This year’s World AIDS Day will be commemorated on Dec. 1. It was 40 years ago in June that the first scientific report was made describing pneumocystis pneumonia, which later became known as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The AIDS epidemic has claimed more than 36 million lives since the first cases were reported in 1981. AIDS is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition […]
In 2020, just as COVID-19 was breaking throughout the world, 60-year-old Gerald (Gerry) Polcari had a sudden gallstone attack that […]
The popularity of pickleball has exploded in the last few years, and according to a recent report, so have injuries attributed to the […]
Trials show patients can live far longer by removing tumours then swishing the stomach and abdominal cavity with warmed-up drugs
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Pick’s disease, a neurodegenerative disease of unknown genetic origin, is a rare type of frontotemporal dementia that […]
For roughly a third of people with epilepsy, medication does not control their seizures. Depending on where those seizures originate […]
Saturday, April 27, is the next Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Staff, patients and community […]
Dave McClain sustained life-threatening injuries after falling from a 14-foot ladder in October 2023. Thanks to his care at Mayo […]
Editors note: World Malaria Day will be observed Thursday, April 25. Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite […]
In a “Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences” conversation, Amanda Holloway, director of Sustainability, and Dru Larson, a senior systems engineer in […]
There are three ways to be an organ donor – living donation, deceased donation, and paired donation. Living donation. You can be a living donor…
