Health & Wellness - January 2016 Archives

Americans are working harder than ever. Some workers toil nine to 10 hours each day, sometimes without any breaks. Does this sound like you? Breaks, ...

  DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is seasonal affective disorder considered depression? If so, should I be treated for it year-round even though it comes ...

The chance of experiencing mitral valve leakiness, also called mitral valve regurgitation, increases with age. That means some patients are too old or weak for ...

Robert Diasio, M.D., director of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center (center) joined leaders from the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota and the ...

Robots in the operating room aren't something out of science fiction ... they're a reality. Surgeons are using robots to assist them in a growing ...

This was her third trip to the Emergency Department in two days. She had been home watching TV when all of a sudden her heart ...

THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES Glaucoma Some forms of glaucoma can harm your vision without any signs or symptoms. And being older than age ...

A headache is usually just a minor inconvenience. But some headaches ... including migraines ... can ruin your whole day. On the next Mayo Clinic ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What causes pericardial constriction, and why does it make me swollen? Is there anything I can do to limit the swelling? ...

The recent news about high lead levels in the Flint, MI, water supply has raised concerns about lead poisoning in general. Mayo Clinic experts ...

Much of the country, and particularly the upper Midwest, is in for a blast of Arctic air this weekend. With the forecast calling for ...

Professional race car driver Tommy Archer just completed the final lap after seven weeks of radiation therapy for additional treatment of his prostate cancer. "The reality ...