Mayo Clinic Minute - April 2017 Archives

Autism spectrum disorder is a serious neurodevelopmental disorder that impairs a child's ability to communicate and interact with others. It also includes restricted repetitive behaviors, ...

Women aren't the only people who try crash diets, but often it's women who seem to end up doing what's labeled yo-yo dieting. It's also ...

You know you need a break from a project, and you try to take one, but your mind keeps racing. If you've struggled with ...

Smartphone habits may force doctors to ask patients a few more questions when diagnosing vision or neurological problems. “I think if a person experiences a ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that disrupts communication between the brain and other parts of the body. It ...

While multitasking makes it easier to get to the end of your to-do list, doing it habitually can come with a cost. Dr. Amit Sood, author of The Mayo Clinic ...

If you’re among the 54 percent of American adults who’ve registered to be an organ donor, it’s encouraging to know your decision could end up saving ...

A new Mayo Clinic study has found that more than 1 in 5 patients, referred for a second opinion, may have been incorrectly diagnosed by their health ...

In a new study by Mayo Clinic and the molecular diagnostics company Exact Sciences, a blood-based cancer test has shown high accuracy for detecting lung cancer ...

Everyone experiences the choking feeling of food getting caught in his or her esophagus occasionally, but roughly 1 in 2,000 people experiences it constantly. For those people, it's ...