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Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered an effective new way to treat giant cell arteritis, a debilitating cause of headaches, fatigue, muscle pain and even blindness.

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A new antidepressant medication is an effective treatment for diminishing hot flashes in men who are receiving hormone therapy for prostate cancer, Mayo Clinic researchers report.

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A team led by Mayo Clinic researchers has determined that over-reactive immune responses to airborne fungi could cause the stuffy noses and airway inflammation among sufferers of chronic rhinosinusitis. These findings could one day lead to a new, longer-lasting treatment.

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Your feet and ankles look normal in the morning. By day's end they're swollen, and you can't wait to get your shoes off.

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If you have increasing difficulty going up and down stairs, you're not alone. Knee pain is common with age. Many times it can be handled with treatments other than surgery.

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As you age, you may have increased difficulty seeing at night. It might be harder to focus or adjust to glare. Depth perception, color recognition and peripheral vision just aren't as accurate after sundown.

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What type of cancer do women fear the most? Most women would likely say breast cancer. Yet, lung cancer will kill more than 68,000 American women this year.

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Get your flu shot. Each fall, the message is the same. If you're one of the many who ignore the reminder, you might want to think again.

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Why is it you can remember popular songs from your teenage years, but you can't remember what you did yesterday? The answer lies in the way memory works.

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Vaccine researchers at Mayo Clinic have been awarded a $10 million federal contract to study genetic susceptibility to smallpox and genomic-based risks to the smallpox vaccine.

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Mayo Clinic neurologists have discovered a drug application smart enough to alleviate orthostatic hypotension without the unwanted effect of also causing patients' blood pressure to soar when lying down.

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Parents and pediatricians could be doing more to prevent child abductions, says a new clinical report. Daniel Broughton, M.D., a pediatrician at Mayo Clinic and former director of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children agrees.

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Mayo Clinic is the first medical institution in the United States to use a new computed tomography system that produces images with greater speed and anatomic detail than current scanners.

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Mayo Clinic researchers have used a comparative genomic strategy to demonstrate a causative link between eosinophils, a rare type of white blood cell, and asthma. Their research shows that the presence of these unique blood cells is absolutely required for the development of asthma.

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MayoClinic.com has been awarded an Outstanding Web site WebAward in the 2004 WebAward Competition. Now in its seventh year, the WebAwards is the premier annual award competition that judges Web site development against an ever-increasing Internet standard and against peer sites within their industry.

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Boys, in general, and children born to parents who have low education levels, in particular, are at an increased risk for developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder compared to girls and children born to parents with high levels of education.

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Hs-CRP is elevated when plaques are present but symptoms are absent.

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Are two doctors better than one? In some cases, yes. But knowing when to seek additional information and advice about a diagnosis, treatment or your overall care isn't always clear.

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There's increasing evidence that green tea offers health benefits. Recent studies have reported that polyphenols, compounds found in green tea, may offer protection against certain cancers and may aid in the destruction of cancer cells.

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If your knees ache on your daily walk, should you forego daily exercise or keep it up? Sometimes, especially after an injury, pain is a signal to rest. But generally, resting too long can lead to deconditioning and more discomfort.

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Each year, surgeons restore sight for about 32,000 Americans --many of them older adults --by transplanting corneas from deceased donors. A healthy cornea, the transparent outer surface of your eye, is an essential component of sharp, clear vision.

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Nosebleeds happen often. The September issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter offers steps to prevent and stop nosebleeds.

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Your children or grandchildren could easily carry unwanted guests to your home --head lice. These tiny, wingless, yellow-gray parasites are spread easily, especially by school children, through close contact and by sharing personal items.

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Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated they can permanently transfer a functioning gene to targeted tissues within the eye. This success in animals is a first step in using gene therapy to treat glaucoma, a major cause of blindness worldwide.

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Cardiac rehabilitation raises your chances of surviving at least three years after a heart attack by more than 50 percent, but only about half of the eligible patients participate, according to findings.

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Rather than taking medication to ward off a future potential attack, patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis may want to take a conservative approach and wait watchfully with their doctors for the first few years to see how the disease progresses over time.

