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 Huhti 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 Maalis 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 Maalis 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 Maalis 202236min
Colorectal cancer on the rise in younger adults
Every March, Mayo Clinic joins the effort to raise awareness of colorectal cancer, which are cancers that develop in the colon and the rectum. While regular colonoscopies and lower rates of smoking h...
22 Maalis 202223min
Ask the Mayo Mom: Managing sickle cell disease in children and teens
Sickle cell disease is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. Red blood cells are usually round and flexible, so they move easily through blood vessels. With sickle cell disease, some red bloo...
18 Maalis 202231min
COVID-19 update
Last week marked two years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. While infection rates and hospitalizations in the U.S. continue to decline, there are some areas of c...
16 Maalis 202229min
Advances in treating multiple myeloma help extend quality of life for patients
Multiple myeloma is a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell. Healthy plasma cells help the body fight infections by making antibodies that recognize and attack germs. I...
14 Maalis 202227min
