This week, Dr. Garner addresses a reader’s concern about heel pain and a speaks about the most common cause, a condition called plantar fasciitis.

Dear Dr. Garner, I need your help. My son has these funny body motions and twitches.

Dear Dr. Garner,

My brother was told he had melanoma last year. He was lucky that it was found on a routine physical and it had not spread.

Dear Dr. Garner, I am 19 and I have abdominal cramps all the time. I always need to be around a bathroom. I have no social life.

Dear Dr. Garner, I hope you can help me. I start each day with a headache.

Dear Dr. Garner,

I used to love different types of food, but now everything tastes the same – bland. I am 63 years old. I have a touch of diabetes but no other problems. Is there any hope that my ability to taste can be restored? I am getting depressed.

Tasteless in Sunnyside

Dear Tasteless,

Your problem is quite common. In fact, I was just talking about this topic with my good friend, colleague and a very special person, Dr. Antonio Mascatello.

Dear Dr. Garner,

First, I want to tell you how much I enjoy your TV show. My husband and I watch every Tuesday night.

I have a question that I wanted to ask. I am 54 years old and, up until now, have been in pretty good health. I noticed lately that I have been short of breath with tiredness all the time. My heart beats irregularly.

Dear Dr. Garner, Last week, I had the worst pain of my life. While I am a man and have never been pregnant, the feeling I had is what I imagine my wife felt during the delivery of our daughter.

Dear Dr. Garner, My daughter is 18 years old, and I am concerned that she has an eating disorder. She is constantly preoccupied with her weight. She now weighs 89 pounds, and she is 5 feet 2 inches tall.

Dr. Garner tackles the issue of high cholesterol in children, recommends some healthy food choices for children and addresses the measles outbreak.