Health & Wellness - January 2020 Archives

Falling ill with food poisoning can ruin any gathering. More than a dozen multistate foodborne disease outbreaks occurred in 2019, ranging from contaminated basil and ...

ESTIMADA MAYO CLINIC:¿Es raro que alguien de 50 años tenga un trastorno alimenticio? RESPUESTA:Aunque los trastornos alimenticios son más comunes entre los adolescentes y los adultos ...

The flu is hitting children and young adults particularly hard this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports 39 pediatric deaths due ...

It's a form of brain surgery without any incisions. Patients with brain tumors, both benign and malignant; vascular formations; and trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic condition ...

Each year, more than 500,000 men in America have a vasectomy, which is a procedure that makes a man sterile. Vasectomy is done by cutting or ...

Artificial intelligence may never replace human insight, expertise and judgment. Then again, no one's complaining about how it can help, especially when it comes to ...

If you've had surgery to remove all or part of your uterus — a total or partial hysterectomy — you may or may not continue ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother is in her 80s and sometimes has trouble swallowing when she’s eating. She says it’s not bothering her much, but ...

Our bodies are very good at fighting infection.  The immune system reacts and attacks bacteria and viruses that make us sick. But sometimes the immune reaction is so strong ...

How much time do you spend sitting? If you're like most Americans, you sit an average of 6.5 to 8 hours every day, according to ...

The Transplants group on Mayo Clinic Connect is a place where people can meet and interact with living donors, people waiting for a transplant, transplant ...

Vaccines are a part of many well-child visits. But they also should be part of the care moms-to-be receive to protect their unborn children. "When we ...