April 2022

Kerry Lee Bahl

Kerry Lee Bahl, 89, Pleasanton, California died Sunday, March 27, 2022 at Stanford Health Care-ValleyCare in Pleasanton. He was born July 10, 1932, the son of Albert and Genevieve (Werth)…

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What’s the next step for osteoarthritis of the spine?

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 68 and have osteoarthritis all over -- neck, spine, hips, knees, shoulders, hands -- and all are getting worse. One hip was replaced two years ago, and my shoulder was replaced four months ago. Four years ago, X-rays showed arthritis in my spine and severe stenosis in lower lumbar (L4-L5). I’m at the point now where I can’t walk right, and it is affecting my relatively new hip.

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Sharing a Treasure Chest of Knowledge

As part of our Prairie Doc volunteer work to spread science-based public health information, we have assembled a group of pre-professional college women and men to help us out. Almost every Thursday night at 7 PM (6 mountain time), these young “Prairie Doc Assistants”, or PDAs, answer telephone call-in questions for our TV show on PBS. This changing group, initiated by our friend and advisor Mr. Judge Kelley, has been helping us for more than four years.

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