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While there are some benefits of moderate alcohol use, there are no health benefits for heavy or binge drinking. Here's how it affects your body, including your brain, immune system and liver.

Are you of average risk for breast cancer? What exactly does that mean? Should you have a mammogram, and if so, how often? Here are answers to 8 common questions about this important screening.

When Saydee learned that she had lazy eye and needed to wear an eye patch to help correct her vision, she realized that dedication was required.

A gift of a T-shirt has lifted the spirits of one dialysis patient — who now inspires others.

Wildfire smoke can affect air quality in areas thousands of miles away from active wildfires. Learn how to monitor air quality indexes to be aware of the air pollution in your area.

The vulva is made up of mucous membranes, several glands, and highly innervated and sensitive skin and hair follicles. This makes it one of the most anatomically and physiologically intricate body par...

If you need to test for COVID-19, Mayo Clinic health experts remind you not to go to the emergency department as it is for patients with life-threatening needs.

The paradoxical adoption of psychiatric symptoms in language have been addressed, which would indicate acceptance. Yet, the continued stigma someone with an actual mental illness faces is alive and we...

Megan Brooks lives every day to the fullest after her care team, family and friends helped her through two cancer diagnoses.

Do your daily responsibilities and obligations leave you feeling stretched thin, stressed or anxious? Learn how setting boundaries can be a powerful tool for your mental and emotional health.