Archive for December 2023

https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/video/hospice-awareness?src=soc_yt -TRANSCRIPT- JOHN WHYTE: Welcome, everyone. I’m Dr. John Whyte. I’m the Chief Medical Officer at WebMD. If you were diagnosed with a terminal illness, have you thought about and discussed with your family how much care you’d like to receive? What type of care you want? And where you would want that delivered, whether…

We’ve all heard of seasonal affective disorder (https://www.webmd.com/depression/seasonal-affective-disorder), but did you know that it’s more than just the winter blues? The cooler temperatures, seasonal changes, and limited daylight hours of the winter months can stir up a certain cozy feeling, but they can also bring a sense of lethargy, persistent sadness, and a loss of…

As the holiday season begins, it’s also the season of flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. The southern parts of the U.S. are currently observing higher rates of RSV and influenza. Mayo Clinic experts expect the northern half of the country will start to see higher rates of these viruses over the course of…

Samir Mardini, M.D., Chair of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, is a leader in facial reanimation surgery and successfully performed Mayo Clinic’s first face transplant. To learn more about Dr. Samir Mardini and the services he offers or to make an appointment with Dr. Mardini visit https://www.mayoclinic.org/biographies/mardini-samir-m-d/bio-20054870. From…