Health & Wellness - April 2017 Archives

This article is written by Joanne Hutson, a Mayo Clinic Health System registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator. This time of year, we in the ...

In a new study by Mayo Clinic and the molecular diagnostics company Exact Sciences, a blood-based cancer test has shown high accuracy for detecting lung cancer ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: After a recent mammogram, my doctor suggested an additional test. She recommended molecular breast imaging, but, when I got to the appointment, ...

Jered Chinnock's smile widens as he recalls the first day researchers at Mayo Clinic activated an electronic stimulator implanted on his damaged spinal cord. ...

The Arkansas Department of Health is investigating 2,918 confirmed cases of mumps and reports some of those cases involved children and adults who were immunized. ...

Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. Parkinson’s develops gradually, sometimes starting with a barely noticeable tremor in just one ...

THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES Aerobic exercise: Top 10 reasons to get physical Whatever your age, weight or athletic ability, regular aerobic activity, such as walking, ...

Listen: Mayo Clinic Radio 4/1/17 According to the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network, each day in the U.S., around 120,000 people are waiting for an ...

Everyone experiences the choking feeling of food getting caught in his or her esophagus occasionally, but roughly 1 in 2,000 people experiences it constantly. For those people, it's ...

Carbon monoxide poisoning occurs when carbon monoxide builds up in your bloodstream. When too much carbon monoxide is in the air, your body replaces the oxygen ...

According to the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network, each day in the U.S., around 120,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant, and another person gets ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m 45 years old, and I just started wearing glasses a few years ago. I usually go to my eye doctor once ...