Health & Wellness - July 2019 Archives

Do over-the-counter wrinkle creams really reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles? It depends. If you're looking for a face-lift in a bottle, you ...

Last December, Pat Shannon announced to his wife and to his Mayo oncologist that he was going to take a 10,000-mile journey on his motorcycle, ...

When it comes to dieting, people tend to go to extremes, says Dr. Donald Hensrud, director of the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program. And that's ...

An upset stomach can be a result of many things. When symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea and fever, chances are it's a viral infection. "A viral gastroenteritis, ...

THIS WEEK'S TOP TOPICSWork-life balance: Tips to reclaim control There was a time when the boundaries between work and home were fairly clear. Today, work is ...

Chest surgery, also known as thoracic surgery, formerly involved "cracking open the chest," which requires a large incision, cutting through muscles, and a crank to ...

Listen: Mayo Clinic Radio 7/20/19 On the Mayo Clinic Radio podcast, Dr. Stephanie Faubion, an internal medicine physician and the Bill and Penny George Director, Center for ...

A recent Mayo Clinic study focused on newly diagnosed lung cancer patients to find out how many of them would have been identified by screening ...

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Vyleesi (bremelanotide) to help women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder, or low libido, which affects 8% to 10% of all women. The ...

Aging is a natural and inevitable part of the lifespan; it’s also at the nexus of many chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes, dementia, and more. The emerging field ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is diet always the cause of kidney stones, or are some people just more susceptible than others? ANSWER: Diet can play a significant ...

HPV infection and cancer in men  While the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) is linked to cervical cancer in women, it can cause cancer in ...