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I just had a total hysterectomy and I wanted to know if there is a diet to help me lose weight with this particular situation?
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I take care of my 69yr old mom. The last 5 years she was thrown out by her daughter, my sister, she tried to kill herself. Taking care of her has left me and her barely hanging on with cash. Me mostly. I lost everything defending the cruelty from my sister and I don't have a job, or a license and I am looking, I will get something, but this madness and cruelty is more

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When I turned 49, I began to experience thinning of my hair. It seems to have gotten worse with age. I have read that hormones could be a factor in this, but I have been checked for any imbalances, etc. and everything is normal. Do you have any suggestions such as supplements, etc. that could help me. I had a maternal grandmother who lost most all her hair, but we always contributed it to her medications and diabetes. Any suggestions for this problem would be greatly appreciated.
Hair? What Hair? more

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Ever since I had my complete hysterectomy in 1997, at age 37 (am now 50) I've had many problems with vaginal dryness. I've not been on any type of hormone replacement therapy for about 10 years. About a year after my surgery I went through a complete surgical menopause, and my then GYN gave me the OK to stop taking hormones. But I was 40 then. My ex-husband and I had, for the first time, to use OTC lubricants. Then, after being divorced, the first time I had intercourse (3 years ago) nothing helped. Needless to say, more

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How long does the drug Meloxicam 7.5mg stay in your system? Can it be causing me to be short of breath? I have been taking this drug for arthritis for 2 years, 7.5mg BID.
Curious about my Rx more

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I have skin tags, but I also been noticing red raised little bumps. My little patient asked why I have red gummy bears on my skin! LOL! That's what they kind of look like...gummy. Any clue? more

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What could be causing my hair loss and how can I regrow my hair? I have osteoarthritis and diabetes and take biotin use rogaine, and have stopped taking glucosamine because I heard it causes your hair to fall out. My thyroid is normal and my doctor does not seem concerned. I have not been diagnosed, but I think I may have fibromyalgia.
Losing my hair! more

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I have a dull, constant pain in the back of my lower neck, in an area that my mother used to refer to as the "dowagers hump" I'm otherwise a healthy, almost 60 yr. old woman. I take one medication (QVAR 80), an inhaler for asthma (acute). I work 40 hrs/wk at a fairly stressful-sit-down-in-front-of-a-computer-job, but am a happy person and spend lots of time with my grandchildren. I don't exercise much, and am single. My question is: What causes constant pain in the "dowagers hump" area? I don't have rounded shoulders, or a humped back. Can my medication be more

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I suspect there is something beginning to "go wrong" with my 87 year-old mother. We were in a restaurant last week and she started shaking salt into her tea cup. I took the salt shaker out of her hand, told her she was shaking salt into the tea and that she should not do that, and then I joking said that we needed to get her to the eye doctor. Two minutes passed and she again reached for the salt shaker and started "flavoring" the tea. I was stunned. How do we figure out what's wrong? more

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I'm a 59-year old man and I'm probably a good 40-50 pounds overweight. The only exercise I do is that I walk once, sometimes twice a week at night with a friend. Now my knees are starting to hurt. Should I stop my night-time walks? more