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Heart attack patients who began taking a cholesterol-lowering medication within 48 hours of being admitted to the hospital were less likely to have ongoing problems with lack of blood flow to the heart muscle than those who did not receive this early treatment.

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Low-carb diets are the current rage, but the message on MayoClinic.com still is: calories count. A calorie is still a calorie, and too many calories from any source lead to weight gain.

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Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated that stem cell therapy repairs damaged heart tissue and aids recovery after heart attack.

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A researcher is the first to develop a series of 3D models of an enzyme responsible for the replication of the deadly SARS virus. These instantaneous "structures-in-time" are central to designing an anti-SARS drug -- and are therefore a welcome advance as the virus continues to threaten public health.

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A study outlines how strictly controlling the levels of glucose, or sugar, in a patient's blood can increase the survival rate of critically ill patients.

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A study based on the tobacco industry's own documents shows the extent of the tobacco industry's efforts to influence the print media on the health effects of secondhand smoke.

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You want to make healthier food choices and lose weight, but it's hard to give up your favorite (sometimes high-calorie) foods. You may be able to switch some ingredients in your recipes and keep the taste while cutting calories and fat.

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What's your risk of having a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years?

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Just a few years ago, hormone therapy was thought to be the best way to protect bone health during and after menopause. After menopause, your body no longer makes as much new bone as it did before -- setting the stage for osteoporosis.

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MayoClinic.com has been awarded top honors in the Spring 2004 World Wide Web Health Awards contest. The MayoClinic.com site won a gold award in the Health Promotion/Disease & Injury Prevention Web site category and a special award for Best Site Structure & Navigation.

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Mayo Clinic and British researchers have developed a new approach to cancer vaccines that purposely kills healthy skin cells to target the immune system against tumors. The new approach has eradicated skin cancer tumors in mice.

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Certain mosquitoes spread dengue (DENG-gay) fever, a severe flu-like illness that leaves you feeling miserable for one to two weeks. Dengue fever is a major health concern, with an estimated 50 million dengue infections occurring every year.

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With age, many men develop an enlarged prostate. Symptoms such as frequent urination or difficulty starting urination may seem like nuisances you can tolerate. But if left untreated too long, an enlarged prostate can damage your bladder muscle and your kidneys.

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After years of keeping your high blood pressure in check with diet, exercise and medication, you learn that yours suddenly is too high.

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A research team is focusing on a hormone previously identified in the venom of the green mamba snake for the role it may play in a dangerous blood vessel narrowing in stroke patients that can lead to a second stroke, reduced blood flow, and brain damage.

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The drug cetuximab, a promising new targeted therapy better known as Erbitux, offers another option for patients who have colorectal cancer that resists standard chemotherapy treatment.

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Heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalization among persons 65 and older, and admissions for its symptoms have increased by 155 percent over the last 20 years. Improved survival with heart failure, not an increase in disease rates, is responsible for this epidemic of hospital admissions.

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A study conducted by Mayo Clinic found that fears surrounding a connection between coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and dementia are unwarranted.

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The paper trail is stopping for outpatients at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. From now on, all medical records will be created and stored electronically for nearly 1.5 million annual outpatient visits.

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For the first time, a drug appears to have a slowing effect "” though limited "” on the progression from mild cognitive impairment, a memory disorder considered a strong early predictor of Alzheimer's disease, to Alzheimer's.

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The outdoor fun has begun -- and so have the seasonal illnesses and injuries. MayoClinic.com can help keep you and your family in the sunshine and out of the emergency room with tips to help you enjoy a safe and healthy summer.

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Researchers have manipulated a human antibody to induce an anti-tumor response in living mice that consistently curbs -- and often cures -- malignant melanoma, one of the most lethal forms of skin cancer and the most common cancer of young adults.

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From the late 1950s to the end of 1961, thalidomide was a popular sedative and treatment for morning sickness until it was discovered to cause fetal malformations, which proved fatal within the first year of life in 40 percent of affected infants.

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A study involving nearly 30,000 women of post-menopausal age shows that following a healthier diet and lifestyle can indeed potentially reduce the risk of getting cancer and dying from it.