Mayo Clinic

  1. Varicose Veins Keep Some in Long Pants All Year

    Article

    Sun, 18 Mar 2012

    disease including skin changes or, occasionally, ulcerations," Dr. Peter Gloviczki, a vascular surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said in a clinic news release. "Evaluation of varicose veins with ultrasound is an easy and

  2. Lack of Sleep May Give You the Munchies

    Article

    Wed, 14 Mar 2012

    per night," study co-author Dr. Andrew Calvin, a cardiology fellow and assistant professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic , said in an AHA news release. Although this study suggests sleep deprivation may be an important and preventable cause

  1. What your eyes can reveal about your health

    Article

    Thu, 15 Mar 2012

    raised surfaces or moles in the pigment layer of the retina," says ophthalmologist Sophie J. Bakri, M.D., of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Diagnosing an eye melanoma early is crucial, she says; it often has no other symptoms and

  2. Prediabetes Not to Blame for Nerve Damage: Study

    Article

    Fri, 24 Feb 2012

    called small fiber polyneuropathy than healthy people, a finding that contradicts two decades of medical reports. The Mayo Clinic researchers said the results from their five-year study of 550 people suggest that doctors should look for causes

  3. Mayo Clinic Grapefruit Diet

    Article

    Thu, 2 Jun 2011

    the appeal of fad diets like the Mayo Clinic Grapefruit Diet. In fact, the so-called Mayo Clinic Grapefruit Diet isn't endorsed or associated with the prestigious Mayo Clinic in any way. The Mayo Clinic does

  4. Vegetables on the Mayo Clinic Diet

    Article

    Wed, 4 May 2011

    diets have circulated over the years claiming to be the Mayo Clinic Diet. These unofficial diets are primarily based on ..... carbohydrates. However, the foundation of the actual Mayo Clinic Diet developed by weight-loss experts is a variety

  5. Study Supports CT-Based 'Virtual' Colonoscopy to Spot Colon Cancer

    Article

    Thu, 23 Feb 2012

    spotting colon cancer and saving patients' lives. In the study, researchers led by Dr. C. Daniel Johnson, of the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., conducted a secondary analysis of data collected in the American College of Radiology Imaging

  6. Stem Cell Treatment Might Reverse Heart Attack Damage

    Article

    Tue, 14 Feb 2012

    tests." Other experts were cautiously optimistic. Cardiac expert Dr. Bernard Gersh, a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic , is not affiliated with the research but is familiar with the findings. "This study demonstrates that it is safe

  7. New Drug May Help Fight Rare Bone Marrow Disorder

    Article

    Wed, 29 Feb 2012

    Library of Medicine. Estimates of the prevalence of myelofibrosis in the United States vary, but one study from the Mayo Clinic calculates that about 30,000 Americans have the disorder. There is no specific treatment approved to cure myelofibrosis

  8. Anesthesia in Early Childhood May Be Linked to ADHD

    Article

    Thu, 2 Feb 2012

    ADHD), a new study suggests. Mayo Clinic researchers looked through medical ..... professor of anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic . The study appears in the Feb. 2 issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings . An earlier study

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