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Deb Balzer (@DebBalzer)

Deb Balzer is a Senior Communications Specialist at Mayo Clinic. Joining Mayo Clinic in 2015, Deb writes, produces and collaborates on medical stories with Mayo Clinic’s leading experts, providing trusted health and medical information to help patients.

RSV season: What parents need to know

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a virus that can cause severe problems, especially for young children and older adults, has increased illness and hospitalizations.  "We're seeing[...]

By Deb Balzer • October 13, 2022
Mayo Clinic Minute: Determining if you have dense breasts

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Women are being encouraged to get their annual breast cancer screening because screening can save lives. But what if[...]

By Deb Balzer • October 13, 2022
Questions answered about the COVID-19 bivalent booster vaccines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages those eligible to receive the new bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine. "The bivalent booster vaccine is a new vaccine that[...]

By Deb Balzer • October 12, 2022
Mayo Clinic Minute: Breast cancer in Hispanic women in the US, importance of screening

Breast cancer can affect all people, regardless of race or gender. It's the second-leading cause of cancer death for women overall. And for Hispanic women in[...]

By Deb Balzer • October 10, 2022
Mayo Clinic Minute: Protecting pregnant women against flu

A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that when mothers receive the flu vaccine, their babies experience fewer hospitalizations[...]

By Deb Balzer • October 6, 2022
Mayo Clinic expert offers perspective on experimental Alzheimer’s disease drug

According to drugmakers Eisai and Biogen, a Phase 3 clinical study on a potential new Alzheimer's disease drug shows promise. The study findings show that the drug, lecanemab,[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 29, 2022
Pregnancy and respiratory illnesses: Tips to reduce your flu risks

Flu season usually starts in the fall, peaks during the height of winter and tapers around spring. Other respiratory illnesses, including respiratory syncytial virus, enteroviruses,[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 29, 2022
The importance of diagnosing, treating diabetes in the Hispanic population in the US

Type 2 diabetes accounts for approximately 90%–95% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes in adults in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 28, 2022
Mayo Clinic Minute: Managing Type 2 diabetes

Three are main forms of diabetes — Type 1, Type 2 and gestational — which can happen during pregnancy and go away once the baby is born. Those with Type[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 28, 2022
Learn about acute flaccid myelitis, a condition in children that is similar to polio

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently asked health departments and clinicians to watch for symptoms of acute flaccid myelitis in kids, especially through November. That's when enteroviruses are[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 22, 2022
What you should know about thyroid cancer in adolescents, young adults

Cancer is often thought of as a disease that affects older people, and with the median age of a cancer diagnosis at 66 years, it[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 20, 2022
Addressing health care barriers during Hispanic Heritage Month

More than 60 million people of Hispanic heritage live in the U.S.Since Sept. 15, 1968, the U.S. has annually honored the many contributions of its[...]

By Deb Balzer • September 15, 2022
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