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I recently broke my ankle in a fall while running. I’m in perfect health otherwise, but have been told that due to my age – I’m in my late 50s – I need HRT to protect against osteoporosis. The disease doesn’t run through my family, I don’t…

My husband had an operation on his heart last year due to angina. He is on blood thinners, statins and medication for high blood pressure. But he also drinks a lot, most days, and I worry that he has a problem. Should I try to get him to…

Three years ago I had a heart attack followed by a quintuple bypass. Ever since the surgery, I have suffered numbness and pins and needles in my left leg. Recently, this has become much more frequent. Could the two things be linked?Heart…

I am worried about a mole on the right side of my body. It's in an area that doesn't get much sun, but I believe it is an irregular shape – which I know is one of the warning signs of cancer. It's slightly raised, too. I want to go to the…

Robot doctors are no longer a futuristic concept seen only in sci-fi films. In fact, given the very latest developments in healthcare technology, it is likely that some real-life doctors will become obsolete within the coming decade.Last…

A few months ago I started salivating heavily, which means I have to constantly wipe my mouth. My doctor says there is nothing obviously wrong. Can you help? I am aged 70.It is quite rare for people to have too much saliva, but for those it…

I’ve had a cough for years. I’ve tried everything but nothing seems to make it go away. Friends have now recommended that I should cut all dairy out of my diet, as this could be causing it. Are they right?Dairy foods – milk, cheese, yogurt…

My daughter has been suffering tinnitus for some time, but the noises in her ears got progressively worse after the birth of her second child. She now often wears headphones, using music to drown out the sounds. She's had MRI scans that…

Last month I experienced a dreadful pain on one side of my face – like an electric shock going from my upper lip to my hairline. It lasted a few seconds but stopped me in my tracks. I saw my GP who suggested it was trigeminal neuralgia,…

I have had a cough for years. It's there, to some extent, nearly every day. Mostly it's dry but occasionally it's so severe it feels like I'm choking and bringing up bile. I've had numerous scans, blood tests and even had a camera inserted…