Dr. Nicholas Wetjen, a Mayo Clinic Neurosurgeon discusses chiari malformations and how they're treated. For more information from Mayo Clinic on chiari malformations, click here: http://www.mayoclini c.org/chiari-malform ation/children.html
Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that a chemical known as endoxifen appears to be the primary metabolite responsible for the effectiveness of tamoxifen in treating breast cancer, and that it works against cancer in an entirely unexpected way.
Dr. Thomas Spelsberg, Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic molecular biologist addresses the study.
Mayo Clinic's mission is to provide the best care to every patient every day through integrated clinical practice, education and research. This video provides an overview of how Mayo Clinic lives out that mission.
Isobel Scarisbrick, Ph.D., describes a new Mayo Clinic study that found two particular enzymes were elevated in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis. These findings give researchers new hope for developing a therapy for progressive multiple sclerosis.
Sometimes what's old becomes new again. It happens in music, fashion, even eye care. Optometrists at Mayo Clinic are using a type of lens originally developed in the late 1800s for some people who can't wear normal contacts. They're called scleral lenses and they're helping many folks with bad vision see.
Dr. Nicholas Wetjen, a neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic, talks about when surgery might be an option for pediatric patients with Epilepsy. To read more on Epilepsy and it's treatments, click here: http://www.mayoclini c.org/epilepsy/child ren.html
Lice. The word is enough to make your head itch. And like it or not, all children are at risk of getting lice, no matter how good their hygiene. Mayo Clinic has some advice on ways to get rid of head lice if your kids bring the bugs home from school
Health profoundly improves once a person stops smoking. In this video Mayo Clinic Physicians provide examples of healing that occurs once a person stops smoking and the many benefits to staying tobacco-free. Patients describe how much better they feel now that they have stopped smoking. For more information, go to http://www.mayoclini c.org/ndc-rst/