Education
July 9, 2012
About Birth Control: Clearing Up Misconceptions About Contraception
In this lesson, students read about the current debate over health care coverage for birth control. They research the different options currently available for birth control, participate in a class forum on contraception, and discuss their own views regarding health care coverage for contraception…In addition to textbooks and other reliable class materials, students may find […]
Tags: birth control, Planned Parenthood
June 1, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
June 1, 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 oestreich.karl@mayo.edu […]
Tags: Advancing the Science, Arizona PBS, Arizona Republic, Bruce Johnson, Dr. Chet Rihal, Dr. James Levine, Erik Castle, James Levine, Mayo Clinic Human Integrative and Environmental Physiology Lab, Moe Bell, Mount Everest, MPR
May 17, 2012
Mayo Alzheimer’s Expert Lauds New Federal Initiative
More than 5 million Americans are thought to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, and now the federal government has set a new deadline to tackle the brain-wasting affliction. The National Alzheimer’s Plan set a goal of finding new treatments, prevention and new training for doctors by 2025. Dr. Ronald Peterson is director of the Mayo Clinic […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, Dr. Ronald Peterson, Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, MPR News, The National Alzheimer's Plan
April 9, 2012
For Ill Somalis, Healing Distrust
Area doctors work to bridge cultural suspicion of medical care, particularly life-saving transplants…Nearly 700 Minnesotans have died for want of liver transplants in the last 15 years. But Dr. Mohamed Hassan, the physician who treated the young woman, thinks she needn’t have been one of them…Despite the serious nature of his work, a deep-throated chuckle […]
Tags: Dr. Mohamed Hassan, Gilead Sciences, Somali
March 28, 2012
Mayo Clinic’s First Social Media Residency Kicks Off in Jacksonville
They say you need to learn from the best. And some healthcare social media denizens are having a shot at that through Mayo Clinic’s first healthcare social media residency program that kicked off at its Jacksonville, Florida campus Wednesday. The two-day program aims to teach people how to harness the power of social media within […]
Tags: Healthcare
March 18, 2012
Learn More About Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine is playing a big role in modern medicine. Acupuncture, animal therapy, massage and yoga can all complement traditional medicine. That is why Mayo Clinic will be providing services and education at the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Event. KARE 11 3/18/12
February 3, 2012
Region considered for doctors training
The Medical College of Wisconsin is considering Eau Claire as one of eight locations statewide for the development of a community-based medical education program designed to address the state’s pending physician shortage… “We have received some initial information from the Medical College of Wisconsin about a community-based medical education program and are eager to learn […]
Tags: community-based medical education program, Dr. Randall Linton, Eau Claire, Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Medical College of Wisconsin
February 3, 2012
think u can text, drive? try this
Teens got eyeful on the dangers of drunken and distracted driving. There are apps that might help… Vadnais and his buddies were among the 160 teenagers, school advisers, resource officers and law enforcers from throughout Minnesota who attended a daylong Teen Safe Driving Summit on Thursday at the Rosemount Community Center…The driving simulator, called One […]
Tags: distracted driving, driving simulator, drunk driving, One Simple Decision, Rosemount Community Center, Teen Safe Driving Summit, Todd Emanuel
February 3, 2012
Students learn about careers in health care
Lexi Nelson and Autumn Ritter knew they wanted to enter the health care field since they were kids. Both are considering becoming neonatal nurses. Or perhaps something in respiratory care. Or maybe flight nursing. The Holmen High School students got a chance to focus their interests Thursday at Mayo Clinic Health System’s Healthcare Career Extravaganza […]
Tags: Healthcare Career Extravaganza, Holmen High School, Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse
January 24, 2012
Bioscience hub a benefit to all
Phoenix’s new mayor wants to create a second, larger bioscience campus around the Mayo Clinic Hospital. Scottsdale’s leaders should cheer him on. Sure, it would be better to see such a campus in Scottsdale, centered at Scottsdale Healthcare or the Mayo Clinic. Exciting things are happening at both organizations, including the creation of a medical […]
Tags: bioscience, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Mayo Clinic Hospital, Scottsdale Healthcare