Archive for August, 2009
August 31, 2009
Affordable health care should be priority
So far, the health-reform debate has produced many headlines with the patient perspective often drowned out by partisan positioning and pundit analysis. Now it’s time for all Americans to tune in and raise questions about how our representatives’ actions will affect them. Health-care reform isn’t just about policy and politics; it’s about us and our […]
Tags: health care reform, Health Policy
August 31, 2009
Amgen is likely to receive FDA approval for denosumab, its newbiologic bone-loss drug, but it may be a hard sell against cheaper generics Wall Street has set an exceptionally high bar for Amgen’s new bone-loss treatment. Shares of the world’s largest biotechnology company have jumped 30% since May, to 62, largely on news of […]
Tags: osteoporosis
August 31, 2009
Doctor loves patients’ honesty
Dr. Jeanette Meyer said she was the first person at the Mayo Clinic to enter its geriatric fellowship more than 20 years ago. Since then she has treated older adults experiencing various levels of deterioration, focusing on dementia. Now at age 64 she is medical director for CentraCare, a program of all-inclusive care for the […]
Tags: geriatrics
August 31, 2009
August 31: Health Care Reform News
Your turn: Bipartisan health care reforms exist Health care reform is on everybody’s mind. And with good reason. We have the highest quality health care in the world. Look no further than Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic, which is a world-class destination for care. But high costs put health care out of reach for millions of […]
Tags: health care reform, Health Policy
August 31, 2009
For Common Male Problem, Hope Beyond a Pill
If you watch enough television, you’d think that treating erectile dysfunction was as effortless as popping a pill and then whirling your partner around the living room in a romantic dance. Correcting erectile dysfunction, alas, is not so simple — and it can be rather costly. One Viagra pill, for example, the most common way […]
Tags: erectile dysfunction, Urology
August 31, 2009
Mayo Clinic Receives Ovarian Cancer Grant
The Mayo Clinic has been awarded a multi-million dollar grant to fund ovarian cancer research. The National Cancer Institute award totals $11.5-million over 5 years. Mayo says improved treatment options for women suffering from ovarian cancer over the past 30 years have extended the average survival time but the ultimate cure rate has not […]
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Research
August 31, 2009
New GPS system boosts Mayo One helicopter (video)
It is going to take a lot to keep Mayo One from Austin. A new global positioning system installed in Mayo Clinic’s Mankato-based helicopter — one of four owned by Mayo — allows the helicopter to pick up patients in Austin under lower-visibility conditions than before. That is good news for Mower County […]
August 31, 2009
Omahan hopeful after transplant
Pat Lacy finally got the call that could save his life. The Omahan rushed to a chartered plane and in hours was on a Mayo Clinic operating table, getting prepped for a double lung transplant. He awoke only to learn the surgery had never happened. The donor organs were not suitable. […]
Tags: Transplant
August 31, 2009
Doctors Question WHO’s Severe Swine Flu Warning
The World Health Organization warned Friday that doctors around the world are now reporting a severe form of swine flu that goes straight to the lungs of otherwise healthy young people — but some infectious disease experts said the alarm could be unwarranted. The WHO update comes in the wake of reports from some […]
August 31, 2009
The first phase of the school’s ambitious biotech park opens in October near TCF Bank Stadium. Vance Opperman is a board director at TCF Financial Corp. and, come Sept. 12, he will watch the University of Minnesota play its first game at the new $288.5 million football stadium that the bank helped pay for. […]
Tags: biosciences, Minnesota Partnership