Health News from TimesFreePress.com | http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/health http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/health DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 38-year-old woman. Since my early 20s, my breasts have leaked milk. If I apply pressure to my breasts, a few drops of milk appear. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/04/nipple-discharge-often-has-no-significance/ Fri, 4 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/04/nipple-discharge-often-has-no-significance/ DEAR DR. DONOHUE: For more than a year, my doctor has been telling me I am anemic, but it’s not due to iron deficiency. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/03/determining-kind-anemia-challenge-doctors/ Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/03/determining-kind-anemia-challenge-doctors/ Note: Events without published prices are free, and registration is required for most programs. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/03/health-happenings/ Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/03/health-happenings/ Could CrossFit — a fast-paced, Internet-based, total-body personal training system — revolutionize fitness? http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/03/crossfit-chattanooga-latest-wave-high-intensity-wo/ Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/03/crossfit-chattanooga-latest-wave-high-intensity-wo/ The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department inspects restaurants twice a year and grades the businesses on a 100-point scale. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/03/restaurant-inspection-report/ Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/03/restaurant-inspection-report/ For a personal reflection during the July 4th marking of the 232nd anniversary of our country, I urge you to read “Final Salute: A Story of Unfinished Lives” by Jim Sheeler (Penguin Books, 2008). http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/03/cleaveland-final-salute-appropriate-july-4th/ Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/03/cleaveland-final-salute-appropriate-july-4th/ DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My sister, who is only 54, has been diagnosed with macular degeneration in both eyes — the dry kind. We have been unable to find anything about it. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/02/medicines-minerals-treat-macular-degeneration/ Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/02/medicines-minerals-treat-macular-degeneration/ DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Please write about the liver. My daughter has cirrhosis. She has never drunk alcohol or done drugs. They can’t find out what caused it. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/01/alcohol-only-one-cause-liver-cirrhosis/ Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jul/01/alcohol-only-one-cause-liver-cirrhosis/ DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Please explain myasthenia gravis. Is it curable? http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/30/myasthenia-disconnect-between-nerves-and-muscles/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/30/myasthenia-disconnect-between-nerves-and-muscles/ DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My adult daughter has been diagnosed with reflex sympathetic dystrophy. I can find very little about it, and what I find is most discouraging. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/29/pain-lingers-after-healing-difficult-patient-and-d/ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/29/pain-lingers-after-healing-difficult-patient-and-d/ DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a former athlete with 25 years of soccer playing, eight years of ballet, six years of field hockey, 12 high-school varsity letters and a four-year, full-ride athletic scholarship to college. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/28/experiment-find-some-exercises-spare-knee/ Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/28/experiment-find-some-exercises-spare-knee/ DEAR DR. DONOHUE: What is the difference between the T-score and the Z-score on osteoporosis tests? http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/27/learn-basics-ts-and-zs-osteoporosis/ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/27/learn-basics-ts-and-zs-osteoporosis/ DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Will you address the problem of a prolapsed uterus? What treatment would you suggest? http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/26/several-treatments-available/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/26/several-treatments-available/ More than 1,000 Chinese people in wheelchairs hope to demonstrate a new activity at the summer Olympic or Paralympic Games in Beijing this summer: wheelchair tai chi. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/26/chattanooga-wheelchair-tai-chi-olympic-hopeful/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/26/chattanooga-wheelchair-tai-chi-olympic-hopeful/ Remember slumber parties? Pigtailed and glassy-eyed, as little girls we giggled into the night in our best PJs. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/26/upton-slumber-party-invigorates-young-and-old/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/26/upton-slumber-party-invigorates-young-and-old/ The Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department inspects restaurants twice a year and grades the businesses on a 100-point scale. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/26/restaurant-inspection-report/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/26/restaurant-inspection-report/ Note: Events without published prices are free, and registration is required for most programs. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/26/health-happenings/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/26/health-happenings/ DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Once, walking down Fifth Avenue, I saw a man in his late 50s collapse and fall to the ground. A crowd formed around him, and almost everyone was calling 911. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/25/cpr-simple-procedure-everyone-can-learn/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/25/cpr-simple-procedure-everyone-can-learn/ DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am 78 and have been diagnosed with spinal stenosis. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/23/surgery-not-only-treatment-spinal-stenosis/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/23/surgery-not-only-treatment-spinal-stenosis/ DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My husband suffers from cluster headaches. They started in May 1998, went away, came back in October 2002 and lasted for three months. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/22/recurring-cluster-headaches-provide-unimaginable-p/ Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2008/jun/22/recurring-cluster-headaches-provide-unimaginable-p/