February 26, 2009 – 6:18 pm
Cigarettes are highly addicting. But why is it that some people who try cigarettes can put them down and never get addicted while others get hooked right away? As we hear from Dr. Richard Hurt, director of the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center, the answer lies in how your brain responds to nicotine.
Anatomy of Addiction Extended Interview
February 6, 2009 – 8:05 pm
Hypothermia can happen quickly in very cold weather or in cold water. And it is often life threatening. But at Mayo Clinic, emergency department doctors are using it to help keep people alive.
February 5, 2009 – 7:40 pm
Over the last several years cities across the continent and the world have instituted smoking bans in public places. The bans are inconvenient for smokers, but they’re thought to be healthy for communities as a whole. We talk with Mayo Clinic lung specialist, Dr. Paul Scanlon to find out if smoking bans really do have [...]
February 2, 2009 – 12:24 pm
Fifty years ago, many children born with congenital heart defects did not make it to adulthood. The medical expertise just wasn’t available. Today things are different, and many of these children live long, full lives. But the man you’re about to meet beat the odds. He was born with a complicated heart defect almost 50 [...]
December 24, 2008 – 4:00 pm
Over the last several years, cities across the continent and the world have instituted smoking bans in public places. The bans are inconvenient for smokers, but they’re thought to be healthy for communities as a whole. Paul Scanlon, M.D., a Mayo Clinic lung expert, discusses some recent findings.
