Mayo Clinic Health System

April 30, 2013

New PSA stresses how to stay safe in the sun

By Logan Lafferty

After our long winter, we all deserve to get out and soak up the sun! But doctors say there is such a thing as too much sun. According the Centers for Disease Control, one person dies of Melanoma every hour in the U.S and a growing number of those people are under 30.That’s why Mayo […]

View full entry

Tags: Centers for Disease Control, melanoma, skin cancer, sun exposure, WEAU-Eau Claire


April 29, 2013

Teens learn how to be safe on the road

By Logan Lafferty

The risk of a teen driver crashing a car is higher than any other age group. In fact, the Center for Disease Control says for every mile a teen drives they are four times more likely to get into a crash than older drivers. That’s why Mayo Clinic Health Systems and the Chippewa Valley Technical […]

View full entry

Tags: Center for Disease Control, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Dr. Leland Mayer, driving class, road safety, teen driver, WEAU


April 24, 2013

Mayo Clinic warns teens of tanning

By Logan Lafferty

Doctors will diagnose more than 76 thousand new melanomas in the U.S. this year, according to the American Cancer Society’s estimate. And that number has been rising for at least 30 years. So Mayo Clinic Health System is sending representatives to area schools to provide education and a clear message about the cancer. “Because it’s […]

View full entry

Tags: American Cancer Society, Mary Kief, melanoma, tanning, tanning bed, teenagers, WXOW Eau Claire


April 23, 2013

OSF Healthcare joins Mayo Clinic network

By Logan Lafferty

OSF Healthcare System, already one of the nation’s largest and strongest health care networks, got even stronger Friday when it became part of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Becoming only the 16th member of the network will enable physicians in the OSF system, including OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, to work with the expert physicians […]

View full entry

Tags: network, OSF Healthcare, OSF Saint Francis Medical Center, The Peorian


April 19, 2013

New Study Finds Obese Employees More Costly To Companies Than Smokers

By Kelley Luckstein

A recent Mayo Clinic study found obesity is outweighing smoking in employer health care costs. “I think this study is really going to surprise a lot of people that it really is truly obesity that’s raising the health care cost today,” says Mayo Clinic Health System registered dietitian Diane Dressel.  A seven year study by […]

View full entry

Tags: Dian Dressel, healthcare costs, Obesity, RedOrbit, WEAU-Eau Claire


April 15, 2013

The eye-popping truth about why we close our eyes when we sneeze

By Logan Lafferty

We all know how a sneeze happens. What we don’t know is why our eyes automatically close when we do it…Optometrist Bert Moritz of the Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wis., explains that six extra-ocular muscles firmly hold the eye in the socket, making it almost impossible for eyeball subluxing (what a relief!). […]

View full entry

Tags: Bert Moritz, Eau Claire, NBC News, sneezing


April 10, 2013

Adult Peanut Allergies Present Workplace Challenges

By Logan Lafferty

Schools across the country enforce strict nut-free policies to protect kids who suffer from peanut allergies, the third most common food allergy among American children, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America…Dr. Adela Taylor, an allergist at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wis., said she felt most adults were better equipped […]

View full entry

Tags: ABC News, adult allergy, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Dr. Adela Taylor, Eau Claire, peanut allergy, workplace challenge


April 9, 2013

Caffeinated gum carries side effects worth chewing on

By Logan Lafferty

Wrigley’s is coming out with a gum that has all the caffeine you’d get from a cup of joe. It’s called Alert Energy Caffeine Gum…Mayo Clinic Health System dietitian Lynette LeDuc said adding caffeine to commonly used products can catch people off guard. For normally healthy people, elevated caffeine levels can result in “an inability […]

View full entry

Tags: Alert Energy Caffeine Gum, caffeinated gum, Lynette LeDuc, Mankato Free Press, side-effects


March 28, 2013

Mayo finishes $2 million expansion at Holmen clinic

By Logan Lafferty

Kenlyn Limberg momentarily smiled through the pain during a physical therapy session for her fibromyalgia. “This is nice,” the 44-year-old Holmen woman said Wednesday as she walked a treadmill in the expanded therapy area of the Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare’s Holmen Clinic…The clinic, which served about 20,000 patients last year, has room to add […]

View full entry

Tags: addition, expanded therapy area, Franciscan Healthcare, Holmen Clinic, La Crosse Tribune


March 27, 2013

Sanford Health in talks to take control of Fairview Health Services

By Logan Lafferty

Attorney General Lori Swanson said Tuesday she is investigating a proposed takeover of Fairview Health Services by South Dakota-based Sanford Health and will hold public hearings on the issue starting April 7 at the State Capitol…Locally, the Sanford, Mayo and Essentia health care systems have been racing to expand their markets over the past decade […]

View full entry

Tags: Fairview Health Services, Lori Swanson, market expansion, Sanford Health, Star Tribune, takeover


Contact Us · Privacy Policy