Ask the Mayo Mom: Climate change and global childhood health
From allergies and asthma to infectious diseases and even malnutrition, the indirect effects of climate change are taking a toll on our most valuable resource, kids! On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, As...
15 Apr 202228min
Understanding the connection between diabetes and heart disease
The World Health Organization reports that the number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million by 2014. And that number is estimated to reach 552 million by 2030. One ...
12 Apr 202222min
Ted Garding is a rare two-time living organ donor
Fifty-seven-year-old Ted Garding is Mayo Clinic’s first altruistic living liver donor. The living liver donation program allows a healthy person to donate a portion of his or her liver, which then reg...
8 Apr 202217min
Meeting the unique needs of adolescent and young adult patients with cancer
While some adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer receive care in pediatrics, the majority are cared for in adult cancer systems. One of the challenges is that people in the AYA group d...
5 Apr 202215min
Augmented reality gives surgeons a new tool for knee replacement
When it comes to knee replacement surgery, orthopedic surgeons now have a new tool for the operating room: augmented reality knee replacement. This technology enables a surgeon to view important data ...
1 Apr 202215min
COVID-19 metrics improve, expert still urges caution
Hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 continue to decline, leading to some optimism about the way forward from pandemic to endemic. But experts still urge caution as the omicron subvariant, name...
30 Mars 202235min
Diagnostic testing, precision medicine and what it means for patients
Precision medicine aims to customize health care by tailoring medications and treatments to each patient. An important step in being able to personalize treatments is diagnostic testing. Mayo Clinic B...
28 Mars 202214min
Early intervention can help kids with cerebral palsy
Children with cerebral palsy may require lifelong care from a medical care team, but early intervention and treatments can improve function. Cerebral palsy is a group of disorders that affect movemen...
25 Mars 202236min
