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…
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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…