Mayo Clinic

| May 19, 2016

Beacon Health System in South Bend, Ind., has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Beacon is the first Indiana-based health system to join the network. Under terms of the agreement, the two-hospital health system will remain independent but can use Mayo services. Beacon staff will have access to Mayo's specialty physicians, expert database on medical conditions, library and consulting services, according to a news release......

Mayo Clinic | August 02, 2016

Gastric bypass — one of the most common types of bariatric surgery in the U.S. — helps you reduce your food intake by creating a small gastric pouch. Before the surgery, food enters your stomach and passes into the small intestine. After surgery, most of the stomach and the first part of your small intestine (duodenum) are bypassed, and a digestive route directs food into the middle section of your small intestine (jejunum). This helps you lose weight by limiting the amount of calories you can c...

Mayo Clinic | August 02, 2016

PHOENIX — Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix is ranked No. 1 in Arizona and the Phoenix metro area in the annual U.S. News & World Report America’s Best Hospital List released today. Since opening a clinic in Scottsdale in 1987 and hospital in Phoenix in 1998, Mayo Clinic has grown to become a vital part of Arizona and the Southwest, bringing many medical innovations to Arizona including....

Mayo Clinic | August 02, 2016

The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports that the average American eats 48 pounds of potatoes per year. It's estimated that about half of those spuds are fried. Research shows that potatoes fried at high temperatures may cause cancer in lab rats. Does this mean humans are at risk?...