January 25, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 25, 2019
By Emily Blahnik
New York Times, Spinal Fractures Can Be Terribly Painful. A Common Treatment Isn’t Helping by Gina Kolata — Scientists warned osteoporosis patients on Thursday to avoid two common procedures used to shore up painful fractures in crumbling spines. The treatments, which involve injecting bone cement into broken vertebrae, relieve pain no better than a placebo does, […]
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Tags: affordable housing, AliveCor, alkaline water, alzheimer's disease, biomarkers, Bradly Prigge, brain disease, carillon, Center for Individualized Medicine, Chippewa Valley, colds, Colorectal Cancer
August 31, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for August 31, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
Los Angeles Times, Noise causes stress. Here’s why you need to seek out some silence by Alene Dawson — It’s a noisy planet. So much so that research calls noise pollution a “modern plague” and a threat to our health and well-being. “Noisy, chaotic environments increase stress levels, and chronic stress has been shown to… […]
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Tags: alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer’s walk, art center, arthritis, ASU, Austin Ferguson, Bradley Prigge, breast milk, carillon, clay, Dan Gaz, Diversity
June 29, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for June 29, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
CNN, Sunscreen 101: Your guide to summer sun protection and sunburn care by Maddie Bender — The active ingredients of sunscreens are regulated by the FDA, so FDA-approved sunscreens are safe for adults and children over 6 months. However, Mayo Clinic dermatologist Dr. Dawn Davis previously told CNN that people with sensitive skin or allergies […]
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Tags: allergies, alzheimer's disease, Atul Gawande, BCBS, Becky Spee, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, breathing tubes, bug-borne diseases, Cancer, Career Immersion Program, coffee
April 27, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for April 27, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
CBS News, East Asian tick species arrives in New Jersey, could carry dangerous virus — It’s the East Asian tick, sometimes called a longhorned or bush tick. Originally found in Asia, thousands of them are now in the Garden State. …That’s a problem, because like the deer ticks that spread Lyme […]
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Tags: Alan Bersten, allergies, alzheimer's disease, anesthesia, Angela L. Murad, antidepressant, Avicii, Barbara Bush, belly fat, Billy Gillispie, breastfeeding, C. Difficile
March 9, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for March 9, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
Slate, Type 1 Diabetes Is No Longer Just for Kids by Amy McKinnon — Exactly how many adults with Type 1 diabetes are misdiagnosed each year in the United States is hard to track. Regina Castro, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic, estimates that anywhere between 10 to 30 percent of adults […]
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Tags: 3-D printing, allergies, artificial Intelligence, Billy Graham, Breast Cancer, burnout, Cancer, cancer treatment, Center for Innovation, Christopher Ross, colds, colon cancer
February 23, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 23, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
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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Tags: Alynn Dukart, alzheimer's disease, angel gowns, Ashton Kutcher, Berta Lippert, Bill Graham, blood pressure, brain cancer, burnout, clinical trials, cognitive decline, colon polyps
February 17, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 17, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
Vox, How many calories Olympians eat by Julia Belluz — While it may be true that Olympians sometimes cut loose, their diets tend to be remarkably junk food-free — and highly optimized for performance. Athletes are looking for any edge. Increasingly, that means practicing extreme caution about what foods they use as […]
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Tags: autism, Bill Nye, Brett Gorden, Carolyn Peterson, cold, cold weather, destination medical center, DMC, Donna Bryan, Donna Marathon, doping, Dr. Allan S. Jaffe
February 2, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 2, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
USA Today, Companies will take sports safety ideas to Super Bowl contest by A.J. Perez — NFL executive vice president for health and safety initiatives Jeff Miller told USA TODAY Sports that 1st and Future is all about safety issues and supporting companies that try to solve those issues…The NFL has partnered […]
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Tags: 7-Tesla MRI, alzheimer's disease, bariatric surgery, blood transfusion, breastfeeding, burnount, Cognitive Impairment, cold, David Asp, Davos, Dr. Bobbi S. Pritt, Dr. Brian Bartlett
January 5, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 5, 2018
By Karl Oestreich
Reuters, Vitamin D, calcium supplements may not lower fracture risk by Lisa Rapaport — Even though severe calcium or vitamin D deficiencies can contribute to loss of bone density and an increased risk of fractures, people with this problem are typically too sick to be included in clinical trials, noted Dr. Kurt […]
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Tags: affordable housing, Albert Lea, alcohol, alzheimer's disease, appendicitis, Autonomic Disorder, Barrett's esophagus, brain health, cardiomyopathy, Cholera, cholesterol, chronic pain
December 22, 2017
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for December 22, 2017
By Karl Oestreich
CNN, 10 health questions that had you Googling this year by Jacqueline Howard — Another popular health question this year was “What causes hiccups?” which topped the list of trending health-related questions in the US, according to Grippi. Hiccups are involuntary contractions of the diaphragm muscle that separates your chest from your […]
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Tags: alzheimer's disease, Breast Cancer, cardiovascular disease, cell phones, childhood literacy, Chron's disease, chronic pain, Chrono Therapeutics, concussion, congenital heart disease, Consuelo Lopez de Padilla, Dana Koenig