Mayo Clinic Minute - October 2017 Archives

The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new data showing that health care providers diagnosed more than 2 million people with syphilis, gonorrhea ...

As effective as a more invasive procedure, nipple-sparing mastectomy with immediate pre-pectoral reconstruction offers a woman a more natural appearance following breast cancer surgery. Mayo ...

Classrooms are not only great settings for learning, they’re also the right environment for the spread of infections among students. Walking pneumonia is one ...

What many people commonly call “stomach flu” isn’t flu at all. If you’re tired and have an unsettled tummy, you may have a stomach virus. ...

A new study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine sheds light on where in the medical setting people are being prescribed opioids. Dr. Molly Jeffery, ...

When it comes to your pooch and your bed, the verdict is in. For a good night's sleep, there's no need to let the dog out ...

An improved shingles vaccine has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control ...

Hysterectomy, or the surgical remove of a woman's uterus, is a common gynecologic operation in the U.S. Dr. Megan Wasson, a Mayo Clinic medical and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers about the risks of Halloween costume contacts. Seen by some as the finishing touch to a ghoulish ...

American health experts predict a particularly active and severe flu season, which means  it's especially important to get a flu shot this year. https://youtu.be/Klq3TOfvLyQ ...

Eighty percent of adults experience low back pain at some point in their lifetime, according to the National Institutes of Health. A recent study found more than ...

More than half of Halloween injuries involve pumpkin carving, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Each year, thousands of people end up in emergency ...