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I don't want to put pressure on you ... but did you know that if you develop high blood pressure in middle age and it's uncontrolled, you're at an increased risk for dementia? That's because high blood pressure damages blood vessels and can reduce blood flow to the brain. As a result, your blood isn't effectively clearing harmful waste products ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have been diagnosed with mild sleep apnea. (No surprise there as symptoms were omnipresent.) CPAP machines seem incredibly uncomfortable. Are they the preferred gold standard even for mild sleep apnea? (I'm not even sure if "mild" is accurate since all sleep issues are serious to me.)

Also, I believe my deviated septum is ...Read more

Wouldn't it be great if you could wash away your worries about Type 2 diabetes? Well, a new 18-month study presented recently at the Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association reveals just how powerful an influence your choice of beverage can be.

Researchers divided women with Type 2 diabetes who were in a weight management ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 67-year-old female in pretty good health. The only medications I take are for my thyroid, arthritis and hormone replacement. Early last year, I was sick with a cold/flu for a couple of weeks and had diarrhea during this time. I figured it was from my sickness; however, the sickness went away, but the diarrhea did not.

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DEAR DR. ROACH: What is your opinion on taking gummies that contain 8 mg each of CBD, CBN and THC before bedtime for sleeping assistance? I am an 81-year-old male and have been taking them for several months, and they seem to help me. Could you comment on gummies for elderly people to assist with sleeping issues and any downsides of taking them?...Read more

The "Sweaty Dozen" is a list from the Cleveland Clinic of 12 ways that exercise can transform your life -- making you live longer, stronger and happier. In fact, a study published in Circulation found that, over 30 years, people who followed the minimum guidelines by getting 150 minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity a week lowered ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband woke up with double vision about three weeks ago. It appears that his left eye is turned inward and does not move with his right eye. He's had a prescription for prednisone that did not help. An MRI has ruled out a brain tumor, and blood tests have ruled out myasthenia gravis.

An optometrist has prescribed prism ...Read more

When Merle Haggard sang, "Come home, come home, it's suppertime. The shadows lengthen fast. Come home, come home, it's suppertime. We're going home at last," you could almost smell the tantalizing aromas of his mother's home cooking wafting through the late afternoon air.

But for many folks, suppertime is a late evening pizza delivery or a ...Read more

In May, surgeons at the University of Southern California and the University of California, Los Angeles, collaborated to perform the world's first human bladder transplant. Currently, when a bladder fails or needs to be removed, doctors create a "neobladder" using a portion of the patient's intestine, or they reroute urine to drain into a bag ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 66 years old and have had highly episodic and infrequent shooting pains in my outer right knee on and off for the past five or six years. It's like an intense burning sensation or electric shock to the bony outer part of my tibia directly below the knee, and it only lasts for a few seconds.

But when it occurs during sleep...Read more

Celebrating Medicare's 60th birthday gives me an opportunity to talk with my long-time friend and co-author Dr. Mehmet Oz, now the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, about how to better choose and use the different forms of Medicare.

Step by step: Medicare serves around 69 million Americans; 90% are over age 65 and ...Read more

Between 2016 and 2023, the mental health of mothers in the U.S. significantly declined, according to new research. And while the decline occurred across socioeconomic groups, it was sharpest among single mothers, those with less education, with publicly or uninsured kids and those born in the U.S.

Study authors analyzed self-reported data ...Read more

Just like regular smoking tobacco, electronic cigarettes or vapes rely on nicotine as a primary draw. But there's another addictive ingredient too, especially aimed at younger users.

Neotame is an artificial sweetener 7,000 to 13,000 times sweeter than traditional sugar. A survey found neotame is used in all of 11 popular disposable vape ...Read more

There is growing awareness -- and alarm -- at news that human brains (and the rest of our bodies) contain microplastic particles that may be causing harm, such as increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke.

Now comes news that location is a risk factor.

New data suggests that people who live near the ocean have...Read more