September 13, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for September 13, 2019
STAT, It’s not just bosses who harass health workers: Hospitals start addressing patients’ ‘egregious’ behavior by Jacquelyn Corley — At Mayo Clinic last year, a male patient groped a female doctor in the presence of several other staff members. She immediately notified hospital administrators using a new reporting system, and the patient was terminated from […]
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August 29, 2019
Owning a dog can help your heart, study finds
ABC Newsby Dr. Kimberly Dike Every day, the dogs need a walk. Every day, they’re helping their owners’ hearts in more ways than one. According to a new study published by Mayo Clinic, people who own pets, but especially dogs, are more likely to have better heart health . “It’s nice to see that something […]
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March 8, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for March 8, 2019
NBC News, Was there something ‘I missed’: Kentucky cheerleader’s sudden death leaves dad agonized by Farnoush Amiri — The sudden death of a 13-year-old Kentucky cheerleader on the day of a competition has shocked her community and left her father agonizing over whether he could have done more…Her father, Dan Schalck, said his daughter’s hands […]
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December 21, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for December 21, 2018
Happy holidays! Mayo Clinic in the News will be taking a week off. We’ll be back on January 4, 2019. Wall Street Journal, How pilates helps fight atrophy by Jen Murphy — Pilates can be particularly helpful for people with stability and motor-related issues, says Jane Hein, a physical therapist and lead Pilates instructor at the Mayo […]
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February 23, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 23, 2018
Reader’s Digest, 15 Things Neurologists Do to Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease by Kim Fredericks — Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia, accounting for approximately 80 percent of dementia cases and affecting more than 5.5 million people in the United States. But all dementia is not Alzheimer’s, says David Knopman, MD, a […]
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February 9, 2018
Standing for 6 Hours Burns an Extra 54 Calories
New York Times by Nicholas Bakalar For the study, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, researchers pooled data from 46 studies involving 1,184 people. Ten of the studies were randomized trials. The average age of participants was 33, and 60 percent were men…“The benefit is modest,” said the lead author, Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, […]
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February 2, 2018
This is how many pounds you can lose in a year by standing for six hours a day instead of sitting
Los Angeles Times by Melissa Healy This isn’t rocket science. These are simple calculations of thermogenesis that remind Americans why they should stand more and sit less, said Mayo Clinic cardiologist Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, the senior author of the new analysis. The research, which distills the findings of 46 studies with a combined enrollment of 1,184 […]
Tags: Dr. Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, Los Angeles Times, standing versus sitting, thermogenesis, weight loss