Mayo Clinic's Cookbook Named Best Health Cookbook
Mayo ClinicThe Mayo Clinic / Williams-Sonoma Cookbook will be honored as the world's best health cookbook on Oct. 23 at the Versailles World Cookbook Fair near Paris, France.
The Mayo Clinic / Williams-Sonoma Cookbook will be honored as the world's best health cookbook on Oct. 23 at the Versailles World Cookbook Fair near Paris, France.
A new Mayo Clinic study shows the incidence of migraine headaches in women increased 56 percent during the 1980s while the incidence of migraine headaches in men increased 34 percent during the same period.
A special feature now on Mayo Clinic Health Oasis, called "Beyond Diet and Exercise," offers insights about future medical research that may reveal novel approaches for weight management.
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis has recommended that all Americans consider getting a flu shot, even pregnant women and healthy people.
Treating snoring, obstructive sleep apnea significantly improves nightÃs rest.
Mayo Clinic researchers say they have found the cause of most chronic sinus infections -- an immune system response to fungus.
An over-the-counter remedy used by adults to reduce travel-associated ear pain doesn't work in children, according to a study by a Mayo Clinic pediatrician.
A daily dose of fish oil slows the progression of disease in people suffering from IgA nephropathy, a relatively common kidney disease with potentially serious consequences.
Venlafaxine, an antidepressant drug, helps reduce the incidence of hot flashes in men undergoing androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer, according to a recent Mayo Clinic report published in the Journal of Urology.
It's not how old you are; it's how sick you are -- at least when it comes to recovery following surgery. This is the major finding of a Mayo Clinic study of 31 men and women 100 years old or older.
Mayo Clinic HealthQuest announces an innovative program designed to maximize effectiveness of employee health programs. Corporate clients using Mayo Clinic HealthQuest will now receive the exclusive services of an implementation manager experienced in helping companies successfully plan, launch and maintain peak participation in employee health programs.
Mayo Clinic HealthQuest, in cooperation with a consortium of employers, has begun research to validate and quantify the effectiveness of tailored messaging in online health management programs.
Cardiology: Today and Tomorrow, an award-winning distance education program, will present its first live cybersession on Aug. 21 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CDT at www.cvtt.org.
People who have prolonged and debilitating pain associated with compression fractures in their spinal vertebrae may be able to find relief with a procedure now being offered at Mayo Clinic.
A Mayo Clinic study has shown that 50 percent of a group of elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment who also have a significantly smaller hippocampus portion of the brain are likely to develop Alzheimer's disease as compared to nine percent of patients with a normal size hippocampus.
A recent Mayo Clinic study in the journal Circulation finds that the dietary supplement L-arginine -- touted by the supplement industry as an enhancer for everything from athletic to sexual performance -- improves chest pain symptoms in patients with early heart disease.
1- heart patients still taking chest pain medications, 2- gamma knife surgery in brain disorders, 3- pain affects quality of life
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville scientists have shown that a specially created molecule injected into the belly of a rat can cross the nearly impassable blood-brain barrier and can stop the chemical reaction in the brain that the molecule was designed to impede.
Mayo Clinic neurologists are using existing technology and an investigational drug to detect pre-symptomatic Parkinson's disease in at-risk people who have family members with Parkinson's disease, they reported in the July issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Mayo Clinic researchers are looking for people who use snuff or chewing tobacco to test the effectiveness of an experimental program aimed at helping smokeless tobacco users quit.
A recent Mayo Clinic study has found that nearly one out of four people at higher risk for heart valve infection who have parts of their body pierced suffer from infection as a result of the piercing.
Early diagnosis of glaucoma is important in preserving eyesight, a new Mayo Clinic study confirms. The study showed that if a person had eye damage from glaucoma at the time of their diagnosis, there was a 54 percent chance of becoming legally blind in at least one eye over a 20-year period despite treatment, and a 22 percent chance of becoming legally blind in both eyes.
Mayo Clinic HealthQuest announced today that its new online program has begun service and will provide employees at companies throughout the U.S., with a daily updated health information resource.
It's happening in all sizes of businesses -- the workplace is becoming an important venue for employees to obtain information about how to stay healthy. That trend comes in part because companies are looking for ways to control healthcare costs by teaching good health habits.
A Mayo Clinic study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine finds electron-beam computed tomography, a type of CAT scan, quickly detects coronary artery calcification in emergency room patients with chest pain. If the scan shows no calcification, the patient is at low risk of having a heart attack.
