News Releases — Health Information

2007

December 2007

• Mayo Clinic EmbodyHealth and MayoClinic.com Web Sites Awarded eHealthcare Leadership Awards
• Exercise Can Help Ease Knee Pain
• Selenium To Prevent Prostate Cancer? More Answers Needed
• Some Home Remedies Are Good Options
• Food Intolerance or Food Allergy?
• Common Foot Problems — And What Can Be Done For Relief
• Family Health History Helps Identify Risks

November 2007

• MayoClinic.com Feature Focuses on How to Help Loved Ones Seek Help for Addiction, Mental Health
• Talking Turkey: MayoClinic.com Highlights Healthy Holiday Cooking
• MayoClinic.com Focuses on Diagnosing Fibromyalgia Symptoms
• New Information, Tips and Tools Provided on MayoClinic.com Diabetes Center
• Caring for Aging Parents: 10 Things to Know for an Emergency
• Acupuncture: Ancient Practice Finds Place in Western Medicine
• Prediabetes: A Wake-Up Call to Make Changes to Prevent Diabetes
• An Aspirin a Day to Help Keep Heart Disease Away
• Another Reason to Enjoy Dark Chocolate?
• Herb and Spices — A Dash of Good Health
• Improving Balance — At Any Age — With Exercise

October 2007

• Asthma: Are You Controlling it, Or is it Controlling You?
• MayoClinic.com Provides Tips for Coping with Nicotine Cravings
• Treatment-resistant Depression: When Standard Treatments Fail, Patients With Chronic Depression Have Other Options
• Understanding Risks is Best Defense Against Breast Cancer
• Relaxation: A Necessity For Good Health
• Sleep Apnea: It's Not Just Snoring, and It Affects Women and Thin People, Too
• Small Vessel Heart Disease: Mostly a Concern for Women
• Manage Long-Term Stress to Avoid Ill Health Effects
• New Treatment for Chronic Arthritis-Related Back Pain

September 2007

• Health Tips: Dust Be Gone
• Women in Their 50s and 60s Can Opt for LASIK Eye Surgery
• Community Health Screenings Build Awareness But Have Limitations
• Migraines — Options to Prevent and Treat the Pounding Pain
• Antioxidants — Preventing Diseases, Naturally
• Know the Signs of Endometrial Cancer

August 2007

• MayoClinic.com Provides Information for Cancer Survivors
• MayoClinic.com: Resilience Can Help With Stress and Adversity
• Getting a Grip on Common Hand Conditions
• How Much Water Should You Drink? It Depends.
• Olive Oil — Reaping Its Health Benefits
• Age-Related Hearing Loss: A Common Occurrence
• Health Tip: Please Pass the Soluble Fiber
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids: A Way to Improve Heart Health

July 2007

• MayoClinic.com Launches New Quit Smoking Center
• Cataract Surgery is Safe, Effective and Very Common
• Folic Acid and Vitamin B-12 — Get Enough of Both
• Staying Mentally Sharp Takes Brain Work
• Repositioning Treatment Stops the Spin for the Most Common Form of Vertigo
• CT Screening for Lung Cancer: Does it Save Lives?
• Clues When It's Time to Consider Assisted Living

June 2007

• Mental Health: What's Normal and What's Not?
• MayoClinic.com Launches New Disease and Condition Centers
• MayoClinic.com Looks at the Numbers Behind Falling Breast Cancer Rates
• MayoClinic.com Offers Online Alcohol Self-Assessment Tool
• Degenerative Disk Disease
• Exercising With Cancer
• Cosmeceuticals: A Reality Check on A New Category of Anti-Wrinkle Products
• Tips to Bounce Back Better After Exercise
• Coronary Stents: Mayo Clinic Health Letter Offers Overview of This Common Tool to Keep Clogged Arteries Open
• Ten Symptoms Not to Ignore

May 2007

• Check the Temperature to Avoid Food Poisoning
• When Personality Becomes A Problem in Older Adults
• Answering Questions About Drug-Eluting Stents
• Osteoporosis Treatment — Without Estrogen
• Frequent Urination Can Signal Underlying Health Problem
• Raynaud's Disease: The Reason Behind Cold, White Fingers and Toes
• MayoClinic.com Offers Information to Help Allergy Sufferers
• MayoClinic.com Highlights Possible Diabetes and Alzheimer's Connection

April 2007

• Today's New Medicine — Integrating Alternative and Conventional Medicine
• Childhood Obesity: Why it Matters and What Parents Need to Know
• Secondhand Smoke: Evidence Proves Ill Effects
• Answers to Common Questions About Multivitamins
• Refusing to Face the Facts — Denial and Health
• ADHD in Adults Can Hurt Job Performance, Relationships
• Hypnotism Gaining A Legitimate Role in Health Care Treatments
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind And Other Tips for Eating Less

March 2007

• Mayo Clinic Health Solutions Expert Slated for Keynote Presentation at National Conference on Disability Management
• MayoClinic.com Examines Top 10 Health Threats for Men
• MayoClinic.com Highlights the Importance of Exercise in Diabetes Treatment
• Prehypertension Podcast Featured on MayoClinic.com
• Mayo Clinic Health Solutions Expert Featured at National Conference on Employee Health Care
• Staying Busy and Active Contributes to Longer Life
• Taken as Prescribed, Addiction Risk is Low
• Treatments Can Improve Troublesome Aches
• Self Care Can Improve Plantar Fasciitis
• Myasthenia Gravis — A Treatable Muscle Disorder
• Exercise, Diet, Supplements Play a Role

February 2007

• Stem Cells — Sorting Through the Hype and Hope
• MayoClinic.com Helps Users Understand and Evaluate Their Risk of Depression
• Surgery Can Improve Vision for People with Drooping Eyelids
• Help to Change Unhealthy Habits
• Managing Early-Onset Menopause
• Body Mass Index: Do You Know Yours?
• Coffee: Is it Good or Bad for You?
• Cell Phones and Driving

January 2007

• Losing Resolve on New Year's Resolutions?
• MayoClinic.com Heart Disease Risk Calculator Helps Users Understand and Gauge Their Heart Attack Risk
• Depression and Heart Attacks
• 2006 Women's Health Highlights
• Yes, Chicken Soup Can Help
• Health Tips on Fluoride and Teeth
• Tips to Lose Weight and Keep It Off
• Mayo Clinic Health Solutions and MayoClinic.com Web Sites Awarded Seven 2006 eHealthcare Leadership Awards
• Mayo Clinic Health Solutions' Online Health Management Programs Demonstrate Effectiveness in Behavior Change