Items Tagged ‘blood thinner’
June 12, 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 Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Wall Street Journal Apple’s New Health Focus […]
Tags: 2010 dietary guidelines for Americans, ABC30, ALTTO Trial, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, American Society for Preventive Cardiology, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Apple, Arizona Republic, ASCO, ASCO Post, Beth Padesky
March 17, 2010
Medco, Mayo Clinic study finds reduced hospitalization rates with genetic testing
A simple genetic test can reduce hospitalization rates by almost a third for heart patients taking warfarin, the world’s most-prescribed blood thinner, according to a study released today by researchers from Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (in association with the Medco Research Institute) and the Mayo Clinic… “The test provides the information a physician needs […]
Tags: blood thinner, Genetic testing, MD, Medco, Thomas Moyer