Health & Wellness - November 2016 Archives

After diabetes and high blood pressure, glomerulonephritis is the third leading cause of kidney failure in the U.S., according to the U.S. Renal Data System. ...

Menopause is defined as occurring 12 months after your last menstrual period and marks the end of menstrual cycles. It can happen in your ...

Former Mayo Clinic chef Richard Johnson shares his expertise and demonstrates how to take a turkey from the grocery store to the table, including how to properly ...

Chip Davis, composer and founder of Mannheim Steamroller, entertains holiday audiences every season. He's mostly known for his Christmas music. But he's also teamed up ...

After a career as a physician in Minneapolis, Denise Krivach, M.D., was looking forward to spending her retirement years in the solitude of the Montana ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota: Las investigaciones de Mayo Clinic, incluidas en la edición de noviembre de JAMA Neurology, identifican un nuevo biomarcador para la inflamación del cerebro ...

An inguinal hernia occurs when tissue, such as part of the intestine, protrudes through a weak spot in the abdominal muscles. The resulting bulge ...

Are you a journalist looking for story ideas, contacts, expert interviews? Check out research news on Discovery's Edge. Healing open wounds with regenerative medicine ...

November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month. Epilepsy, also known as a seizure disorder, is a neurological condition affecting the nervous system. Epileptic seizures are caused by disturbances in the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: At my last mammogram, I asked my doctor if I could be tested for the breast cancer gene. She didn’t think ...

Listen: Mayo Clinic Radio 11/19/16 On Mayo Clinic Radio, Dr. Kathy Hudson, deputy director for science, outreach, and policy at the National Institutes ...

Stay healthy this Thanksgiving by ensuring your food is safe.  Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist Dr. Pritish Tosh says the No. 1 thing you can do to prevent illness ...