Radiology

November 20, 2013

Mayo Clinic Replaces Liters of Laxative for Colonography With Four Pills

By Kelley Luckstein

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 […]

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Tags: Becker's ASC Review, colonoscopy, Dr. C. Daniel Johnson, laxative


November 8, 2013

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich

    November 8, 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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Tags: ABC News, ABC15, Albert Lea Tribune, alzheimer's disease, American Society of Nephrology's Kidney Week 2013, Arizona Business Magazine, Arthritis Today, ASU News, bariatric surgery, Bellingham Herald, Bloomberg, Bradly Narr


August 2, 2013

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich

    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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Tags: Baton Rouge, bipolar disorder, Boston, Dr. Mark Frye, eating disorders, Health24, HealthDay, Info7, Journal of Affective Disorders, KBMT Texas, KCEN Texas, KCTV Kansas City


May 17, 2013

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich

    May 17, 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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Tags: ABC affiliate, ABCnews.com, aging, All Voices, alzheimer's disease, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Amine Issa, Angelina Jolie, AP, Arizona Republic, Associated Press, AZ Family


February 5, 2013

Focus on Hospitals’ ‘July Effect’

By Logan Lafferty

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 […]

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Tags: Jennifer S. McDonald, July Effect, medical residents, New York Times, teaching hospital


January 31, 2013

‘July Effect’ In Hospitals Is A Myth, Mayo Clinic Study Finds — At Least When It Comes To Spine Surgery

By Logan Lafferty

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 […]

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Tags: Dr Jennifer McDonald, Huffington Post, July Effect, medical complications, spine surgery


January 11, 2013

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich

    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 […]

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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

By Logan Lafferty

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 […]

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Tags: Dr. Steven Child, oncology, proton beam therapy, radiation-therapy, Yuma Sun


November 30, 2012

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich

    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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Tags: Adderall, ADHD, anesthesiologist, AP, Arizona, Boston Globe, Cancer, carbohydrates, CBC, Christian Ponder, Dennis "Denny" Mahoney, diabetes


June 29, 2012

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

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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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Tags: arthritis, CBS, Dr. Edward Laskowski, Dr. Eric Matteson, Dr. James Levine, Dr. Richard Hurt, Dr. Thomas Boyce, heart disease, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Mayo Clinic's Sports Medicine Center, nicotine addiction, NPR


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