otolaryngology

Wax has many uses, ranging from crayons and adhesives to polishes and candles. It also helps to protect and lubricate your ears.

Cerumen, commonly called earwax, [...]

Editor's note: This story was written by patient Marge Cabanski.

I am Marge Cabanski, and at 74 years old in November 2020, I [...]

The COVID-19 virus spreads through respiratory droplets. This means treating patients who have diseases or injuries involving the ears, nose or throat, [...]

Listen: Mayo Clinic Radio 10/28/17 On the Mayo Clinic Radio podcast, Dr. Minetta Liu, a medical oncologist at [...]

Twice a year, Mayo Clinic conducts a National Health Checkup survey to take the pulse of Americans on health opinions and behaviors. This [...]

Twice a year, Mayo Clinic conducts a National Health Checkup survey to take the pulse of Americans on health opinions and behaviors. This [...]

When Becky Loar injured her voice, she was alarmed by the prospect of not being able to sing. But her care team at Mayo Clinic provided Becky with the treatment she needed to hit the high notes once again.

When Heather Spaniol woke up from the first of many surgeries to rid her body of a life-threatening infection that was decimating her tissues, the gratitude she felt toward the Mayo Clinic surgeons who’d saved her life was so strong, she didn’t even register how much trauma her body had sustained. “I think I was in shock. I was like, ‘You’re all so great! I just appreciate everything you’re doing. It’s fine,’” says Heather, a mother of two from Rochester, Minnesota. It was June 2014, and she'd lost a major nerve and most of her right shoulder muscle, in addition to epidermal tissue on the back and front of her right side, to necrotizing fasciitis.