April 27, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for April 27, 2018
By Emily Blahnik 
CBS News, East Asian tick species arrives in New Jersey, could carry dangerous virus — It’s the East Asian tick, sometimes called a longhorned or bush tick. Originally found in Asia, thousands of them are now in the Garden State. …That’s a problem, because like the deer ticks that spread Lyme […]
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April 6, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for April 6, 2018
By Emily Blahnik 
Reuters, Many in U.S. take more calcium supplements than necessary by Lisa Rapaport — The study wasn’t a controlled experiment designed to prove whether or how calcium supplements might help or harm health…Still, results add to the evidence that use of calcium supplements is declining, in part out of safety concerns, said […]
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March 23, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for March 23, 2018
By Emily Blahnik 
USA Today, ‘Highly fit’ middle-age women nearly 90% less likely to develop dementia decades later, study finds by Karen Weintraub — Maintaining a healthy lifestyle in mid-life, decades before disease sets in, makes sense, said David Knopman, a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology, who was not involved in the study. […]
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