Health & Wellness - December 2020 Archives

The latest direction in cancer treatment has been toward potential cancer vaccines and immunotherapies. As these therapies become standard, continued research is important to understand ...

More than 1 in 10 people who had predictive genomic testing ― testing that looks for genetic mutations in otherwise healthy people ― learned that ...

In February, a team of five health care staff members donned personal protective equipment and prepared to care for a Mayo Clinic patient considered to ...

The line between hobby and addiction is more defined after the World Health Organization began identifying gaming addiction as a mental health disorder.  In this ...

On Dec. 16, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) notified the Department of Nursing in Rochester that it had achieved its sixth designation as a ...

UPDATE 12/21/2020: Mayo Clinic Health System is vaccinating Southeast Minnesota Region staff with the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine beginning the week of Monday, Dec. 21. Albert Lea ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: We typically host several family members and their children in our home for a visit each December. But due to COVID-19 we have ...

Type 1 diabetes in children is a condition in which a child's body no longer produces insulin, an important hormone. The missing insulin needs to ...

Mayo Clinic has added new features, data points and health advice from Mayo experts to its Coronavirus Map. This easy-to-use tracking tool provides data and ...

Cholesterol is a waxy substance found in your blood. While your body needs cholesterol to build healthy cells, too much can increase your risk of ...

The news about COVID-19 vaccines being approved, distributed and administered so quickly is causing concern for some people — what is often referred to as ...

If you search for information about coconut oil online, you'll see it's one of the best things you can put in your body. Or one ...