Mayo Clinic

Cedars-Sinai stands out for steep pricing

2013-05-17 00:00:00

When Medicare disclosed average charges from thousands of U.S. hospitals for 100 common procedures last week, only one hospital was near the top in every category: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Be it a cardiac stent, a hip replacement or a...

What is gluten? And other frequently asked questions about gluten

2013-05-18 00:00:00

What is gluten? Gluten is a protein that is found in certain grains, including wheat, barley and rye and triticale (a cross between wheat and rye). What problems prompt people to avoid gluten? Gluten causes inflammation of the small intestine in...

'Mad Men' recap: Slave to love

2013-05-13 11:44:00

Being a "Mad Men" fan these days feels a little like being a woman who, after dating a string of jerks, finally gives a nice guy a chance and discovers that, hey, there's something to this after all. One of the ongoing debates about this season is...

Is Beyonce pregnant? Some pros and cons

2013-05-13 13:55:00

Is Beyonce pregnant? Sure, if you listen to some sources, or no way Jose, if you listen to others. "Music insiders" reportedly told the New York Post, after the Met Gala last week, that the superstar and wife of Jay-Z is indeed with child. Witness her...

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli drops 106 pounds in a year

2013-05-10 18:40:00

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli has lost 106 pounds — and no, she didn't get rid of a skinny best friend. Lampanelli had gastric-sleeve surgery a year ago in April and has since shed all that weight off her formerly 248-pound frame. (See the before and...

'Jersey Shore's' Ronnie in hospital for kidney stones

2013-04-29 11:19:00

"Jersey Shore" star Ronnie Ortiz-Magro has been hospitalized for kidney stones.� Ortiz-Magro, 27, the MTV reality series' resident "juicehead" who rose to stardom because of his tumultuous relationship with Sammie "Sweetheart" Giancola, tweeted about...

Study: Hookah no safer than cigarettes, just differently dangerous

2013-04-19 14:05:00

Cigarette smoking may have earned a reputation as an unhealthy, cancer-causing pastime, but water pipes seem to have largely evaded the stigma. Now, new research shows that water pipes may simply be dangerous in slightly different ways, according to a...

Sofia Vergara talks thyroid conditions, freezing her eggs

2013-04-17 16:42:00

Sofia Vergara appeared on "Good Morning America" on Wednesday to discuss her bout with thyroid cancer, freezing her eggs and her wedding plans. The "Modern Family" actress, who is a spokeswoman for the hypothyroidism campaign Follow the Script, revealed...

Cash for pounds makes cents in greenback diet

2013-03-07 13:30:00

What's a pound of flesh worth? Dieters at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota apparently think it's worth at least five bucks. A yearlong study of incentives in dieting found that the majority of 100 obese participants met a goal of losing four pounds per...

Pauline Friedman Phillips dies at 94; original 'Dear Abby'

2013-01-17 19:11:00

Dear Abby: "What would you do with a man who refuses to use a deodorant, seldom bathes, and doesn't even own a toothbrush?" "Absolutely nothing," she replied. The wry answer from Abigail Van Buren — the pen name of Pauline Friedman Phillips...

The doctor's in, on Twitter

2012-12-15 00:00:00

Twitter. A popular online social network? Yes. A vital tool for medical research? Maybe. "Until now, healthcare providers have primarily used online networks as a promotional tool," says Lee Aase, director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media. "We...

Future wellness efforts may include advice based on genes

2012-09-13 00:00:00

As medical advances continue to deliver ever-more effective treatments for symptoms and diseases, some doctors say it's time to focus on keeping people from getting sick in the first place. In other words: Prevention needs to be the priority of the...

Above: Lampanelli in 2008. Comedian Lisa Lampanelli has lost 106 pounds �- and no, she didn't get rid of a skinny best friend. Lampanelli had gastric-sleeve surgery a year ago in April and has since shed all that weight off her formerly 248-pound frame.

2013-05-17 14:13:00

A research technician cultivates human cell samples for vaccine studies in the vaccine research laboratory at the Mayo Clinic medical center in Rochester, Minn.

2013-01-30 00:00:00

These undated images, provided by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, shows a standard mammogram, left, and molecular breast imaging (MBI) from a study performed on a 45-year-old patient in the clinic's screening of women with dense breasts.

2012-10-09 09:37:00