ask-the-doctor
My triglycerides are 288, LDL is 106, HDL is 42, total serum cholesterol is 206 and fasting glucose is 98. Am I considered diabetic? Or pre diabetic? Is there anything I can do reduce these numbers?
Is there any interaction from taking levothyroxine and birth control pills together?
How much liquid should a person drink who is on dialysis? What kinds of foods should a person on dialysis eat?
Is Lexapro an appropriate drug to give to a 15-year-old? I have read that it has not been tested in teenagers. Is there another drug that is more acceptable?
After months of neck pain and a CT scan, my husband was diagnosed with “diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.” Can you tell me more about this?
If you only get two of the three Hib injections, how effective is the vaccine?
I am a type 2 diabetic with sickle-cell trait. Why does my endocrinologist recommend that I take a fructosamine test rather than the standard A1C to test my blood sugar? Are A1C results less reliable in someone carrying the sickle-cell trait?
Does a thyroid condition affect blood pressure?
Why are men who take methotrexate told not to father a child until 3 to 6 months after stopping the medication?
Is there any risk for someone with high blood pressure to start taking prednisone?