Sports Medicine
February 7, 2013
How Mayo is Making Sports Safer
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 […]
Tags: concussion, Dr. Aynsley Smith, Ice Hockey Summit II: Action on Concussion, Rochester magazine, Sports Med Center
December 21, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
December 21, 2012 Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. This week’s report covers two weeks of highlights because we were unable to publish last week due to technical difficulties. This will be the last news summary of 2012. Our first report of 2013 will be […]
Tags: AHA, american heart association, C. diff, chest compression-only CPR, chest compressions, cluster headache, concussion, concussion testing, CPR, doctor shortage, Dr. Colin West, Dr. David Dodick
November 30, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
November 30, 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 […]
Tags: Adderall, ADHD, anesthesiologist, AP, Arizona, Boston Globe, Cancer, carbohydrates, CBC, Christian Ponder, Dennis "Denny" Mahoney, diabetes
October 5, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
October 5, 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 relation Philadelphia […]
Tags: ABC News, Arizona Daily Star, Arizona Republic, beta-blocker pills, Brad Jones, brain cancer, Cancer, Casa Grande Regional Medical Center, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, clinical trials, concussions, Dr Bart Demaerschalk
October 3, 2012
Mayo Expert Offers Marathon Tips to Stay Healthy Before the Big Race
No matter how long or diligently runners train before a marathon, they invariably cross the finish line with some mark of the endurance test they’ve just experienced. To help alleviate injuries and stay healthy on race day, Ed Laskowski, M.D., co-director of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center, offers runners prerace tips for a rewarding […]
Tags: Dr. Ed Laskowski, HealthCanal, marathon runners, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center
October 3, 2012
Don’t Rush Medical Care for Student Athletes
Some cash-strapped parents see group sports physicals or quick exams at walk-in clinics as a convenient and inexpensive way for students to meet health exam requirements before entering a new school or athletics…Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., provides station-based sports physicals by nurses, orthopedists, physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists, physical therapists, athletic trainers and cardiologists. […]
Tags: athletes, Chicago Tribune, Dr. Edward Laskowski, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center, sports physicals
September 28, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
September 28, 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 USA […]
Tags: America's Best Hospital List, Beauty Project, Best Hospitals, Breast Cancer, Cardiology, diabetes, Dr. Alexander Parker, Dr. Deb Rhodes, Dr. Donald Hensrud, Dr. James Ingle, Dr. James Levine, Dr. Martha Grogan
September 21, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
September 21, 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 […]
Tags: CBS This Morning, Chicago Tribune, Chris Norton, concussions, Dr. Donald Hensrud, Dr. Jennifer Roth Maynard, Dr. John Noseworthy, Dr. Michael Jensen, Dr. Michael Joyner, Florida Times-Union, innovation, inventions
August 16, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
August 16, 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 […]
Tags: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Dr. Amit Sood, Dr. Deborah Rhodes, Dr. Edith Perez, Dr. James Levine, Dr. Jennifer Maynard, Dr. Vaidehi Chowdhary, Florida Times-Union, Fox News, KARE11, New York Times, Reader's Digest Canada
August 7, 2012
Performance Enhancing Dope: Should Sport Ban Cannabis?
The expulsion of an American judo player from the London 2012 Olympic Games on Monday after he tested positive for marijuana prompted scientists to question the sense behind the drug’s inclusion on the World Anti Doping Agency’s (WADA) banned list…”It’s hard to imagine how smoking a joint or eating marijuana brownies is going to help […]
Tags: Dr. Michael Joyner, London Olympics, marijuana, performance enhancing drugs, Reuters, World Anti Doping Agency