Mayo Clinic Minute - December 2016 Archives

As we prepare for the New Year, we salute the past 12 months. During this time, the Mayo Clinic News Network team has brought a number ...

Respondents to the latest Mayo Clinic National Health Check-Up survey say America has a weight problem, but only about half say there’s progress being made ...

Thyroid problems affect up to 10 percent of women and 3 percent of men. That helps explain why levothyroxine, a synthetically made thyroid hormone, is the most ...

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, overdose death is the leading cause of injury death in the U.S. Certainly, heroin is ...

Prescription opioid pain medications help ease pain, but they also cause some unwanted side effects. Constipation is a common problem associated with opioid use. What ...

Warnings about the risks of taking prescription opioid pain medication have been all over the news headlines recently. Medications such as oxycodone, hydrocodone and morphine ...

Fentanyl is a strong opiate pain medication, which is generally used to treat severe pain, especially for cancer patients. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

What image comes to mind when you hear the word "addict?" Some people may visualize a desperate person hiding in a dark alleyway and injecting ...

Just in time for resolution season comes the second edition of The Mayo Clinic Diet. “We got the basics right in the first edition,” ...

For a person with allergies, the holiday season creates challenges. Trees, fireplaces and even a plate of Christmas cookies can lead to problems. “It ...

In his classic Christmas song, Andy Williams calls this “the most wonderful time of the year.” But, do you agree? Or do you feel overwhelmed ...

This time of year, the songs of the season are everywhere: at the mall, in elevators, on TV and in the earbuds of many ...