Items Tagged ‘saliva gland’
February 8, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
February 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 […]
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February 5, 2013
New saliva gland test may better diagnose patients with Parkinson’s
It’s difficult for patients to absolutely know if they have Parkinson’s disease…But now, a conclusive clinical test may soon be available. Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Arizona have found that examining a specific portion of a person’s saliva gland may be able to diagnose someone with Parkinson’s…“[During the autopsy] you can see the protein […]
Tags: abnormal protein, American Academy of Neurology, clinical test, Fox News, parkinson's disease, saliva gland
January 18, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
January 18, 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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January 14, 2013
New Saliva Gland Test May Better Diagnose Patients With Parkinson’s
It’s difficult for patients to absolutely know if they have Parkinson’s disease. To date, the only way to diagnose someone with Parkinson’s is to do a clinical exam to access his or her symptoms. And in order to definitively get an answer, an autopsy is performed on the brain – only after the person has […]
Tags: clinical exam, clinical test, Fox News, parkinson's disease, saliva gland