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Ask Dr. Adam

Adam Rosenbluth, M.D., a top internist and cardiologist, weighs in on your questions about how to make your body work better for you

Why Do I Have Less of an Appetite?

Feelings about food can shift over time. Here’s what might be behind the change

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What Can I Do to Ease Leg Cramps?

Here’s why they happen — and how to treat them

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How Does Grief Affect Your Health?

A doctor explains what grief does to your body and how to begin healing

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I Bruise Easily. Should I Be Concerned?

Why frequent bruising occurs and when you need to worry

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Your Health Questions, Answered

Why Am I Walking More Slowly Than I Used To?

A doctor explains why your gait can slow with age, and how to increase your pace

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How Can I Improve My Grip Strength?

Advice and strategies to keep your hands strong as you age

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How Do I Know If My Poop Is Healthy?

A doctor’s report on healthy stool shape, bowel movement frequency and staying regular

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Why Do I Feel Breathless?

Dr. Adam's advice for how to handle breathlessness

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What’s the Best Protection Against Extreme Heat?

Older adults are more vulnerable to heat — here’s how to stay cool

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Why Are My Feet Changing Size and Shape?

Here’s how to treat feet that are mysteriously growing

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How Can You Lower Inflammation?

Ways to turn off an overactive immune system

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What Can Help Ease Nerve Pain?

A doctor’s advice for dampening pain from peripheral neuropathy

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What Is White Coat Hypertension?

Read this if your blood pressure goes up during a doctor visit

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Is Coffee Good or Bad for My Health?

A doctor’s advice on the health effects of a cup of joe

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Why Am I Shrinking As I Get Older?

A doctor's explanation on why people lose inches as they age and how to prevent it

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My Wife is Going Through Menopause. Help!

A doctor explains the hormonal changes women undergo in menopause

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What to Do About Thinning Hair

Help for older women with hair loss

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Doctor, I Need Help With My Joint Pain

A top physician’s advice for help with aches and swelling

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Can Tinnitus Be Cured?

A doctor's advice on how to cope with ringing in your ears

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What Can I Do About High Cholesterol?

A doctor's advice for treating rising cholesterol numbers as you get older

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Effective Ways to Calm Anxiety as You Age

A doctor's advice on dealing with tension and worry

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Are There Risks to Taking Ibuprofen Every Day?

Taking NSAIDs daily for pain relief? It’s important to know the benefits and downsides

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How Can You Reduce Your Cancer Risk?

Learn how to take control of your health through diet, exercise and more

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Combat Winter Dryness: Tips for Watery Eyes

Tips for managing the cold-weather problems of winter dryness and discomfort

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Navigating Aspirin Use for Heart Health

It's important for you to balance the benefits with the bleeding risks

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Chronic Cough: Causes and Relief Options

Identify the causes and relief options for a cough that just won’t go away

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Understanding Why You Always Feel Cold

A doctors advice on how to warm up, regardless of the temperature outside

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Do I Need a Prostate Cancer Screening Test?

A doctor’s advice on when men should take a screening test for prostate cancer

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Can a Sexless Marriage Be Saved?

Plus, a woman who really doesn’t like sex

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Doctor, What Is the Best Diet For Losing Weight?

A physician's advice for dropping a few pounds

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What Can I Do About My Loneliness?

A doctor's advice for what to do when you feel alone

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Doctor, How Can I Avoid Having to Pee All the Time?

Physician has advice to help with frequent urination

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Is It Healthy for Older People to Be Overweight?

Why weighing too little can be dangerous

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How Do I Ask a Doctor for a Second Opinion?

When you're not sure that a diagnosis is right

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How Can I Get Relief From Back Pain?

A doctor’s advice on easing pain without meds

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Doctor, How Much Protein Do I Need?

Why people over 50 need twice as much

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Is It Possible to Reverse Prediabetes?

Small changes can prevent your numbers from rising

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Doctor, How Can I Boost My Immune System?

Help strengthen your body’s defenses

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A Doctor’s Advice on Improving Posture

Strategies to help you straighten up

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Doctor, My Partner Is Having Memory Problems

What to do if a loved one needs a cognitive test

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Is It Possible to Lower Breast Cancer Risk?

A doctor's advice to women with a family history

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What Can I Do About Bloating and Gas?

A doctor’s advice for this uncomfortable problem

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Do I Actually Need an Annual Exam?

A doctor's advice on a yearly physical

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Convincing a Loved One to Give Up Car Keys

When it’s no longer safe for a family member to drive

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How to Deal With Long Waits at Doctor's Offices

How to make sure you don't waste your valuable time

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How Can I Sleep Through the Night?

Expert advice for getting great Z’s

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Can You Say No to Being Weighed at the Doctor’s Office?

What to do if you dread the scale

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Who Actually Needs to Be Taking a Multivitamin?

Find out if this daily supplement is important for health

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What Should You Do if You’ve Been Bitten by a Tick?

Our doctor’s step-by-step advice

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When Should I Get a Test for Bone Strength?

Plus how to improve bone strength

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How to Convince a Partner to Get a Hearing Aid

Encourage a loved one to get their hearing tested

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Doctor, Why Am I So Exhausted All the Time?

How to get your energy back

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