Health

Lack of sleep increases unhealthy abdominal fat
ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic shows that lack of sufficient sleep combined with free access to food increases calorie consump...
April 6th, 2022 |

What is the best sleeping position?
Most people spend a third of their lives either asleep or resting, according to the Sleep Foundation. During sleep, the body recharges and repairs its...
April 6th, 2022 |

Teen’s ‘miracle’migraine solution
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One morning when she was in middle school, Sonja Mae Burnett woke up at home in Arkansas with a migraine headache. It was her...
April 5th, 2022 |

Caffeine’s effects on blood sugar and blood pressure
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I love to drink coffee. I often have multiple cups a day. Recently, I was diagnosed with diabetes and high blood pressure. My doctor...
March 30th, 2022 |

Learn more about eye shingles
You’re probably familiar with shingles, a viral infection that causes a painful rash — usually on the body’s torso. But did you know...
March 30th, 2022 |

Engineers build robot to perform surgery without doctor
BALTIMORE — In a high-tech lab on Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus in Baltimore, engineers have been building a robot that may b...
March 30th, 2022 |

What is ‘12-3-30′? The treadmill routine taking over TikTok
You may have noticed people talking about the viral “12-3-30″ workout on social media recently, or seen the workouts believers for yoursel...
March 26th, 2022 |

What’s the future of the vaccination effort?
PHILADELPHIA — It’s 2 p.m. on a Wednesday in Chester, Pennsylvania, and nurses Susan Pollock and Carol Von Colln are inside a Delaware Cou...
March 23rd, 2022 |

Thoracic aortic aneurysms
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend was diagnosed with a thoracic aortic aneurysm. What causes this type of aneurysm, and how fast does it grow? Also, how are...
March 23rd, 2022 |

When colorectal cancer runs in the family
National guidelines recommend people of average risk of developing colorectal cancer begin screening at age 45. However, Dr. Lisa Boardman, a Mayo Cli...
March 23rd, 2022 |