Archive for February 2024

Heart disease (https://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/diseases-cardiovascular) is the leading cause of death for men, women, and people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States alone, with one person dying from heart disease every 33 seconds. February, in addition to American Heart Month, is Black History Month. Black Americans are 30 percent more likely to die…

With more than 90,000 people in the U.S. awaiting kidney transplants, the demand exceeds the available supply — emphasizing the critical importance of identifying safe ways to broaden the donor pool. Dr. Naim Issa, a Mayo Clinic transplant nephrologist, says, until recently, patients with Type 2 diabetes have been ruled out as potential living kidney…

Advancing Rare Disease Breakthroughs at Mayo Clinic SScientists and clinicians at the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine are making notable progress in rare disease diagnostics and treatments. The pioneers in the field, including Margot Cousin, PhD, and Filippo Pinto e Vairo, MD, PhD, are harnessing emerging technologies, individualized therapies and artificial intelligence (AI) to…

Filming and uploading each step of your daytime or nighttime skincare routine is all the rage on social media. And it’s especially popular among young girls. But do 8- to 12-year-olds really need to worry about anti-aging serums, expensive cleansers and moisturizers? In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Dawn Davis, a Mayo Clinic pediatric dermatologist,…