Macular degeneration is an eye disease for which there is no cure. Its victims may become legally blind, unable to read, recognize faces or drive a car. Until recently there hasn’t been anything anyone could do about this disease. Colin McCannel, M.D., a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist, discusses a medication that’s been proven to delay the [...]
Every year, thousands of people have open-heart bypass surgery to reroute blocked arteries. Now a group of doctors are performing bypasses without silencing the beating heart. Thoralf Sundt III, M.D., a cardiac surgeon at Mayo Clinic tells us how.
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Posted in All Audio, Heart, Men's Health, Women's Health
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Tagged Cardiac Surgery, cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Bypass, Mayo Clinic, Off-Pump Heart Bypass, Podcast, podcasts, Sundt
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In our culture numbers are everywhere. Phone numbers, bank numbers, license numbers, the clock on the wall. Everyday we remember and use many of these numbers over and over again. But many of us don’t know or even think about the most important numbers: our heart health numbers. Gerald Fletcher, M.D. a Mayo Clinic cardiologist [...]
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Posted in All Audio, Heart, Men's Health, Women's Health
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Tagged Blood Pressure, cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Cholesterol, Fletcher, Health, Heart, Mayo Clinic, Podcast, podcasts
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Thousands of teenagers have a hard time getting moving in the morning. But for kids with POT Syndrome, or POTS, the fatigue is debilitating. It keeps these teens from normal activities like sports or social events. Many can’t even go to school. How can you tell if you’re teen’s tiredness or other related symptoms are [...]
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Posted in All Audio, Children's Health, Heart
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Tagged Children, Diagnosis, fatigue, Fischer, Heart, Mayo Clinic, Podcast, podcasts, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, POT Syndrome, POTS, Teen
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Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is often portrayed as being funny. But if you ask anyone who has OCD, they’ll tell you there’s nothing humorous about it. Children with OCD constantly fight anxiety caused by being afraid of their own thoughts. Cognitive behavioral therapy reduces symptoms, but many children do not have access to it. Doctors at Mayo Clinic [...]
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Posted in All Audio, Children's Health
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Tagged Behavioral, Children, Cognitive, Mayo Clinic, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Podcast, podcasts, Psychology, Therapy, Treatment, Whiteside
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