 MALE
FERTILITY (JANUARY 5, 2005)
[LOW SPERM COUNT NEEDS EVALUATION BY
MALE FERTILITY SPECIALIST] |
TINEA
VERSICOLOR (JANUARY 12, 2005)
[TINEA VERSICOLOR IS A COMMON FUNGAL RASH AFFECTING YOUTH] |
FATIGUE
(JANUARY 19, 2005)
[READER SHOULD ASK DOCTOR IF DEPRESSION IS CAUSE OF HIS FATIGUE]
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STITCHES
(JANUARY 26, 2005)
[A STITCH IN TIME CAN USUALLY IMPROVE WOUND HEALING]
|
HEMORRHOIDS
(FEBRUARY 1, 2005)
[MOST HEMORRHOIDS TREATED WITH MEDICATION, OFFICE-BASED SURGERY]
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MENINGITIS
VACCINE (FEBRUARY 9, 2005)
[DAUGHTER NEEDS MENINGITIS VACCINE AND FULL “SHOT RECORD”
CHECK] |
ACHOO
(FEBRUARY 16, 2005)
[READER’S FRIEND HAS ACHOO, MAY BE DISQUALIFIED AS FIGHTER PILOT]
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PRE-HYPERTENSION
(FEBRUARY 23, 2005)
[READER’S PRE-HYPERTENSION NEEDS TREATMENT TO AVERT COMPLICATIONS] |
HOMEOPATHIC
TREATMENT (MARCH 2, 2005)
[HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENT NO SUBSTITUTE
FOR MODERN MEDICAL CARE] |
HOT
TUBBING (MARCH 9, 2005)
[OBSERVE SAFETY RULES TO MAKE HOT TUBBING
A RELAXING EXPERIENCE] |
BIOLOGICAL
CLOCK (MARCH 16, 2005)
[CHANGES IN BODY CLOCK AFFECT TEEN SLEEP PATTERNS]
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SPLEEN
(MARCH 23, 2005)
[WITHOUT A SPLEEN, PRECAUTIONS NEEDED TO AVOID DEADLY INFECTIONS]
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HOT
FLASHES (MARCH 30, 2005)
[DOCTOR MAY HAVE NON-HORMONE TREATMENT FOR READER’S HOT
FLASHES] |
PNEUMONIA
(APRIL 6, 2005)
[PNEUMONIA RX: REST, NUTRITION -- AND
SOMETIMES ANTIBIOTICS] |
ALLERGIES
(APRIL 13, 2005)
[ALLERGIES TO AREA POLLENS CAN TAKE YEARS
TO DEVELOP] |
PINWORMS
(APRIL 20, 2005)
[MEDICATION, HAND-CLEANLINESS KEYS TO
TREATING PINWORMS] |
WILMS
TUMOR (APRIL 27, 2005)
[SURGERY, CHEMOTHERAPY CURE MOST CASES
OF WILMS TUMOR] |
HEAD
LICE (MAY 4, 2005)
[HEAD LICE DON’T DISCRIMINATE,
THEY CAN INFEST ANYONE!] |
PREECLAMPSIA
(MAY 11, 2005)
[BEST PREECLAMPSIA TREATMENT -- DELIVER
BABY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE] |
KELOIDS
(MAY 18, 2005)
[KELOIDS TEND TO BE HEREDITARY, TREATMENT
OFTEN PROBLEMATIC] |
CALCIUM
(MAY 25, 2005)
[CALCIUM IS NOT A “MAGIC BULLET”
FOR SHEDDING POUNDS] |
RABIES
(JUNE 1, 2005)
[HAVING PROMPT RABIES SHOTS MAY HAVE
SAVED READER’S LIFE] |
LAWN
MOWERS (JUNE 8, 2005)
[READER SHOULD NOT LET GRANDKIDS RIDE
ON HIS LAWN MOWER] |
LYME
DISEASE (JUNE 15, 2005)
[LYME DISEASE CAN BE SERIOUS, CDC OFFERS
PREVENTION TIPS] |
HEPATITIS
C (JUNE 22, 2005)
[WHEN DRUGS FAIL, SURGERY CAN SAVE LIFE
OF HEPATITIS C PATIENTS] |
FIREWORKS
(JUNE 29, 2005)
[SPARKLERS CAN BE DANGEROUS FIREWORKS,
ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN] |
DIET
AND DEPRESSION (JULY 6, 2005)
