October 18, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for October 18, 2019
Wall Street Journal, Amazon Joins Trend of Sending Workers Away for Health Care by Melanie Evans — Employers are increasingly going the distance to control health spending, paying to send workers across the country to get medical care and bypassing local health-care providers….Walmart workers diagnosed with breast, lung or colorectal cancer can travel to the […]
Tags: 3D mammography, alzheimer's disease, Amazon, Beyoncé, BioSig, Blanchard Valley, blood donation, burnout, Cadence Neuroscience, Cancer, Center for Innovation, Cologuard
May 17, 2019
Study to examine why some surgery patients become long-term opioid users and others do not
Fox 9 Twin Citiesby Jeff Baillon Jessica A. Fenske has spent a lifetime in and out of hospitals…Despite relying on opioid painkillers for over a decade, she has never abused them. Carl White broke his back, twice…His exposure to opioids led to a full-blown addiction…Researchers at the Mayo Clinic are trying to figure out why […]
Tags: Dr. W. Michael Hooten, FOX 9 Twin Cities, pain management
September 22, 2017
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Star Tribune Mayo Clinic offers first aid assistance via Amazon’s Alexa digital […]
Tags: AAP News, Aargauer Zeitung, ABC News, advisory board, aging, Alzforum, alzheimer's disease, Amazon, Amazon Alexa, American Nursing Informatics Association, Android Headlines, AsiaOne
March 13, 2013
The 6 Smartest Ways to Beat Pain
Many wounded Iraq veterans have a tragedy in common: Their chronic pain led to pill dependency. It’s a common side effect of pain potions…But there are other ways to tackle pain. “Usually the smartest plan is to start with the least invasive treatments and work up to more invasive treatments if the pain isn’t going […]
Tags: chronic pain, Dr. Peter Dorsher, men's health, pain management, pill dependency