Archive for February, 2010
February 26, 2010
New Treatment Eyed for Deadly Pancreatic Cancer
Most pancreatic cancer patients die soon after diagnosis, but researchers have identified an oncogene that appears to be a promising new treatment target. Even more hopeful is that drugs that target this oncogene are already approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis and are undergoing tests with colon and lung cancers, said lead researcher Nicole Murray, […]
Tags: oncogene, pancreatic cancer
February 26, 2010
Rehabilitation programs take it to heart
The first week after her heart transplant, Eileen Ryan was a wreck. Overcome by weakness, she couldn’t stand or walk. Going home from the hospital, she had to rely on a wheelchair… “I began resuming a normal life,” said this 64-year-old, who lives in Jacksonville, Fla…For three months, three times a week, she practiced […]
Tags: heart transplant, rehabilitation
February 26, 2010
Peter Orszag: Putting the Deficit on a Diet
Peter Orszag is playing a more prominent policy role than directors of the Office of Management & Budget have in the recent past. He helped design the Administration’s $787 billion stimulus plan and the health-care-overhaul bill now before Congress. As the economy has stabilized, he’s begun tackling the gargantuan deficits that threaten America’s fiscal stability… […]
Tags: health care reform, Health Policy
February 26, 2010
A recent study from the University of California, San Francisco, reveals that one in five HER2 tests gives the wrong answer. Furthermore, the article, which reviews the medical literature, reports that as many as two-thirds of breast cancer patients who should be tested for HER2 are not, and consequently a significant fraction of women treated […]
Tags: Breast Cancer, HER2
February 26, 2010
Mayo’s finances healthier in 2009
The Mayo Clinic restored a healthy color to its finances in 2009, posting a 4.4 percent operating margin that meets its long-term targets, just one year after the clinic barely broke even. Mayo reported Thursday that it had operating income of $333 million last year on total revenue of $7.6 billion. “This past […]
Tags: Dr. Noseworthy, financials
February 26, 2010
Mayo doctor describes life at 15,000 feet on Kilimanjaro
The moonscape environment Wednesday brought amazing beauty to the climbing team high on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania,Africa. Mayo Clinic cardiologist Dr. Robert Frantz said the team hiked up and down to various elevations, ending at about 15,000 feet… “We’re getting short of breath literally getting dressed, which is really amazing. Post-Bulletin, by […]
February 26, 2010
Lose Weight With Mayo Clinic Diet
For years, various fad diets have promoted a connection to the Mayo Clinic. In reality, the Mayo Clinic has never been officially associated with any dietary program until now. Jennifer and Donald Nosbisch decided to try the plan after developing high blood pressure and high cholesterol.Dr. Donald Hensrud is the editor-in-chief of The Mayo […]
Tags: Mayo Clinic Diet, weight loss
February 26, 2010
Mayo group honors local ‘Black History Maker’
Having grown up in Mississippi during a time when black people struggled daily for equal rights, Jackie Johnson learned at a young age the importance of fighting the good fight… The Mayo Clinic employee group is celebrating Johnson as a local “Black History Maker” on Friday at its third annual Black History Month Event […]
February 26, 2010
Guerra On Healthcare: EMR Standards Committee Struggles
Instead of recommending small adjustment to the Standards and Certification Interim Final Rule (IFR), the 10th meeting of the federal HIT Standards Committee was consumed by a fundamental, philosophical debate of just how specific the group should be in its regulations, and the nature of the regulatory process itself… “We must be careful about […]
Tags: Dr. Christopher Chute, EMR
February 26, 2010
Study finds artery-widening stents as good as surgery in preventing strokes
Implanting carotid artery-widening stents can prevent a stroke as safely and successfully as performing surgery, according to the initial findings of a landmark study launched in New Jersey and released today. With the average patient in the study 69 years old, “These patients have many good years ahead of them,” said Thomas Brott, director […]
Tags: Stents, strokes, Thomas Brott