January 31, 2012
Menino Has Cancerous Mole Removed,
Boston Mayor Tom Menino went under the knife last week to have a cancerous mole removed, according to his office. His office confirmed that the 69-year-old mayor had basal cell carcinoma removed from the top of his nose…Basal cell carcinoma is a type of skin cancer that grows in the cells that produce new skin […]
January 31, 2012
Mat McBriar to have surgery to dissolve cyst
Mat McBriar will have surgery next week to dissolve a cyst below his left knee and the Cowboys punter anticipates being 100 percent this summer…McBriar was diagnosed with drop foot during the season believed to be caused by nerve damage, but after a three-day visit to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., last week he […]
January 31, 2012
Statins Just as Effective for Women as Men, Study Finds
…While the researchers did not find a significant difference between men and women in the way statins work, they still cautioned that not enough data had yet been collected from women to mark a clear distinction. Twice as many studies were initially excluded from review because the researchers said they lacked information on the sex […]
Tags: Dr. Sharonne Hayes, Mayo Clinc's Women's Heart Clinic, statins
January 31, 2012
Back to school: Teaching the next generation of cost-conscious physicians
…But perhaps to truly control costs, healthcare needs to revisit where physicians’ careers begin: medical school. That’s the point made by three professors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., in an article they wrote for Academic Medicine in response to that journal’s 2011 Question of the Year. The question asked what improvements in medical […]
Tags: 2011 Question of the Year, Academic Medicine, Frederic W. Hafferty, healthcare costs, medical school, Michael Brennan, Wojciech Pawlina
January 31, 2012
Mayo Clinic Health System’s $28 million expansion on track
The $28 million expansion project at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin is right on schedule, medical center foundation director Craig Johnson said at the 52nd annual auxiliary meeting Friday at the Hormel Historic Home. Construction for the 85,600 square-foot, three-story expansion to the north side of the medical center began in September and is […]
Tags: Craig Johnson, Hormel Historic Home, Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin
January 31, 2012
Quietly, U.S. Moves to Block Lawsuits by Military Families
Why is the Justice Department trying to make it more difficult for service members and their families to sue the government for medical malpractice?… The Case of Asenath German…Asenath German came to the Naval Hospital in Jacksonville on October 3, 2008 complaining, not for the first time, of a severe headache…She was then transferred to […]
Tags: Asenath German, brain hemorrhage, medical malpractice, military doctors, military medical staff, military nurses, Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, neurosurgical, severe headache
January 31, 2012
Oral HPV rates higher in men than women: What is HPV?
HPV infects the mouths of an estimated 7% of men and women from the ages of 14 to 69 in the U.S. — and men have it at higher rates than women, according to a study out last week in the Journal of the American Medical Assn…According to the Mayo Clinic, the body often can […]
Tags: cervical cancer, HPV, Journal of the American Medical Association, warts
January 31, 2012
Tragic teen hockey injuries may lead to changes in sport
In the past month, there have been two tragic spine injuries in Minnesota high school hockey games. Now, parents, officials, and fans are debating over how the rough sport can be made more safe…Dr. Michael Stuart, a professor and vice chairman in the department of orthopedics and co-director of the Sports Medicine Center at the […]
Tags: Department of Orthopedics, Dr. Michael Stuart, Hockey, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center, spine injuries
January 31, 2012
Allergic to the cold? A potentially life threatening allergy
Something as seemingly simple as playing outside in the snow is a big no no for someone suffering from cold induced urticaria or being allergic to the cold. Doctors say the allergy shows itself in the form of hives that appear after a relatively short time of being exposed to cold temperatures…Dr. Adela Taylor at Mayo […]
Tags: allergic to the cold, Dr. Adela Taylor, Mayo Clinic Health System
January 31, 2012
Moms-to-be support moms- to-be in new Mayo program
First-time mom Callie Huiras had a lot of questions about her pregnancy. What shouldn’t you eat? How do you know if the baby is kicking? How does breast feeding work? Looking for answers, she joined Mayo Clinic Health System’s Centering Pregnancy program in September. La Crosse Tribune, by Jessica Larsen, 01/30/2012 Fierce Healthcare, Medical Xpress, BioPortfolio
Tags: Mayo Clinic Health System's Centering Pregnancy program, pregnancy