December 4, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
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 Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Charlie Rose (PBS) John Noseworthy, President and […]
Tags: ABC News, ABC15 Ariz., Aerospace Medicine Program at Mayo Clinic, Albert Lea Tribune, American Heart Association's 2014 Basic Research Prize, American Psychologist, Amit Sood, anorexia, Arizona Republic, Austin Daily Herald, Bernie and Edith Waterman, big data
April 4, 2013
Medical Emergencies at 40,000 Feet
Over the past seven years, In addition to the goodwill of travelling physicians, all the major carriers in the U.S. have, for at least the past decade, also relied on ground-based physicians and nurses with experience in emergency care and additional training in aviation medicine. Based at centers including MedAire in Phoenix, the University of […]
Tags: Aerospace Medicine Program at Mayo Clinic, aviation medicine, MedAire, medical emergency, sick passenger, The Atlantic
February 10, 2012
Researchers work to make pilots safer
On July 16, 1999, John Kennedy, Jr. died when the plane he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha’s Vineyard… “The body is unfortunately easily tricked. We’ve been designed to walk, not to fly,” said Dr. Jan Stepanek, Director of the Aerospace Medicine Program at Mayo Clinic. “Our lab primarily focuses on three […]
Tags: Aerospace Medicine Program at Mayo Clinic, Dr. Jan Stepanek