Neurology

February 13, 2013

Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus lands $7 million grant for Parkinson’s research

By Logan Lafferty

Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus has received a $7 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue its Parkinson’s disease research. NIH has funded Mayo Clinic’s Udall Center since 1999, Mayo said in a news release. The center brings together the disciplines of neurology, neurogenetics and neuropathology to discover new genetic causes of Parkinsonism. Additional Coverage: […]

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Tags: Jacksonville Business Journal, money grant, National institutes of Health, parkinson's disease, Udall Center


February 12, 2013

Brain Area ‘Where Evil Lurks’ Doesn’t Exist: Neurologist

By Logan Lafferty

According to The Independent, Dr. Gerhard Roth of the University of Bremen’s Brain Research Institute reportedly discovered “the region of the brain where evil is formed and where it lurks” by performing brain scans on violent convicted felons…Roth, however, denies finding such an evil spot…There are four different lobes on each side of the human brain, according […]

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Tags: brain scan, Dr. Gerhard Roth, evil, human brain, Mayo Clinic, The Independent, University of Bremen's Brain Research Institute, Yahoo! Noticias


February 12, 2013

Mayo gets $7 million grant for Parkinson’s study

By Logan Lafferty

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville has received a five-year, $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue its study of the genetic causes of Parkinson’s disease. As the genetic keys are found, those with a greater likelihood of developing the disease can take steps to reduce the chances, said Dennis Dickson, a neuropathologist and the […]

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Tags: Dr. Dennis Dickson, Florida Times-Union, genetic keys, money grant, National institutes of Health, parkinson's disease


February 8, 2013

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich

      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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Tags: AAN, AASM, ABSM, American Academy of Neurology, American Sleep Disorders Association, ASDC, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Cardiology, cholesterol, Dr. Charles Adler, Dr. Steven Kopecky


February 7, 2013

How Mayo is Making Sports Safer

By Logan Lafferty

We’re sitting in her small-utilitarian office tucked into Mayo’s Sports Med Center – a working office, an office with sports studies stacked on the floor and sports books lining the shelved – and Aynsley Smith, if history is any indication, is talking about the kinds of ideas and issue that are a few years away […]

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Tags: concussion, Dr. Aynsley Smith, Ice Hockey Summit II: Action on Concussion, Rochester magazine, Sports Med Center


February 5, 2013

New saliva gland test may better diagnose patients with Parkinson’s

By Logan Lafferty

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 […]

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Tags: abnormal protein, American Academy of Neurology, clinical test, Fox News, parkinson's disease, saliva gland


February 4, 2013

Summit expands partnership with Mayo Clinic to provide Teleneurology Care

By Logan Lafferty

In an effort to offer neurological services to the area Summit Healthcare continues to collaborate with Mayo Clinic to provide state-of-the-art telemedicine coverage to patients in the White Mountains. Current telemedicine programs offered through the Emergency Room at Summit Healthcare are Telestroke, Teleconcussion, and beginning Jan. 1, Teleneurology. Summit Healthcare is able to provide patients […]

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Tags: neuorological services, Summit Healthcare, Teleconcussion, Telemedicine, telestroke, White Mountain Independent


February 4, 2013

Shootings stir action on Wellstone legacy

By Logan Lafferty

More than a decade after Sen. Paul Wellstone’s death in a plane crash…With the nation reeling over the shootings of elementary school students by a deranged gunman in Newtown, Conn., Wellstone’s family and friends say they are close to completing his mission of expanding coverage for people with mental health or substance abuse problems…Kennedy, whose […]

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Tags: Chicago Tribune, mental health, Paul Wellstone, shooting, substance abuse problems


February 1, 2013

Some Parkinson’s Patients Discover an Artistic Side

By Logan Lafferty

Some people with Parkinson’s disease discover untapped artistic abilities after their diagnosis — a phenomenon that seems to be related to their dopamine-enhancing medication…That’s all speculation, though. Experts know little about why some people on Parkinson’s drugs suddenly find creative inspiration. But it does seem to be related to the medications themselves, agreed Dr. Anhar […]

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Tags: artistic abilities, depamine-enhancing medication, dopamine, Dr. Anhar Hassan, HealthDay, parkinson's disease


January 25, 2013

Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights

By Karl Oestreich

     January 25, 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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Tags: addiction, azcentral.com, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Bob Brigham, Caribbean, Clinica Salus, Daily Mail (UK), Dr. Charles Adler, Dr. Jennifer St. Sauver, Dr. Thomas Beach, Dr. Timothy Lineberry, Eau Claire


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