Mayo Clinic Health Matters

We're excited to share an audio preview of our new book, Face in the Mirror: A Surgeon, a Patient, and the Remarkable Story of the First Face Transplant at Mayo Clinic. You can order your print copy ...

20 Maj 202535min

The first face transplant was performed in 2005. Since then, only about 50 face transplants have been done in the entire world. It’s a complex surgery that requires all the expertise a surgeon can bri...

13 Maj 202536min

In today's world, skincare is largely focused on aesthetics, but what about its impact on our physical well-being? In this episode of Health Matters, Dr. Saranya Wyles joins us to discuss the vital fu...

29 Apr 202542min

When was the last time you thought about your kidney? If you’re a healthy individual, maybe not so much. But this unassuming organ is vital—and kidney diseases, like polycystic kidney disease, can put...

15 Apr 202533min

Remember the childhood warning about rusty nails and tetanus? Turns out, there’s more to the story. On this episode of Health Matters, Dr. Priya Sampathkumar unpacks the truth about tetanus—how it spr...

1 Apr 202530min

We've got a special episode for you today from our friends at Tomorrow's Cure! Tomorrow's Cure is a Mayo Clinic podcast that is bringing the future of healthcare to the present. The stethoscope, one o...

25 Mars 202531min

Ozempic. Wegovy. Mounjaro. Zepbound. You’ve probably heard the name of one of these drugs in the past few years—maybe you’ve even thought about taking them. Every day, more Americans are taking these ...

18 Mars 202536min

Life after a breast cancer diagnosis is rarely the same as it was before. Breast cancer changes your relationship with your body. It changes your relationship with the people around you. It changes li...

4 Mars 202537min