June 3, 2016
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik NBC News Too Fat to Fight: Is the Obesity Crisis […]
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Tags: 3D technology, ABC News, Albert Lea Tribune, alzheimer's disease, alzheimers, Becker's Hospital News, biobank, biopsy, Canada, cancer drugs, Cancer.net, Carlsen twins
May 2, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich
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 Times Move Over, Tennis Elbow; Wrist Injuries […]
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Tags: 2014 Annual Conference on Vaccine Research, 5k SCADaddle for Research, A.L.S., ABC News, Alabama, AllVoices, alzheimer's disease, American College of Cardiology, american heart association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, AP, arm injuries
April 25, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich
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 Kingman Daily Miner Mayo Clinic tour starts in […]
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Tags: A.L.S., ABC News, ABC15, Albert Lea, Albert Lea Tribune, American Academy of Neurology, American Migraine Foundation, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Anatlitica, Anchorage Daily News, anti-aging practices, anti-inflammatory medicine
March 21, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich
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 WCCO Health Watch: A Promising At-Home Colon Cancer […]
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Tags: 12NewsArizona, 13ABC.com, 13ABC.com (Toledo), 2013 Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumni Award and Dr. Richard DeRemee, 5 key questions to ask before surgery, ABC News, ABC15 in Arizona, ABC6, ABC6 (Knoxville), ACA, acid reflux, Affordable care act
February 6, 2012
The gift of innovation: A former Avro engineer’s $30M donation to McMaster’s Stem Cell and Cancer Research wing
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Owen Boris, as a young engineer, was a technically savvy worker who lost his job when the Avro program ended; he returned to Hamilton where he started installing television antennae for neighbours. From there he built a modern high-speed Internet, telephone and cable company that he sold in 2009 for an estimated $300 million…Mr. Boris […]
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Tags: Avro, Canada, Dr. Kelton, Hamilton, Owen Boris
December 8, 2011
Gov’t spending millions on out-of-country medical treatments
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So far this year, 24 Saskatchewan residents have been approved for out-of-country medical treatment. Coverage for elective services outside of Canada is only considered in exceptional circumstances and must have prior approval from the Ministry of Health… The ministry gets numerous requests from residents to go to the Mayo Clinic. Before a Saskatchewan resident qualifies […]
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Tags: Canada
December 3, 2009
Cross-border care
By Kelley Luckstein
Record numbers of Ontarians are being sent to the U.S. by their government for routine health care that should be available at home. At 34, Lisa Nancarrow was told her only option was to go home and prepare to die…T hat was until her family found a clinical trial at the Mayo Clinic […]
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Tags: Canada, clinical trial, Ontario