Modeling healthy problem-solving for your kids
To work together effectively as parents, one of the best things you can do is to maintain healthy interactions and…
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Helping your child process news of a mass tragedy
When a mass tragedy — such as a natural disaster, shooting or terrorist attack — comes to the attention of…
Establish good sleep habits in your child
While your child is sleeping, a complex cycle of events is taking place. During slumber, the body is alternating between…
An underrecognized form of Alzheimer’s disease affects people in their younger years
In 2020, Mayo Clinic researchers defined a form of Alzheimer’s disease that strikes younger people as early as their 40s…
Policies in health care lead to cruelty
In his book Why We Revolt (Mayo Clinic Press, 2020), Dr. Victor Montori writes about cruelty in health care. In…
Meet John: a sign of problems in healthcare
John is a 55-year-old man. He is overweight. He takes two different pills daily for diabetes. He also has hypertension…
Robot-guided technology can bring greater precision to back and neck surgery
When it comes to back pain and neck pain, surgery is often a treatment of last resort. Most back and…
Stem cells may be a step toward improving motor, sensory function after spinal cord injury
Between 250,000 and 500,000 people worldwide suffer a spinal cord injury each year, often with life-changing loss of sensory and…
Q&A podcast: Book focuses on well-being and hope for dementia patients, care partners
Dementia is a serious health challenge. By some estimates, the number of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms…