Archive for July, 2009
July 31, 2009
NY Times, Swine Flu Plan Would Put Some Ahead for Vaccine, by Denise Grady, A panel of health experts laid out a plan on Wednesday for vaccinating certain people first in the likely event that not enough swine flu vaccine will be available to immunize every American in time for the expected surge of cases […]
July 31, 2009
Women versus Men on the Effects of Alcohol
Dr. Sharonne Hayes on Twin Cities Live discusses women and alcohol.
July 30, 2009
Highlights of President Obama’s Health Care Town Hall in Raleigh, N.C.
A businesswoman with 20 employees asks Obama: What is your government model for health care? Obama cites Medicare and the Veterans Administration, saying both government-run health programs get good ratings. Says Medicare costs have risen “more slowly” than medical costs in the private sector, but he adds that system could also use some improvements. Again […]
Tags: Health Policy
July 17, 2009
Welcome: Mayo Clinic News Clip Blog
Greetings! We are glad to roll out our new and improved Mayo Clinic News and Health Care Environment　blog.　 With the new enhancements, it will be easier to post, organize and retrieve media clips. The new blog will include clips from Florida and Arizona, too, so we are working with our Public Affairs colleagues at those […]
July 15, 2009
Dr. Brent Bauer on the effects of the 5 Hour Energy Drinks
From supermarkets to the office supply store, it’s hard to miss those tiny bottles of 5-hour Energy…. Each 2-ounce bottle contains zero grams of sugar, 4 calories and about the same amount of caffeine as a small coffee. It also contains about a dozen ingredients that are broken down into B vitamins (B3, B6, B9, […]
July 15, 2009
Health-Care Plan Would Add Surtax On Wealthy House Democrats announced a plan yesterday that would force the richest 2 million U.S. taxpayers to shoulder much of the cost of an expansion of the nation’s health-care system, by imposing a surtax of as much as 5.4 percent on income above $350,000 a year. The House proposal […]
Tags: Add new tag, Health Policy, medicaid
July 15, 2009
A conversation with Dr. Edith Perez
Dr. Edith Perez is a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, and the co-principal investigator and North American coordinator for the Adjuvant Lapatinib and/or Trastuzumab Treatment Optimization (ALTTO) clinical trial, an international phase III clinical trial that aims to define the optimal treatment for early stage HER2-positive breast cancer. The National […]
Tags: Add new tag, ALTTO, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Edith Perez, Jacksonville, MCJ