Mayo Clinic is seeking volunteer women and men who are masters athletes with a lifelong history of endurance exercise, ages 40-70 to participate in a research study. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of sex and menopausal status on myocardial stiffness in masters athletes. You may be eligible to participate if: ▪ You are you are a pre-menopausal or post-menopausal female masters athlete, or you are male masters athlete. ▪ You have a life-long history of endurance exercise and are currently an endurance athlete. ▪ You are between the ages of 40-70 years old. ▪ You are able to travel to Rochester for 2-3 study visits. Participation will last for 14 days and includes 2-3 study visits. We will ask you to have a blood draw, Stress Echocardiogram, CPET (Cardiac Pulmonary Exercise Test), and complete a questionnaire. You will also have a cMRI (cardiac MRI) and cMRE (cardiac Magnetic Resonance Elastography). You will be compensated for your time spent in this study. If you’re interested in participating in the research study, please call 507-255-6133. (fb)

Millions of people are affected by chronic dry mouth, or xerostomia, an agonizing side effect of damaged salivary glands. While chemotherapy and radiation treatment for head and neck cancer are the most common causes of this, aging, certain medications and other factors, including diabetes, stroke, Alzheimer's disease and HIV/AIDS, can also cause chronic dry mouth. Currently, there is no cure for it.⁠ ⁠ Mayo Clinic researchers have established the world's first biobank of human salivary gland tissue-organoids that opens the door to research to find a cure.⁠ ⁠ Learn more: https://mayocl.in/4jb9Drn (fb)