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Mayo Clinic Q & A

Mayo Clinic Q&A: Scoliosis in adults featured image
Mayo Clinic Q&A: Scoliosis in adults
Patty Miller
June 9, 2026

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm in my 50s and have begun experiencing nagging back pain. Recently, I saw an orthopedic doctor and was diagnosed with scoliosis. Does this mean I have to have surgery?  ANSWER: Not necessarily. Scoliosis in adults may require no treatment or be able to be managed without surgery.[...]

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Clot buster? Surgery? What is the right treatment for stroke? featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Clot buster? Surgery? What is the right treatment for stroke?
Susan Barber Lindquist
January 29, 2025
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Living kidney donation can start a chain reaction featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Living kidney donation can start a chain reaction
Susan Barber Lindquist
January 24, 2025
Mayo Clinic Q and A: How environmental exposures affect your health featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: How environmental exposures affect your health
Susan Barber Lindquist
January 20, 2025
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Embracing winter – Activity ideas for the season featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Embracing winter – Activity ideas for the season
Abby Smith
January 15, 2025
Mayo Clinic Q and A:  Leg pain? It may be your arteries featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A:  Leg pain? It may be your arteries
Susan Barber Lindquist
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: So your kids were gifted noisy toys: Now what? featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: So your kids were gifted noisy toys: Now what?
Abby Smith
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: How belly breathing benefits your body, mind featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: How belly breathing benefits your body, mind
Abby Smith
January 6, 2025
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Tonsil cancer: What is it and how do you prevent it featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Tonsil cancer: What is it and how do you prevent it
Susan Barber Lindquist
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: What is inflammatory bowel disease? featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: What is inflammatory bowel disease?
Abby Smith
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Exercise tips for heart health featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Exercise tips for heart health
Abby Smith
December 18, 2024
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding encephalitis: Symptoms, causes and treatment featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding encephalitis: Symptoms, causes and treatment
Abby Smith
December 12, 2024
Mayo Clinic Q and A: You can’t remember what you can’t hear: The hearing loss, brain-health link featured image
Mayo Clinic Q and A: You can’t remember what you can’t hear: The hearing loss, brain-health link
Abby Smith
December 8, 2024

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