MayoClinicReviews 68

I recently visited the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale for the diagnosis of Gastrointestinal issues. I was coming there from another state because Mayo was highly recommended for diagnostics. After undergoing tests for three days, I went home waiting for a phone call from the doctor to explain my results and to make a recommendation. After three weeks I still had not heard a peep. I called four times without getting a medical professional, let alone my doctor, on the phone. Finally, desperate for answers I had my lawyer fax a strongly worded letter explaining the situation and requesting a response. I got a call back within am hour. However, the doctor diagnosed me with a disorder that had been ruled out months before. I had made the doctor aware of this previously and tried to explain it to him again but he refused to listen and would not back down from his position. I continue to suffer, without a diagnosis. I could not be more disapointed with my experience at Mayo Clinic. I was seen by Kevin C. Ruff, M. D..

mayoclinic.com is a great website for information from REAL doctors (most of which are or were on staff at mayo).

Dependable information for regular people written (mostly) in regular English. The symptom checker is quite good, but like the previous reviewer, needs to be taken as suggestion and not fact! The symptom checker has you focus in on a single area of the body and then select potential symptoms. A list of possible conditions are presented for further consideration. Not guaranteed -- but a good place to start for questions.

The information listed for known condition names is great. I was pointed to this website from a pulmonologist who didn't want me out searching crappy websites on my own! He knew I wanted information and wanted to be sure I was looking into medical facts and not junk-info posted by any joker with a computer. There is a lot of scary false info on the web and no-one wants or needs to be oncered by false info. The information on coniditions/diseases is factual, listed in "chapters" so you can to directly to where you need, and often does refer to you see a doctor!

The symptom checker gets a B+, the condition/disease info gets an A.

Point your browser here: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/symptom-checker/DS******* - for "Symptom Checker" page.

The Mayo Clinic has for a long time established itself as one of the most trusted names, and facilities, for medial care.

This Mayo Clinic web site, allows one to single-out parts of the body and begin to answer questions that help pinpoint POTENTIAL problems.

This kind of "diagnostic" medical tool can be handy in providing insight into areas for further research, and Q&A with your doctor.

CAUTION: I do hope NO ONE will use this diagnostic research tool to SELF DIAGNOSE, and become panicked assured they are dying.

Hope you find this interesting, and that it aids in generalizing avenues for further study.

Good health to you.