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The mission of Mayo Clinic Health Letter is to help you achieve a healthier life by providing reliable, easy-to-understand health information.

Every word is reviewed by a team of Mayo Clinic doctors and health professionals for accuracy, reliability and clarity.

First published in 1983, Health Letter has more than 700,000 satisfied subscribers worldwide. Due to international demand, Health Letter is now published in English, German, Spanish and French.

Subscribers receive 12 monthly issues plus three Special Reports on individual health topics and a year-end index of articles published over the past three years. It's the only major health newsletter that includes full-color medical illustrations and photographs to increase your understanding.

Mayo Clinic has long embraced technology as a means to bring world-class care to its patients.

Now Mayo Clinic Health Letter is embracing technology to bring better health information to you by introducing Mayo Clinic Health Letter - Online Edition.

Online subscribers can enjoy instant access to our entire library of past issues and special reports. There is also new content to help you stay abreast of the latest news and informative health tips. Each month subscribers will be among the first to know by email notification when the latest issue of Health Letter is published as well as new special reports and books on vital health topics.

Mayo Clinic Health Letter now offers you time-saving, health-enhancing advantages of a printed newsletter combined with the power and convenience of the Internet.

Use Health Letter along with the advice of your physician, whom you should consult for personal health problems. Proceeds from Health Letter subscriptions are used to advance Mayo programs in medical research and medical education.