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Checking your child's hearing should be on your back-to-school list. Dr. Kelly Conroy, a Mayo Clinic audiologist, says children with an undiagnosed hearing issue can face ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I struggle with stress and feeling overwhelmed. I am 52 and juggle full-time work as a wife and mother to a teenage ...

From Texas to Minnesota, much of the country's midsection will be melting this week…with extreme heat watches, warnings and heat advisories posted in many areas.  ...

It's back to school for many kids around the nation. And once they hit the classroom, you may notice more runny noses and other symptoms ...

For many families, the start of school is a busy, exciting time of year. For some families, though, returning to school also means unpleasant, unwelcome guests: ...

Red meat and high-starch foods like mashed potatoes were the family fare while Stephanie Blendermann was growing up in Long Island, New York. Her father ...

When Emery Diffendorfer was a baby, he couldn't hold his head up or babble like other infants his age. His rare genetic disorder enlarged his ...

If you have feather bedding or clothing and have some breathing concerns, you should learn about feather duvet lung. Feather duvet lung or hypersensitivity pneumonitis, is ...

Contact Lens Health Week will be observed Aug. 21–25, which makes this a good time to learn more about contact lenses and whether they might be right ...

The term "freshman 15" often refers to weight gain students tend to gain during their first year in college. It's often their first time away ...

Diabetes is a prevalent condition worldwide, affecting approximately 10% of the population. It's a condition that happens because of a problem in the way the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am a 40-year-old overweight woman diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes a little over a year ago. I have become more mindful about ...

Whether in the classroom or on the playground, children need enough energy — and proper nutrition — to get them through the day. Dr. Tina Ardon, a Mayo ...

In a new study, Mayo Clinic researchers compared the cost-effectiveness of surgical treatments for uterine fibroids, suggesting that the less invasive option may relieve symptoms without ...

Heart murmurs are sounds, such as whooshing or swishing, made by rapid, choppy blood flow through the heart. The sounds can be heard with a ...

With an aging population and the growth of outpatient electrocardiographic monitoring enabled by smartwatches and other wearable devices, primary care clinicians will see an increase ...

August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month. It's a time of celebrating organ donation and educating people about transplantation by encouraging donor registration and promoting ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: In the past year, several family members have been diagnosed with various types of cancer, including leukemia, melanoma, breast cancer and colon cancer. ...

Today is National Navajo Code Talkers Day - a day to honor the group of U.S. Marines who created a secret code credited with helping ...

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, occurs in more than 7% of pregnancies. A recent Mayo Clinic population-based study found that babies from pregnancies complicated by hypertension were more than ...

For many families, the start of school is a busy, exciting time of year. For some students, though, returning to school also means bullying and ...

On October 23, 2018, Rita Krueger underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer. Mark Truty, M.D., a Mayo Clinic hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon, removed her pancreas, duodenum, spleen ...

Researchers at the Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Center at Mayo Clinic now use artificial intelligence (AI) to assess total kidney volume, generating results in a ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Kristin Peck, CEO of Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS), was elected to the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees at its quarterly meeting on August ...

Some children are back in the classroom, and others are getting ready. An important tool for keeping kids healthy is participation in youth sports, and ...

It's summertime, and for many people that means spending time with family and friends at the lake or river. For some, it also means an ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Using human "mini-brain" models known as organoids, Mayo Clinic and Yale University scientists have discovered that the roots of autism spectrum disorder ...

Healthcare disparities still persist in 2023. It's a problem that has plagued the U.S. for decades. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently read that thyroid issues affect women more often than men. Can you explain what the thyroid is and how it affects ...

Heading back to school after a long summer break can be an exciting time for kids and caregivers. But for some students, the anxiousness of ...

White sage and cedar. A braided bundle of sweetgrass. An abalone shell. An eagle feather. People of many Native American tribes use these and other natural ...

It's summertime, and for many people that means travel. For some people, it also means an unpleasant result of that travel: motion sickness. Motion sickness occurs ...

By Jay Furst ROCHESTER, Minn. — Akhil Kollengode is a University of Minnesota Rochester (UMR) student who aims to be a project manager or operations manager ...

Childhood immunization rates around the globe are beginning to recover from the dramatic drop in routine childhood vaccination during the COVID-19 era, according to a ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Orthopedics and Sports Medicine will provide a Saturday morning injury clinic for Rochester-area middle school, high school and college athletes injured during ...

At some point in their lifetimes, most people will experience a nosebleed. It's common for adults and children, especially during dry winter months. Although rarely life-threatening, ...