Health & Wellness - May 2013 Archives

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed a promising method to distinguish between pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis — two disorders that are difficult to tell apart. A molecular marker obtained from ...

In his Saturday speech to a joint commencement ceremony for the Mayo Graduate School and Mayo Medical School, Tom Brokaw highlighted the importance of renewing the ...

Mild Leg Swelling Can Be Easily Managed, but Check with Doctor First for Accurate Diagnosis May 17, 2013 Dear Mayo Clinic: For the ...

On Saturday Robert Brown Jr., M.D., will join us to talk about stroke prevention. Stroke is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, claims ...

New research shows that patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at higher risk of melanoma. Mayo Clinic researchers found that IBD is associated with a 37 ...

Mayo Clinic has a new educational video to communicate our guidelines for appropriate employee use of social media and to encourage creative work-related application of social tools in health care. #SocialAtMayo – Social Media Guidelines for Mayo Clinic Employees is part of our orientation program for new hires and also will be distributed to the broader base of 60,000 current employees. Our Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media produced the video as part of our charge to “improve health globally by accelerating effective application of social media tools throughout Mayo Clinic and spurring broader and deeper engagement in social media by hospitals, medical professionals and patients.”

MEDIA ADVISORY: Tom Brokaw will be available for media interviews from 9 - 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, in the North Lobby Boardroom at ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — 16 de mayo de 2013.  Abril es el "mes nacional de la donación de vida", celebrado para alentar a la gente a ...

Imaging scans following treatment for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma do little to help detect a relapse, according to a Mayo Clinic study.The overwhelming majority of patients ...

Regular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), an autoimmune liver disease, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings ...

It's been a month since the Boston Marathon bombing killed three people and severely injured about 180. Nearly two dozen survivors lost limbs and are working on a road to recovery. Mayo Clinic plastic and reconstrucive microsurgeon, Brian Carlsen, M.D., says relatively few doctors in the U.S. will ever see patients with blast injuries. He says it takes a team of specialists working together to repair the shattered bones and preserve blood supply, as well as nerve and muscle functions. But even for those whose severe limb trauma is successfully treated, very difficult decisions may lie ahead.

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Americans to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the new National Geographic book, "The Call of Everest" ... ...