Health & Wellness - October 2019 Archives

Coronary stents are placed during a procedure called coronary angioplasty (AN-jee-o-plas-tee), also called percutaneous coronary intervention, which is a procedure used to open clogged heart ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Ryannon Frederick has been named chief nursing officer, Mayo Clinic. Frederick brings 20 years of experience at Mayo Clinic to the role, including ...

MANKATO, Minn. — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and while breast cancer is still the most common cancer among women, technology is making the ...

People who cut down their red meat intake by three to four servings a week won't experience much in the way of health benefits, according ...

Many breast cancer patients worry about complications of treatment, one of which is lymphedema, or swelling of the arms after surgery or radiation. Exercise has been ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am in my 60s and active. Over the years, I have had plantar fasciitis off and on, but the most recent ...

Kristin Moan couldn't look. Not yet. She'd waited years to become a mother. But then her daughters came too soon — born four months early, ...

No todos los azúcares son iguales. “El azúcar que realmente debe preocuparnos es el azúcar añadido”, dice el Dr. Donald Hensrud, director del Programa para vida sana de Mayo Clinic y ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota: Aunque los estudios revelan que el tratamiento con medicamentos ayuda a la gente adicta a los opioides, poco se recurre a los tres fármacos autorizados por ...

A diagnosis of breast cancer can be scary and difficult. Patients often have many questions about treatment options and how the disease will change their ...