Mayo Clinic Minute - July 2019 Archives

It's called "avocado hand," and fans of the fruit – both famous and not – are feeling the effects these days when they slice up ...

More than 1 million Americans each year become sick with salmonella infection. Most people get sick from eating foods contaminated with salmonella bacteria including fresh ...

For those living in the Southwest or those visiting the Southwest for the first time, it's important to be aware of the dangers of the ...

What do you really need to do to improve your heart health? Some people may think that you have to make sweeping lifestyle changes. Dr. ...

You shouldn't ignore the bottom number on your blood pressure reading. That's the message from a recent study published in the New England Journal of ...

When it comes to dieting, people tend to go to extremes, says Dr. Donald Hensrud, director of the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program. And that's ...

A recent Mayo Clinic study focused on newly diagnosed lung cancer patients to find out how many of them would have been identified by screening ...

Meditation is the practice of relaxing your mind and body. It has been shown to lower levels of anxiety, anger, depression and tension. Maria Caselli, ...

A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in a vein, usually in the leg. A clot can happen if you have certain medical ...

How do red and white meats fit into a heart-healthy diet? An internet search of the topic brings up many different articles, some of which ...

What you might call "the dog days of summer" may be something more menacing for a person prone to migraines. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute https://youtu.be/z9iJOZzdsx8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality ...

HPV-related mouth and throat cancers are rising at an epidemic level, with tumors in these locations outpacing those from smoking, says Dr. Samir Patel, a ...