I am a soon-to-be 85-year-old healthy woman. I take a statin and baby aspirin (I assume because of my age) and have my ...

ANSWER: Heartburn is a sensation of discomfort in the upper abdomen or in the lower chest that is burning in quality. Although we often tie heartburn to acid reflux, it’s impossible to be immediately ...

Q. I am wondering if my daughter is supersensitive to side effects of pharmaceuticals, as I am. One of the documented side effects of Zoloft/sertraline is urinary incontinence and bladder problems. My ...

Mild elevations in liver tests are common and not dangerous to the liver, but statin can make it look like you might have ...

I’m a generally healthy 73-year-old man. I recently had blood work done and was incidentally noted to have high liver tests (ALT and AST). My doctor ordered a ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a soon-to-be 85-year-old healthy woman. I take a statin and baby aspirin (I assume because of my age) and have my gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) under control. I have ...

I still remember my very first Aggie football game. Back then, Kyle Field wasn’t the massive stadium it is today. I had a seat way up in the second-to-top row — me and the pigeons, as I like to say.

Doctors told him that his bowel just needed time to heal. “It got to the point where I couldn’t go out, because I would ...

People who have multiple gallstones and recurrent symptoms are usually recommended for surgery. Without surgery, it is likely ...

Nashville—Upon further review, Saturday night in Blacksburg was even more favorable than it initially appeared for Vanderbilt football. Watching Vanderbilt’s dominant second half in its eventual win ...

It is noon on a Saturday, and Johanne Killeen is sitting in Al Forno 45 years after she created it with her late husband, George Germon, and yes, she is still at it, running one of Rhode Island’s most ...