Transplant - October 2016 Archives

Listen: Mayo Clinic Radio 10/29/16 High blood pressure, known as hypertension, generally develops over many years. Uncontrolled hypertension increases your risk of serious health ...

Blood pressure is determined by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more ...

Blood pressure is determined by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more ...

Blood pressure is determined by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood flow in your arteries. The more ...

The blood and marrow transplant (BMT) team at Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida. recently announced the completion of its 1,000th transplant. Mayo Clinic ...

Bryan Duncan didn't think twice about the lab tests he had as part of a routine medical checkup in the fall of 2014. A 29-year-old father of two small children, Bryan led a busy life, didn't have any health problems, and felt fine. When the test results came back, though, they showed enzyme levels in Bryan's liver were higher than normal. This unexpected finding kicked off more than two years of extensive medical care. It brought Bryan from his hometown of Mountain View, Arkansas, to Mayo Clinic's Rochester campus, where he was diagnosed with a rare liver disease, and where he eventually received a life-saving living-donor liver transplant. "The way my disease works, if I had waited for a deceased donor, I probably would have been too sick for a transplant," Bryan says. "Being able to have a living-donor transplant opened up the opportunity for me to get the second chance I needed."

Massage: Get in touch with its many benefits Massage can be a powerful tool to help you take charge of your health and well-being. If ...

Written by science writer Sara Tiner As a science writer, I’m typically juggling a recorder, a note pad and a pen. Sometimes a camera. Today, ...