Health & Wellness

Treatment Options Can Help Reduce Symptom of Tinnitus April 2, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: Five months ago I woke up with severe ringing ...

Vaginal prolapse is a condition in which structures such as the uterus, rectum, bladder, urethra, small bowel, or the vagina itself may begin to prolapse, ...

Polycythemia Vera (PV) is a disease that is part of a family of Myeloproliferative disorders. This condition afflicts the bone marrow, causing  an over production of cells.  ...

Results of a Long QT Syndrome study in the current issue of Circulation play an important role in understanding genetic testing's role in diagnosing disease, ...

Safe Treatments Are Available for Advanced Carotid Artery Disease March 26, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: One of my dearest friends has a grandmother who has 100 percent blockage ...

Early Treatment Often the Best Response to Recurrent Shingles March 26, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: I have had three bouts of shingles that have caused me pain. How ...

Asthma and COPD May Require Multiple Treatments March 19, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: I am an active 84-year-old man and was diagnosed with ...

Hypothyroidism a Common but Treatable Disorder March 19, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: I'm wondering if I have hypothyroidism. My thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) is ...

Mayo Clinic Orthopedic Surgeon Richard Berger describes the process that led him to discover a common cause of mysterious wrist pain, called a split tear ...

New Mayo Clinic research studied the association between prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels and prostate size and found that routine annual evaluation of prostate growth is ...

Major medical errors self-reported by American surgeons are strongly related to both burnout and depression. Those findings appear today in the online edition of Annals ...

March 12, 2010 Dear Mayo Clinic: What are the dangers of taking over-the-counter supplements? I am on blood pressure medication and have heard that there are some ...