ANSWER: The FRAX score is the easiest way of understanding the results of a bone density scan. Even though the odds are that in 10 years, you will not have had a fracture, your risk of a hip fracture ...

In 2022, I took a trip to France to visit friends and sightsee. My hip/leg pain started after I spent my days walking and climbing stairs in Paris. (I walked 16 miles one day!) I rested during the ...

I read your recent column about using the immune system to prevent cancer, but I think that there will never be a "vaccine" to prevent anyone from getting ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband is 77, and I am 68. Our health deteriorated during the pandemic. When should we switch to a gerontologist for our general care? — A.M.P. Answer: Nearly all adult primary ...

Over a 30-day period, my 84-year-old husband went from being mentally sharp, to going into a fog, to not being able to recognize simple objects or name the ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My 89-year-old husband died two years ago, and it has been a great sorrow and puzzlement to me and his family that his death certificate listed the cause of death as Lewy body disease.