Consumer Health: Do you need more dietary fiber or less?
Dietary fiber, also known as roughage or bulk, includes the parts of plant foods your body can't digest or absorb. Unlike other food components, such as fats, proteins or carbohydrates — which your body breaks down and absorbs — fiber isn't digested by your body. Instead, it passes relatively intact through your stomach, small intestine and colon and out of your body. Fiber is commonly classified as soluble, which dissolves in water, or insoluble, which… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - October 30, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Exploring advanced breast cancer screening options
Mammograms have been a standard screening for breast cancer since the 1970s. They have transformed early breast cancer detection and diagnosis by identifying breast cancer before it causes signs and symptoms. Mammograms have been shown to reduce the risk of dying of breast cancer and have saved countless lives. New screening options go beyond traditional mammography with advancements that may not be familiar. Here's what you need to know about the most common options and… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - October 30, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: Why is your arm sore after a flu shot?
A flu shot can't give you the flu, but it can, and often does, cause arm soreness. Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says it's a common side effect of the flu shot and other vaccinations. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute https://youtu.be/V6K3WM09DZA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0:55) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. You just got a shot in the… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - October 30, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Beyond BRCA1/2: Pinpointing the risk of inherited breast cancer genes
Immunohistochemistry for HER2 shows positive membrane staining in this infiltrating ductal carcinoma. At the molecular level, breast cancer is typically broken down into four major subtypes — triple-negative, HER2-positive, luminal A and luminal B — each with different degrees of aggressiveness and responses to treatment. Risk can be a complicated and confounding concept, particularly when it comes to life-or-death situations like cancer. The discovery of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in the 1990s enabled many… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - October 28, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Consumer Health: Breast cancer in men
Breast cancer may be thought of as a disease that affects only women. It's the second-most common cancer diagnosed in women in the U.S., and it will affect 1 in 8 women, according to the American Cancer Society. Much of the messaging around breast cancer research focuses on the disease in women. However, breast cancer can occur in men as well. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about breast cancer… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - October 27, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
