2002 Chronology
 "HEEL SPURS" (JANUARY 2, 2002)
[SHOE INSERTS CAN HEAL "HEEL SPURS" -- BUT IT CAN TAKE A YEAR]
 DRY NOSE (JANUARY 9, 2002)
[WINTERTIME DRY NOSE IRRITATING, BUT TREATMENT USUALLY SIMPLE]
 "STATUS MIGRAINE" (JANUARY 16, 2002)
[SON HAD RARE "STATUS MIGRAINE," NEEDS TO PLAN FOR NEXT ATTACK]
 "SINUS PAIN" (JANUARY 23, 2002)
[SINUS PAIN IS SOMETIMES THE RESULT OF A DENTAL PROBLEM]
 "CHRONIC CONSTIPATION" (JANUARY 30, 2002)
[FIBER, EXERCISE AND MORE WATER MAY HELP CHRONIC CONSTIPATION ]
 "GOUTY TOPHI " (FEBRUARY 6, 2002)
[REMOVAL OF TOE IS PROBABLY BEST TREATMENT FOR "GOUTY TOPHI"]
 "DIZZY SPELLS" (FEBRUARY 13, 2002)
[KEEP WORKING WITH DOCTOR TO FIND THE CAUSE OF "DIZZY SPELLS"]
 "DEEP VEIN PHLEBITIS" (FEBRUARY 20, 2002)
[ DEEP VEIN PHLEBITIS CAN BE DEADLY, NEEDS PROMPT EVALUATION]
 "TENNIS ELBOW " (FEBRUARY 27, 2002)
[CLEARING BRUSH AND PAINTING COMMON CAUSES OF "TENNIS ELBOW"]
 "LINGERING SINUS SYMPTOMS"(MARCH 6, 2002)
[READER SHOULD SEE AN ALLERGIST ABOUT LINGERING SINSUS SYMPTOMS]
 "MEDICINE EXPIRATION DATES"(MARCH 13, 2002)
[STORE MEDICINES PROPERLY, THROW OUT WHEN PAST EXPIRATION DATE]
 "DIET PILLS"(MARCH 20, 2002)
[DIET PILLS NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR NURSING MOM -- OR THE REST OF US]
 "HOME WATER FILTERS"(MARCH 27, 2002)
[HOME FILTERS REMOVE BOTH HELPFUL FLUORIDE AND HARMFUL CHEMICALS]
 "COUGH CPR"(APRIL 3, 2002)
["COUGH CPR" HAS SOME MERIT, BUT NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CPR TRAINING]
 "COLONOSCOPY"(APRIL 10, 2002)
[DESPITE READER'S CONCERN, COLONOSCOPY BENEFITS OUTWEIGH RISKS]
 "CHOLOESTEROL THERAPY"(APRIL 17, 2002)
[ADVICE TO READER ON CHOLESTEROL THERAPY: STICK WITH WHAT WORKS]
 "WRIST PAIN GANGLION CYST"(APRIL 24, 2002)
[""NON-TEXTBOOK ANATOMY" LIKELY CAUSE OF WRIST PAIN, GANGLION CYST]
 "INUSRACE COSTS AND MALPRACTICE AWARDS"(MAY 1, 2002)
[INSURANCE COSTS AND MALPRACTICE AWARDS PASSED ON TO PATIENT]