Archive for April, 2010
April 21, 2010
April 21: Health Care Reform News
Hospitals don’t like GAMC It’s been a month since a compromise was reached on General Assistance Medical Care, 5 of 17 qualifying hospitals approved the GAMC plan… Mayo Clinic is not going forward with the plan. Hospital officials dislike the low reimbursement rates… Dr. Michael Rock is interviewed. KTTC, 4/20/2010 Top […]
Tags: health care reform, Health Policy
April 21, 2010
Biotech gets lease agreement go-ahead from Rochester council
Biotech start-up ReGen Theranostics has received a stamp of approval from the Rochester City Council… Gary Smith, president of Rochester Area Economic Development Inc. (RAEDI) called ReGen “exactly the kind of business we want in the Biobusiness Center.” He noted ReGen must still raise capital and get licensing agreements with Mayo finalized. But, he […]
April 21, 2010
Outcomes of patients dismissed from the hospital with non-cardiac chest pain
The growing number of Americans with cardiovascular disease has caused a heightened sensitivity in the evaluation of chest pain. In a study published in the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings researchers reported that patients dismissed from the hospital with noncardiac chest pain continue to experience cardiac events, which may highlight a need for more […]
Tags: chest pain, Dr. Michael Leise
April 21, 2010
New breast imaging for Mayo Clinic patients…
Mayo Clinic has announced that it will soon offer a new type of imaging for patients worried about the possibility of breast cancer. “Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new tool that can solve this dilemma. Molecular breast imaging (MBI) is three times more effective than mammograms, but far less costly than other nuclear-medicine […]
Tags: molecular breast imaging
April 21, 2010
Canadian doctors now will be able to look at a stroke patient’s brain scan and other diagnostic images on an iPhone after a Calgary research team received Health Canada approval for its software application… The Resolution MD Mobile Software lets physicians view and manipulate remote medical images in high-resolution 3-D on the iPhone G3, […]
Tags: Health IT, iPhone app
April 21, 2010
Medical Edge: The Power of Being Positive
An elderly couple from Iowa has taken the Internet by storm after an impromptu performance at the Mayo Clinic. Hear what Mayo doctors say is that couple’s key to health. Their random act at Mayo Clinic hit Youtube and made more than six million people smile. And that’s what Francis and Marlow Cowan say is […]
April 21, 2010
Vitamin K may protect against lymphoma
Vitamin K — found in green leafy vegetables — may protect against non-Hodgkin lymphoma, U.S. researchers said. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., said the risk of developing non-Hodgkin lymphoma — cancer of the immune system — was approximately 45 percent lower for those whose vitamin K intake was in the top […]
April 21, 2010
Decreased breast density cuts breast cancer risk
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic campus in Minnesota found a 28 percent reduced risk of developing breast cancer in women whose breasts decreased in density, as seen from two different mammograms taken an average of six years apart, compared to women whose breast density did not change. Dr. Celine Vachon, study’s lead investigator, said […]
April 21, 2010
Mayo Clinic to Complete Solar Project in Rochester
Twin Cities Business The Mayo Clinic said Monday that it will install about 500 solar panels on the roof of the parking ramp at its Rochester location—a project that it claims will be the largest commercial solar energy project in southern Minnesota and the third largest in the state.
April 21, 2010
American University of the Caribbean News A well-regarded transplant cardiologist and professor of medicine, he was instrumental in starting a hearttransplant clinic at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville in 2001