COVID-19 vaccine confidence and the importance of that second dose
While the number of people being vaccinated for COVID-19 is dropping, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other medical experts continue to strongly encourage people to get vaccinated f...
28 Apr 202119min
Reducing rejection by reversing order of heart-liver transplant
For heart-liver transplants, the liver and heart must come from the same donor, and some patients wait years to receive both organs. Also, antibodies from the donor can increase chances of the receivi...
27 Apr 202127min
Avoid preventable vision loss
Has your eyesight become blurry? Do you have glaucoma, but you haven't been in for an exam or treatment? Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many people may have delayed eye appointments. Dr. Cheryl Khanna, ...
26 Apr 202113min
Managing chronic pain in children
Chronic pain is experienced by about one-quarter to one-third of children, with about 1 in 20 experiencing debilitating pain, according to the World Health Organization. Chronic pain is defined as rec...
23 Apr 202134min
Breakthrough COVID-19 infections and booster vaccines
Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group says COVID-19 mutations and the virus spread are happening because of people who don't wear masks, wh...
21 Apr 202126min
Mayo Clinic Laboratories delivers during COVID-19
Mayo Clinic Laboratories has performed over 3 million COVID-19 tests. "In December 2019, there was a disease, and three months later, everyone in the country — and around the globe — wanted a test to...
20 Apr 202125min
Head and neck cancers are becoming increasingly common
There are many causes of head and neck cancers, and treatment is complicated. And one of the fastest growing demographic of cancers in the U.S. is human papillomavirus (HPV) in younger people, says Dr...
19 Apr 202129min
Don’t miss a beat with preventive heart care
For many people, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided an opportunity to reassess priorities in their lives, spend more time with loved ones, and take care of some projects or personal issues that they’v...
16 Apr 202122min
