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Imagínese acudir al hospital para que le extirpen el cáncer de piel de células basales del rostro y enterarse de que se esparció tanto por la nariz que deben extirparla por completo. Esto es lo que le sucedió a una mujer de Arizona. Su única opción en el pasado hubiese sido una prótesis que no […]

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic will offer flu vaccination at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and Mayo Family Clinic Kasson in Kasson, Minnesota, to patients 6 months and older, starting Oct. 12. Now more than ever, Mayo Clinic and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend all people 6 months and older get vaccinated […]

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My cousin has cystic fibrosis. After graduating from college last December, she moved across the country to take a new job. Now she lives with me. I have always been worried about her, but I am more concerned now that COVID-19 cases are rising in our area. Although I know coughing is common […]

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Pregnancy can be an exciting, happy time for anyone. And if you’re older than 35, you’re in good company. Many women are delaying pregnancy well into their 30s and beyond — and delivering healthy babies.  After 35, though, there are risks to consider. And this may apply to the father’s age, too. These risks may […]

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients with large polycystic kidneys in need of a kidney transplant can have their diseased kidneys safely removed laparoscopically at the same time as their transplant surgery. That is the finding of a Mayo Clinic study recently published in the American Journal of Transplantation. Mikel Prieto, M.D., a transplant surgeon and the […]

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Transplants are identified as nonelective surgeries, and transplant patients have faced urgent medical needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our practice, like many others across the country, did slow down in March and April of this year,” says Dr. Patrick Dean, a Mayo Clinic transplant surgeon. “Patients and providers were concerned ― appropriately so ― about what […]

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Heart disease; we hear the term all the time, but what’s it really mean?  In this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, cardiologist, Dr. Sharonne Hayes, provides an explanation. To listen, click the link below. What is heart disease

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Influenza is a respiratory infection that can cause serious complications, particularly in young children. Getting a flu vaccine is the best way to prevent the flu and its complications. Even when the vaccine doesn’t completely prevent the flu, it may reduce the risk of serious illness requiring hospitalization. Recent research shows that the vaccine significantly […]

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