DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am a 69-year-old woman and hope you have an answer for me. My doctor checked me for vertigo and then gave me a prescription of meclizine (Antivert). It didn't help me. I am on no medicines and have no other medical problems.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I'm a high-school pitcher. Sometimes I play other positions, but most of the time I pitch. My coach has told me to start doing strength work on my legs. He says it will increase the speed of my pitches. He didn't say how.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: By the end of the day, my feet are so swollen that I can't keep my shoes on. My ankles are swollen, too. In the morning, they are back down to normal. What's causing this? What can I do for it? - N.W.
DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My mother, 68, could pass for a woman in her 50s. She's always been a go-getter. Lately she's slowed. She walks only for a short distance before she's out of breath.
I insisted she see a doctor, and she finally did.