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Many Options, but No Single Path to Managing Irritable Bowel Syndrome February 19, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: I have had irritable bowel syndrome ...

Rachel Nielson came from Colorado Springs, Colorado to Mayo Clinic last week looking for answers to problems that had bothered her for several months. On ...

A new study has found that the amount of vitamin D in patients being treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was strongly associated with cancer ...

High blood pressure is a major risk factor heart disease. The persistent increased pressure forces the heart to work against itself. Mayo Clinic Cardiovascular Clinical ...

Dr. Ayalew Tefferi, Professor of Hematology and Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discusses the findings of the largest ever study with the most ...

My name is Maggie Shook, a professional jazz piano player and my story begins in June 2009. A year after being diagnosed with End Stage ...

Vertigo. It's the sensation of spinning, falling, tumbling and turning. Victims can feel nauseated, off balance, like they're losing control. Bouts of vertigo can be ...

Dr. Shaji K Kumar, Associate Professor of Hematology and Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discusses updated Mayo Stratification of Myeloma and Risk-Adapted Therapy ...

In Part 1 of his interview with Mayo Clinic Proceedings (review article to be published ahead of print in early December 2009; final publication in ...

Risk of Shingles Increases with Age, but Vaccine is Available February 12, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: I had chickenpox as a child, and ...

Treatment Options May Be Available for Patient with Poor Bladder Function February 12, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: This past year, my healthy 54-year-old ...

Herceptin has proven to be a life-saving drug for women with HER2+ breast cancer, which makes up 20 percent to 25 percent of all cases. ...

My 80-year old mother saw Dr. William Tatum in Neurology last week. She suffered a fall at home, resulting in several broken bones and a ...

Andrew Mork is being treated at Mayo Clinic for juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, a rare cancer of the brain and spinal cord. Andrew's mother, Corrie, shared their ...

Recommended Exercises for Knee Pain Depend on the Cause of the Pain February 5, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: What are the best exercises ...

Skin Tags: Mayo Clinic Medical Edge

Michael Link, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon, describes symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options for hemifacial spasm. Hemifacial spasm is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by frequent ...

Raley Mae Radomske was all set to begin a new chapter in her life the summer ...

Dr. Elaine Wirrell, a pediatric neurologist at Mayo Clinic, describes the ketogenic diet. The ketogenic diet prompts the body to produce ketones, causing the body to ...

In late 2009, Mayo Clinic was named an America's Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report. Patients who were surveyed said Mayo's nursing staff ...

Rare Disease of Blood Vessels Often Undiagnosed in Early Stages January 29, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: My wife recently passed away from Wegener's, ...

Many people can relate to making some type of sacrifice for the one they love. For some, it’s a move far away from family and ...

A new study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that relief of pain from vertebral compression fractures, as well as improvement in pain-related dysfunction, ...

Ten years ago, Mayo Clinic investigators published a seminal paper on mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Since then, thousands of papers have appeared in the medical ...

January 22, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: Six months ago my 23-year-old daughter developed superficial blood clots in her lower legs. A venogram showed some slight reflux of ...

Kenneth Mack, M.D., Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic pediatric neurologist, describes symptoms, treatment and concerns regarding tic disorders in children. Trigeminal neuralgia is a nervous system ...

For the seventh straight year, Fortune magazine has named Mayo Clinic to its "100 Best Companies to Work For" list. Mayo came in at #55, up ...

I wanted to share this story for other parents of teenagers with POTS. My daughter, Ariel, became sick in the middle of her junior year in high school. She was tired ALL the time — could barely function. She struggled through the school day, had to quit ballet and swim team. She was dizzy, faint, weak and exhausted. I took her to every doctor in our city, traveled to Riley Children's Hospital to a problem solving clinic and Chicago. No one knew what she had, but they all had an opinion. One doctor insisted I put her on antidepressants, that she needed to exercise more (need I mention she could not climb the stairs to her room), and probably had chronic fatigue and should take counseling to learn to live with a chronic disease. I knew this was not correct and continued to search for answers for my daughter. Here was an active, beautiful, honor student, who was being told to live with this handicap. They couldn't tell us what it was or how she got it, but she should deal with it.

This story was submitted by David Kelly from Saint Joseph, Mich. We’ve been a part of the Mayo Experience since 1998. Originally we began our treatment in a Chicago hospital. It was there that our two-year-old daughter, Hannah, had her first biopsy to determine what was causing a lump just below her right wrist. I’ll never forget that day after surgery when the doctor came out and told us, “I’ve done many biopsies similar to this one, and it appears that Hannah has cancer. The pathologist still needs to give his final report though.” Over the course of a week and a half no clear results were given to us, other than we would know as soon as they did. The doctors were even discussing sending out the biopsy slides for further study to another pathologist. The waiting game is bad enough when you’re in line for a ride at Disney World, but when you’re waiting to hear news on whether or not your child has cancer, it’s beyond description. We had been put through the emotional ringer and weren’t sure that Chicago was the place for us. “Get yourself to Mayo,” urged a dear friend of mine. Those four words now mean the world to my family and me. Once there, we were thrilled to discover — within only a day — that it was a tumor known as fibromatosis, a soft tissue tumor that shows no sign of malignant features, and that might eventually dissipate with age.

Prostatitis Often Challenging to Diagnose January 15, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: What can you tell me about prostatitis? What are the treatment options? ...

Sam Buchl and Darin Steffl both enjoyed volunteering in the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center during their senior year of high school. As volunteers in ...

"Gastric Banding" Not a Stand-alone Weight Loss Solution January 8, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: Lately I have seen a lot of advertisements for ...

Bladder Pacemaker: Mayo Clinic Medical Edge

Every six minutes, a patient at Mayo Clinic receives a transfusion of blood or blood products. There’s an ongoing and never-ending need for blood donors ...

Treatment for Grover's Disease Geared Toward Relieving Itching and Rash January 1, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: Can you tell me about Grover's disease, and what are the most ...