Imperial Valley News Center
Herniated disk symptoms often effectively treated without surgery
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- Written by James Watson, M.D.
Rochester, Minnesota - In many cases, pain and other symptoms caused by a herniated disk resolve with time and self-care measures. When medical treatment is required, therapy that doesn’t involve surgery often is all that’s needed to effectively treat herniated disk symptoms. However, if your symptoms significantly limit your day-to-day activities, if you have nerve damage due to a herniated disk, or if your symptoms cannot be controlled with other treatment, then spine surgery may be necessary.
Prolonged Shortened Sleep Increases Blood Pressure at Night
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- Written by Traci Klein
San Diego, California - People exposed to prolonged periods of shortened sleep have significant increases in blood pressure during nighttime hours, Mayo Clinic researchers report in a small study of eight participants.
Alzheimer's: Dealing with daily challenges
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- Written by Mayo Clinic
Scottsdale, Arizona - People who have Alzheimer's disease often need help handling routine daily activities, such as bathing, dressing, eating and using the bathroom. If your loved one needs this type of care, balance his or her loss of privacy and independence with gentleness and tact.
Nuts and your heart: Eating nuts for heart health
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- Written by Mayo Clinic Staff
Rochester, Minnesota - Eating nuts as part of a healthy diet can be good for your heart. Nuts, which contain unsaturated fatty acids and other nutrients, are a great snack food, too. They're inexpensive, easy to store and easy to pack when you're on the go.
Scoliosis treatment based on severity of symptoms
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- Written by Paul Huddleston, M.D.
Rochester, Minnesota - Fortunately for most adults who have scoliosis, the condition can be successfully managed without surgery. For some who suffer from an overly tilted or arthritic spine, though, surgery can be very effective at relieving symptoms. The surgery is a complex procedure and can include removing some spinal joints and connecting two or more of the bones in the spine together to properly balance the spine and improve quality of life.
Mayo Clinic and Collaborators Find New Class of Drugs that Reduces Aging in Mice
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- Written by Bob Nellis
Rochester, Minnesota - A new class of drugs identified and validated by Mayo Clinic researchers along with collaborators at Scripps Research Institute and others, clearly reduces health problems in mice by limiting the effect of senescent cells - cells that contribute to frailty and diseases associated with age. The researchers say this is a first step toward developing similar treatments for aging patients. Their findings appear today in the journal Aging Cell.
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