November 20, 2013
Mayo Clinic Replaces Liters of Laxative for Colonography With Four Pills
Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., has announced it has replaced the multiple liters of laxative consumed by people in preparation for a CT colonography with four pills, according to a news release. Patients undergoing CT colonography, also known as virtual colonoscopy, now take four tablets of the cleansing agent bisacodyl. Mayo instituted the new protocol […]
Tags: Becker's ASC Review, colonoscopy, Dr. C. Daniel Johnson, laxative
August 2, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
August 2, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
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February 5, 2013
Focus on Hospitals’ ‘July Effect’
Some people believe that being admitted to a teaching hospital in July, when the new medical residents have just arrived, is a guarantee of poor care, and some research supports that view. But a new study suggests that fear of the “July effect” may be exaggerated…“If there really was a July effect, we would expect […]
Tags: Jennifer S. McDonald, July Effect, medical residents, New York Times, teaching hospital
January 31, 2013
The “July Effect” — the notion that July is the most dangerous time to be a patient because of new, inexperienced residents at hospitals — is a myth, at least when it comes to spine surgeries, according to a new study from Mayo Clinic researchers…”We hope that our findings will reassure patients that they are not at higher […]
Tags: Dr Jennifer McDonald, Huffington Post, July Effect, medical complications, spine surgery
January 11, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
January 11, 2013 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
Tags: 4-Traders, Allevant Solutions, Austin Daily Herald, Becker’s Hospital Review, Billings Clinic, Billings Gazette, Cancer, diabetes, doctor burnout, Dr. Colin West, Dr. Greg Pupillo, Dr. Gregory Poland
January 7, 2013
Mayo Clinic Bringing Particle Technology to Southwest
A new era in radiation therapy for cancer patients is coming to the desert Southwest, including Yuma-area residents, through a major construction project at the Phoenix campus of Mayo Clinic…Proton beam therapy is a highly targeted and precise way to administer radiation therapy, explained Dr. Steven Schild, radiation oncologist with Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Yuma […]
Tags: Dr. Steven Child, oncology, proton beam therapy, radiation-therapy, Yuma Sun
November 30, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
November 30, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media […]
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June 29, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
June 29, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations NPR […]
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