[CHANGING DIET MAY HELP DEPRESSION, BUT
DOCTOR’S GUIDANCE NEEDED] |
FIFTH
DISEASE (JULY 13, 2005)
[FIFTH DISEASE IS A COMMON, USUALLY MILD,
CHILDHOOD DISORDER] |
HOT
WEATHER DEODORANT (JULY 20, 2005)
[FIFTH DISEASE IS A COMMON, USUALLY MILD,
CHILDHOOD DISORDER] |
HEALTHIER
BREASTFED BABIES (JULY 27, 2005)
[BREASTFED BABIES ARE HEALTHIER BOTH
PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY] |
WOMEN'S
SCREENING TESTS (AUGUST 3, 2005)
[PROPER SCREENING TESTS VITAL FOR WOMEN’S
HEALTH CARE] |
VARICOCELE
(AUGUST 10, 2005)
[SON’S VARICOCELE SHOULD PROMPT
EVALUATION OF TESTICULAR GROWTH] |
ROSACEA
(AUGUST 17, 2005)
[READER’S MENOPAUSAL HOT FLASHES
MAY BE TRIGGERING HER ROSACEA] |
OSTEOPOROSIS
(AUGUST 24, 2005)
[IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY TO TAKE STEPS
TO PREVENT OSTEOPOROSIS ] |
LUPUS
THERAPY (AUGUST 31, 2005)
[MODERN LUPUS THERAPY MEANS NORMAL LIFESPAN
FOR MOST SUFFERERS ] |
SCHOOL
PHOBIA (SEPTEMBER 7, 2005)
[“SCHOOL PHOBIA” BEST TREATED
BY ENFORCING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ] |
SHINGLES
(SEPTEMBER 14, 2005)
[READER’S “OTHER SYMPTOMS”
PROBABLY NOT RELATED SHINGLES ] |
ANEMIA
(SEPTEMBER 21, 2005)
[ANEMIA TREATMENTS VARY -- ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL]
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HEART
ATTACK (SEPTEMBER 28, 2005)
[AFTER HEART ATTACK, RESUMPTION OF NORMAL
ACTIVITIES IS THE RULE] |
FLU
SHOT (OCTOBER 5, 2005)
[READER SHOULD GET FLU SHOT, TIMING DEPENDS ON RISK GROUP]
|
LEG
PAIN (OCTOBER 12, 2005)
[READER’S LEG PAIN COULD HAVE MANY DIFFERENT CAUSES]
|
RED
SPOT (OCTOBER 19, 2005)
[BRIGHT RED SPOT IN READER’S EYE WILL PROBABLY GO AWAY IN A
WEEK] |
RHEUMATOID
ARTHRITIS (OCTOBER 26, 2005)
[RA IS THE MOST SERIOUS FORM OF ARTHRITIS, CAN OCCUR AT ANY AGE]
|
EXERCISE
ROUTINE (NOVEMBER 2, 2005)
[READER’S EXERCISE ROUTINE GOOD FOR HER MIND AS WELL AS HER
BODY] |
GALLBLADDER
PAIN (NOVEMBER 9, 2005)
[READER’S THEORY ABOUT HER GALLBLADDER PAIN INTERESTING]
|
MORPHIA SCLERODERMA (NOVEMBER 16, 2005)
[DAUGHTER’S MORPHIA SCLERODERMA IS RARE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE]
|
VOMITING (NOVEMBER
23, 2005)
[MOTHER PROBABLY TOOK RIGHT ACTION WITH SON’S VOMITING]
|
STICKY DATE PUDDING (NOVEMBER 30, 2005)
[CHEF SIMPSON’S RX FOR HOLIDAY CHEER: STICKY DATE PUDDING]
|
NAIL INFECTIONS (DECEMBER 7, 2005)
[ORAL DRUGS EFFECTIVE FOR NAIL INFECTIONS, BUT MUST BE MONITORED]
|
MONGOLIAN
SPOTS (DECEMBER 14, 2005)
[“MONGOLIAN SPOTS” HARMLESS, CAN BE CONFUSED WITH BRUISES]
|
ORBITAL
CELLULITIS (DECEMBER 21, 2005)
[PAINFUL ORBITAL CELLULITIS IS SERIOUS BUT TREATABLE EYE DISEASE]
|
NEW
YEAR’S (DECEMBER 28, 2005)
[FRIENDS DON’T LET FRIENDS DRIVE UNDER THE INFLUENCE]
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