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November 1, 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 […]

Mayo Clinic’s Medical Records Database Growing

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March 26, 2013

Since 1966, Mayo has collected as many records as possible from Olmsted County and used them to generate important studies that help save lives…Jennifer St. Sauver, scientific manager of the project, says having access to a large and growing pool of medical records gives researchers many more study options. “The great thing about the Rochester […]

Seeking help with future growth, Rochester already feels strain of expansion

Tags: database, Dr. Jennifer St. Sauver, growing database, KSTP, medical records, Olmsted County, Rochester Epidemiology Project

March 19, 2013

As the Mayo Clinic makes expansion plans and asks for state help to build infrastructure in Minnesota’s third largest city, Rochester is feeling financial strain from the rapid growth it has already seen…”We should be putting a lot more into our capital improvements program to reconstruct roads in order to do it at the lowest […]

New Drugs Slow a Fast-Spreading Cancer

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March 5, 2013

For all the gains in treating myeloma, the disease still lacks a cure for most patients…“The problem in myeloma right now is many of the new drugs are in the same two classes,: said Vincen Rajkumar, a myeloma specialist at the Mayo Clinic. “If you want a sea change, you want a new class,” he […]

Walker proposes millions to help rural health care

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February 13, 2013

Wisconsin would spend $23 million to help improve health care in rural and poor urban areas under a proposal Gov. Scott Walker announced Monday…Mayo’s Family Medicine Residency Program “could certainly use more funding,” said Dr. David Rushlow, chief medical officer. “It could offset current costs, make the program stronger and allow more development to place […]

SOPHIA To Feature Mayo Clinic Learning Pathways

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February 8, 2013

SOPHIA.org, the open online education platform offering a unique Many Ways to Learn™ learning model with more than 28,000 free academic multimedia tutorials taught by a multitude of teachers, is now offering tutorials developed by a top surgeon and professor at Mayo Clinic. The lessons will focus on two surgical procedures – Laproscopic Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder Removal) and […]

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September 7, 2012

September 7, 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 NY […]

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July 26, 2012

July 26, 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. Kelley Luckstein Public Affairs Associate Guest Editor […]

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July 13, 2012

July 13, 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 NY […]

IBM Hopes Its Watson Will Become Doctor’s Sidekick

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June 15, 2012

Remember Watson, the IBM supercomputer which made headlines last year by trouncing the top two contestants on the TV game show, Jeopardy? … In March, IBM announced it had formed a Watson Healthcare Advisory Board which includes representatives from leading cancer centers. Mayo Clinic is notably absent. Dr. Dawn Milliner of Mayo said the world […]