he suddenly had a blank look and stopped eating. He couldn’t speak clearly. My brothers and I got him onto a couch, and he stayed there for about 15 minutes. Finally, someone suggested he might be having a stroke, and we called 911. In the emergency […]

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Everything I read about urinary tract infections deals with women, including what you write. I am a 35-year-old man, and I just had a week of antibiotics for a urinary tract infection. Why is there this bias in dealing with female urinary infections over male infections? — J.F. ANSWER: The urinary tract […]