Mayo Clinic HealthQuest has formed a multi-company consortium to study, validate and quantify the effectiveness of online corporate wellness programs.
Numbers alone aren't enough to tell you whether your weight is healthy, according to a new service on Mayo Clinic Health Oasis.
Credibility of the source is the most important factor when organizations select and distribute wellness materials to their employees, a survey conducted by Mayo Clinic HealthQuest reveals.
A Mayo Clinic study to be published in the Jan. 14, New England Journal of Medicine finds that prophylactic mastectomy, surgery that removes the breasts as a preventive measure, reduces the risk of breast cancer by approximately 90 percent for women at moderate to high risk for the disease.
Some people seem able to eat whatever they want and not gain weight. The reason, says a Mayo Clinic study in the January 8 issue of Science, is that they burn hundreds of extra calories in the activities of daily living when they overeat.
News conference with authors of study published in this week's issue of Science (news release sent out previously): Some people seem able to eat whatever they want and not gain weight. The reason, says a Mayo Clinic study in the January 8 issue of Science, is that they burn hundreds of extra calories in the activities of daily living when they overeat.
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is one of nine medical centers nationwide who participated in a multicenter study leading to a new drug therapy now available for patients with carcinoid syndrome. The new drug therapy, a long-acting formulation of octreotide acetate, recently received Food and Drug Administration approval.
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a plant substance in green tea that is a potent killer of prostate cancer cells.
Hotter water in hot tubs poses increased health risks from fainting, Mayo Clinic researchers report.
Exercise is important in building strong bones to combat osteoporosis. But a new Mayo Clinic study accentuates that the kind of exercise is critical and that even the right kind, if done too intensely, may not confer any benefit.
An international study spearheaded at Mayo Clinic has identified new information that will assist physicians in better caring for patients who have unruptured brain aneurysms, a condition that will affect five percent of people in North America and Europe (10-15 million Americans) in their lifetime.
Mayo Clinic cochlear implant team provides advanced technology to hearing-impaired patients.
A recent Mayo Clinic study found that when teachers and physicians work together to provide teachers with the tools and support to deal with students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the classroom situation improves for the teachers, the students with ADHD, and the other students.
Mayo Clinic researchers have determined that the drug midodrine can safely raise the blood pressure of patients suffering from a disorder that causes blood pressure to plunge when a patient stands up.
Mayo Clinic announced the establishment of a major transplantation biology research program to be headed by one of the world's most renowned transplantation scientists. Jeffrey Platt, M.D., has joined Mayo Clinic to head the new Transplantation Biology Research Group. The program is part of Mayo Clinic's recently announced initiative in basic and clinical research into the burgeoning field of xenotransplantation.
Mayo Clinic researchers report finding low levels of a potentially harmful contaminant in off-the-shelf samples of a popular dietary supplement, 5-Hydroxy-L-Trypotophan. The contaminant, called "peak-x", was linked to symptoms suffered by a family exposed to 5-HTP in 1991.
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis, www.mayohealth.org, has added more free services for people who use the Internet to find answers to their questions about health and medicine. Along with this expansion, the site also has been redesigned. One new feature called "Headline Watch" will cover the weekÃs news-making medical stories.
Gallstones or Undissolved Pills? Study Finds That Most Pills Will Show Up on X-rays Radiation for Brain Tumors Does Not Cause Cognitive Decline Molecular Techniques Identify Dangerous Invasive Strep Bacteria
Mayo Clinic today announced that it will publish a series of soft-cover books about specific medical conditions.
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis (www.mayohealth.org) provides important advice about keeping healthy this summer season.
Power lawn mowers can turn lawn debris into dangerous missiles. In the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Mayo Clinic surgeons report on a case of a 4-year-old Iowa boy who was "shot" through the abdomen by a piece of metal propelled by a power lawn mower.
Calcium supplements reduce bone loss in elderly women, although only modestly, and can help prevent osteoporosis in women who don't already have the condition, reports a Mayo Clinic study.
Mayo Clinic Health O@sis (www.mayohealth.org) has won the 1998 international Webby Award for best Internet health site and has been named a finalist in the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Awards.
The people who need to stop smoking the most are the least likely to stop says a new Mayo Clinic study of heart patients. Mayo researchers looked at the smoking patterns of more than 5,400 patients who had angioplasties (heart vessel clearing procedures) at Mayo Clinic over a 16-year period.
Cholesterol can be downright confusing. While itÃs common knowledge that you should watch your cholesterol, people often are unsure why and what to do about it.