Mayo Clinic Rochester
March 6, 2013
FDA panel sees risk in long-used osteoporosis drug
A panel of federal health experts says a long-established bone strengthening drug should no longer be used by women because there is little evidence it works and it may actually increase the risk of cancer…”We have a whole lot of patients who can’t take the other drugs, and I think our patients would be in […]
Tags: bone strength, Dr. Bart Clark, federal health, MPR, osteoperosis, risk increase
March 6, 2013
Mayo Clinic keeps an eye on its competitors as it grows
As the Mayo Clinic preps for a two-decade, $5 billion expansion — Rochester voters have already approved a half-cent sales-tax increase for the clinic and the Legislature is being asked for bonding authority for $37 million to upgrade the civic center and $500 million for new roads – Elizabeth Baier of the Rochester Post-Bulletin says Mayo officials are keeping […]
Tags: competitors, MinnPost, sales tax increase, similar developments, state bonding bill, state legislature
March 4, 2013
Using several effective methods to find early signs of Alzheimer’s disease is important, says Glen Smith, PhD, a clinical neuropsychologist working on early detection of Alzheimer’s at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and a member of APA’s Committee on Aging. “The more ways you measure something, the more accurately it’s measured,” he says. APA […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, APA Monitor, Committee on Aging, Dr. Glen Smith, early signs
March 4, 2013
Osseo native puts aside college hoop dreams for groundbreaking career as medical researcher
Less than two decades later, Dr. Timothy J. Nelson, 37, stands poised at the forefront of medical research, leading a team at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., that hopes to change the future of medicine through its quest for the Holy Grail of healing: regenerative medicine. The goal is to be able to bioengineer stem […]
Tags: bioengineer, Dr. Timothy Nelson, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Medical research, regenerative medicine, stem cells
March 4, 2013
Bill George: Making Minnesota a global Mecca for health care
As Minnesota and the nation implement the Affordable Care Act, the Mayo Clinic’s proposal to make Rochester a “destination medical center” is most timely. The proposal has received broad endorsements from Gov. Mark Dayton and members of the Legislature. Serving on Mayo’s board of trustees this past year, I gained a deeper appreciation of its […]
Tags: Affordable care act, destination medical center, DMC, Gov. Mark Dayton, role model, Star Tribune, state legislature
March 4, 2013
How does Mayo stack up against its competitors?
Minnesota’s Mayo Clinic wants to secure its position as a leader in the health care industry. The clinic is consistently ranked as one of the nation’s top medical facilities, with clinical and research activities and a large philanthropic base. But Mayo’s competitors are also growing. And that’s one reason the Rochester-based clinic is proposing a […]
Tags: expansion plan, global medical leader, health care leader, MPR
March 4, 2013
Mayo accelerator tenants all co-founded by Mayo employees
The Mayo Clinic has announced the four startups and two venture capital firms that will occupy its Rochester, Minn.-based business accelerator, which opened its doors Friday. Mayo employees co-founded all of the startups, including Evidentia Health, a health IT firm that has licensing deals with Mayo and the University of Minnesota, and Resoundant, a company developing medical-imaging technology. […]
Tags: Evidentia Health, Mayo Clinic Business Accelerator, Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, Resoundant, startups, University of Minnesota, venture capital firms
March 1, 2013
Walking while I work has been a big step forward
I first came across the idea of a treadmill desk around seven years ago, when I covered the research of Prof James Levine, a Briton working at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He had done studies to show that weigh loss was not just a matter of diet and strenuous exercise but the calories […]
Tags: calories, Dr. James Levine, The Independent, treadmill desk, weight loss
February 26, 2013
Health system brands go national
Some of the biggest brand names in health care delivery are deciding that it’s not enough to be a prestigious place in the distance. Places like Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Cleveland Clinic and MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have established affiliate programs…“We have to turn down patient requests to come to our campus […]
Tags: affiliate programs, American Medical News, collaboration, health care brand, Mary Jo Williamson
February 25, 2013
Three-Year-Old Boy Who Can’t Eat Anything Is Running Out of Time, Parents Say
Michael drinks 20 to 30 bottles of prescription-only formula daily called Neocate Junior. He can’t eat apples or carrots or anything else that other kids his age eat, his mother, Jennifer Gonzalez, told ABC News affiliate KSTP…Specialists have been examining Michael at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where the boy’s parents took him two weeks […]
Tags: ABC News, Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome, Neocate Junior