Health & Wellness - January 2019 Archives

Women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression and it can occur at any age. Some mood ...

According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the No. 1 killer in America,  causing 1 in every 4 deaths each year. Heart disease ...

If waiting for an organ transplant weren't difficult enough, some patients are forced to wait longer than others because of something called "sensitization." Dr. Andrew Bentall, ...

A recent study of more than 2,400 children linked high levels of screen time with delayed development. Researchers say what's new is that the focus was on children ...

Dry skin is often a temporary or seasonal problem — one that you experience only in winter or summer, for example — but the problem ...

ESTIMADA MAYO CLINIC: Un año después de la extirpación del colon por enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal, todavía tengo una o dos diarreas incontrolables al día. Tomo ...

Most people know that high cholesterol is bad for their heart, but few people really understand what cholesterol is. Dr. Claire Haga, a Mayo Clinic ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 8-year-old recently was diagnosed with a pet allergy. But we have a cat that our daughter picked out when it was a ...

It had been more than 30 years since one Mayo patient had seen snow, and she wondered aloud what it would be like to see ...

Los síntomas de la menopausia pueden ser molestos, pero quizás nunca imaginó que podrían ser mortales. Un estudio de Mayo Clinic descubrió que algunos síntomas comunes ...

The deep freeze gripping much of the U.S. is paralyzing and dangerous. Mayo Clinic emergency medicine experts say the fear of frostbite and hypothermia ...

Mindfulness is a buzzword these days. But what does it really mean? Dr. Richa Sood, a Mayo Clinic general internist, says practicing mindfulness may help ...