1996 A-Z

Alcohol Tolerance (December 25, 1996) [PROPER PARTY PLANNING CAN PREVENT NEW YEAR’S EVE TRAGEDY] Alzheimer's Misdiagnosis (March 20, 1996) [MISDIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE CAN BE TRAGIC] Banana Bread (December 11, 1996) [CHEF WOLF’S ANNUAL HOLIDAY TREAT: CALORIE-RICH BANANA BREAD] Blood Sugar Levels (March 27, 1996) [CONTROLLING BLOOD SUGAR KEY TO PREVENTING DIABETIC FOOT PROBLEMS] Bloody Urine (January 10, 1996) [WIFE’S MEMORY PROBLEMS MIGHT BE DUE TO MEDICATION] Bone Fractures (November 6, 1996) [ESTROGEN AND EXERCISE CAN REDUCE FRACTURES IN WOMEN] Breast Cancer Vaccine (June 5, 1996) [BREAST CANCER VACCINE SHOWS PROMISE, BUT STILL EXPERIMENTAL] Deodorants (April 24, 1996) [READER NEEDS TO TRY NEW BRAND OF DEODORANT] Diet Pills (April 6, 1996) [CHROMIUM PICOLINATE DIET PILLS NOT A GOOD WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT] Dogs Attacks (October 16, 1996) [TIPS FOR DEALING WITH "MAN’S BEST FRIEND"] Ear Thermometers (March 13, 1996) [NEW "IN THE EAR" THERMOMETERS ACCURATE, BUT EXPENSIVE] Emphysema (October 23, 1996) [CONSULT BOTH BANKER AND DOCTOR BEFORE THIS SURGERY] Epipens (August 14, 1996) [EPIPENS CAN BE LIFESAVERS FOR THOSE ALLERGIC TO BEE STINGS] Eye Problems (February 28, 1996) [VITAMINS WON’T HELP FARMER’S EYES, JUST HIS COWS!] Fibrocystic Disease (November 20, 1996) [READER’S PAINFUL BREAST PROBABLY FIBROCYSTIC DISEASE] Frozen Shoulder (January 31, 1996) [COLD WEATHER NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR READER’S FROZEN SHOULDER] Gallbladder Surgery (February 21, 1996) [HIGH-TECH GALLBLADDER SURGERY MEANS QUICK RECOVERY] Gallbladder Surgery (September 25, 1996) [READER’S GALLBLADDER PROBABLY NEEDS SURGICAL REMOVAL] Home-Grown Food (June 26, 1996) [READER ASKS -- IS HOME-GROWN FOOD HEALTHIER?] Iron Pills (August 21, 1996) [READER’S UNABSORBED IRON PILLS ARE NOT A PROBLEM] Knee Surgery (December 18, 1996) [THIS SURGERY OFTEN BETTER WHEN YOU "DOUBLE UP"] Medical Records (October 2, 1996) [DOCTOR MUST GIVE READER HIS MEDICAL RECORDS] Memory Problems (January 17, 1996) [WIFE’S MEMORY PROBLEMS MIGHT BE DUE TO MEDICATION] Minor Stroke (November 13, 1996) [MINI-STROKE NEEDS TO BE TREATED TO PREVENT MAJOR STROKE] Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (October 9, 1996) ["MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY" IS A REAL DISORDER] Nail Infection Treatment (November 27, 1996) [NAIL INFECTION TREATMENT EFFECTIVE -- BUT EXPENSIVE] Nails and Fingertips (January 24, 1996) [WINTERTIME MALADY: CRACKED NAILS AND SPLIT FINGER TIPS] Neck Lumps (June 19, 1996) [NECK LUMPS THAT DON’T GO AWAY NEED FURTHER INVESTIGATION] Osteopathic Physicians (September 18, 1996) [OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS LEAD THE WAY IN TODAY’S HEALTH CARE ARENA] Otoscopes (May 8, 1996) [DOCTOR’S USE OF OTOSCOPE NOT LIKELY TO SPREAD INFECTION] Overuse Injuries (April 10, 1996) [PROPER PREPARATION BEST PREVENTION FOR OVERUSE INJURIES] Overweight Children (October 30, 1996) [FAT BABIES OFTEN BECOME FAT ADULTS] Panic Attacks (May 15, 1996) [TREATING "PANIC ATTACK" MAY REQUIRE ANTIDEPRESSION MEDICATION] Pap Smears and Mammograms (September 11, 1996) [WOMEN NEED REGULAR PAP SMEARS AND MAMMOGRAMS] Peripheral Neuropathy (February 14, 1996) [READER’S PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY FEELS LIKE THICK SOCKS] Peyonie's Disease (May 1, 1996) [SURGERY MAY MAKE A NORMAL SEX LIFE POSSIBLE AGAIN FOR READER] Phobias (July 31, 1996) [READER’S FEAR OF HEIGHTS A PHOBIA] Picnics (July 3, 1996) [HAVE A MEMORABLE, NOT REGRETABLE, 4TH OF JULY PICNIC!] Pilonidal Abscess (February 7, 1996) [THIS ABSCESS IS A REAL PAIN - BUT NOT IN THE TEETH!] Pinkeye (May 29, 1996) [MEDICATION FOR PINKEYE DEPENDS ON THE BUG] Poison Ivy (August 28, 1996) [PASSAGE OF TIME LESSENED READER’S SENSITIVITY TO POISON IVY] Presbyopia (March 6, 1996) [MIDDLE AGE MEANS "PRESBYOPIA" AND READING GLASSES] Precose (July 17, 1996) [PRECOSE WON’T CAUSE READER’S BLOOD SUGAR TO DROP TOO LOW] Stroke (July 24, 1996) [HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS STRIKES READER AND DOC WOLF THIS SUMMER] Swimming (July 10, 1996) [USING "GOOD SENSE" THE KEY TO SWIMMING SAFETY] Swimming and Eating (August 7, 1996) ["OLD WIVES’ TALE" STILL GOOD ADVICE FOR SWIMMING AFTER EATING] Testicular Cancer (January 3, 1996) [CURES ARE NOW THE RULE WITH TESTICULAR CANCER] Tetanus Shots (September 4, 1996) [READER’S "NEAR MISS" REMINDS OF NEED FOR TETANUS SHOTS] Thyroid Problems (April 17, 1996) [READER’S THYROID NEEDS MORE TESTS, PROBABLY SECOND OPINION] Urinary Incontinence (June 12, 1996) [HELP AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WITH INCONTINENCE PROBLEMS] Urinary Incontinence Surgery (December 4, 1996) [SURGERY CAN OFTEN CURE INCONTINENCE] Wilson's Disease (May 22, 1996) [TOO MUCH COPPER IN THE BODY CAUSE OF RARE, TREATABLE DISEASE]