Health & Wellness - October 2020 Archives

Experts recommend that those who are 6 months of age and older get their flu vaccine this year and get it as early as possible. ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidelines for defining close contact with a person who is positive for COVID-19. Previously, ...

Ghosts, goblins and other monsters are created with costumes and makeup every Halloween, but a different type of makeup is used year-round to provide medical ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report describing a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults (MIS-A) months after a similar condition was reported ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult for some patients to keep on track with their regular breast cancer screenings. In the beginning of the ...

Flip on the TV, and you're bound to find shows of horror, mystery and the macabre. Many people love the thrill of terror as suspense ...

There might be a lot to "boo" about this Halloween season as the COVID-19 pandemic forces many traditions to be reconsidered. It's important to think ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: After a recent mammogram, I was told that I have dense breast tissue. What does that mean? Should I be concerned? What does ...

An oophorectomy is a surgical procedure to remove one or both ovaries. This may be necessary in the case of an abscess, endometriosis, ovarian cancer, ...

The Mayo Clinic Platform, launched in 2019 to transform health care using technology, big data and artificial intelligence, is expanding. Maneesh Goyal has been named ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A few neighbors formed a running group to train for a marathon in 2021. I'm thinking about joining them as I know that ...

On the Mayo Clinic Radio podcast, Dr. Paul Friedman, chair of the Department of Cardiology at Mayo Clinic, and Dr. Peter Noseworthy, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, share ...