Mayo Clinic Podcasts and Blogs

Mayo Clinic podcasts offer the opportunity to subscribe to health news audio or video updates. The news features can be played on computer or downloaded to an mp3 player, and enjoyed at a convenient time.

Mayo Clinic offers several varieties of podcasts. Some are digital recordings of the Mayo Clinic Medical Edge news features carried on TV and radio stations throughout the United States and Canada. Others are more in-depth discussions, enabling you to hear Mayo Clinic physicians and scientists discussing diseases, conditions and treatments in a more extended manner than they can on broadcast stations.

You may subscribe to a broad category of podcast, having new episodes automatically sent to you as they are posted, or you can search the archives for particular diseases, conditions and treatments and listen or watch immediately.

Receiving Podcasts

To subscribe to Mayo Clinic podcasts, a special software (often called a "podcatcher") is required. There are a variety of podcatchers available; search for "podcast software" in a search engine to get listings. Many of these services are free, contain detailed instructions for installation and take only a few minutes to set up.

Subscribing to Mayo Clinic Podcasts

For more information about Mayo Clinic's podcasts and podcasting in general, and to subscribe to Mayo Clinic podcasts, visit the Mayo Clinic Podcasts blog.

Blogs

Blogs (also know as Web logs) are Web sites that enable discussion related to a particular topic or theme. They give you an opportunity to interact with Mayo Clinic staff and others from around the world, sharing news and opinions.

For more information on Mayo Clinic blogs and how you can subscribe and participate, go to the Mayo Clinic blog directory.