Archive for October 2021

After last year’s halt on Halloween due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sweet relief is coming for those who celebrate the spookiest day of the year. "This year, we’re looking toward a Halloween that hopefully brings back some of the activities that kids really enjoy this time of year," says Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious…

Women are being encouraged to get their annual breast cancer screening and for good reason. Screening can save lives. But what if your mammogram shows that you have dense breasts? Dr. Christine Klassen, a Mayo Clinic Breast Clinic physician, has more on what it means to have dense breasts. ________________________________ For the safety of its…

The Internal Medicine Residency at Mayo Clinic is among the best programs in the world for post-graduate medical training. The program has a long track record of success transforming excellent medical students into outstanding clinicians, researchers, and educators. The program has among the best board pass rates, resident publication numbers, and fellowship match results of…

As continuing research guides medical recommendations, it seems that there are COVID-19 updates released daily. These recommendations cover a range of topics, including whether COVID-19 booster vaccinations are necessary to whether COVID-19 vaccines can be mixed and matched. "The fact that recommendations are changing is not evidence people don’t know what they’re doing," says Dr.…

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