Health & Wellness - April 2016 Archives

The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) published new aspirin guidelines for prevention of cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer. Those guidelines recommend low-dose aspirin ...

If you’ve ever lost your voice, you know how hard it can be to communicate. Vocal health is so important, there's even a day ...

Online resources for cancer treatment guidelines It's important to have reliable information to help you talk with your cancer care team about treatment options. ...

You can access the well of kindness within yourself and others. Dear friend, Research shows kindness activates anti-inflammatory genes in ourselves, while ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that Zika virus causes a severe birth defect called, microcephaly. The CDC report, published in ...

Hepatitis C, one of several hepatitis viruses, is generally considered to be the most serious. Left untreated, hepatitis C can cause serious liver damage, cirrhosis ...

Every once in a while, a study comes along that leaves you wondering what you just read and what it really means. Researchers at ...

New dietary guidelines for Americans recommend limiting added sugar to less than 10 percent of calories per day. Getting to that number may mean retraining ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1.2 million people in the U.S. States are living with HIV infection, and ...

  DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is wearing a brace full-time the only treatment option for a child with scoliosis? What are the risks ...

THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES Men's health: Prevent the top threats The list of the top hazards to men's health is surprisingly short. But there are ...

Even though cardiac rehabilitation is crucial in recovering from a heart attack, many patients don't do it. Mayo Clinic researchers tested whether adding online, smartphone-based ...