Daily Archives: June 11, 2008

Exercise Safety

Summer time is a great time to get out and do things that are good for your health. Biking, Rollerblading and even gardening can get you moving. But don’t forget to pay attention to safety while you’re outside playing. More on summer safety tips from the Sports Medicine Center at Mayo Clinic. [...]

Botox for Enlarged Prostate

Botox has a reputation for erasing the years by smoothing away wrinkles on your face. But it has other uses in the medical world too. For example, it’s used to treat people who have a condition that causes excess sweating. And now doctors are using it to treat enlarged prostates. More [...]

Treating GI Bleed

Imagine this: You find out you’re bleeding internally and the only way to stop it is a big operation. Then you doctor tells you it’s so risky you might not make it off the table. That’s what the man you’re about to meet faced until doctors at Mayo Clinic tried a [...]