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A promise delivered: A new heart for a new mom
A challenge from the beginning Promise Garell grew up with a congenital heart defect. She was born with transposition of the great arteries, where her heart vessels and her heart were not correctly transfigured, preventing her heart from providing adequate blood flow to the rest of her body. Her first surgery to address this was…
Read MoreMayo Clinic Minute – Expanding the living kidney donor pool to people with Type 2 diabetes
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…
Read MoreChildren and Flu Antiviral Drugs
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Read MoreThe Flu: Should You Go to School?
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Read MoreFlu and Children with Neurologic Conditions
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Advancing Rare Disease Breakthroughs at Mayo Clinic
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…
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Mayo Clinic Minute: Do tweens need a skincare routine?
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,…
Read MoreGout or Pseudogout?
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