DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you please explain the percentages that are given when a study indicates an increase for a particular risk? For example, say a person with mild coronary artery disease is at an ...

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DEAR DR. ROACH: A cardiologist recently suggested that I should consider taking a statin because of my “borderline” cholesterol level. So, I took a dive into the details of statin therapy. I learned ...

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Women with endometriosis have an elevated risk of developing epithelial ovarian cancer, but, when they do develop it, they tend to fare significantly better than patients without endometriosis, ...