May 17, 2019
Mayo Clinic neurosurgeons get real-time feedback from alert surgery patients
AZ Familyby Heidi Goitia It’s one thing to need brain surgery, it’s quite another to know that you will be awake for part of the operation. But that’s what doctors at the Mayo Clinic are doing because they say it gives them real time feedback on what’s working and what isn’t. Dr. Bernard R. Bendok […]
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April 11, 2019
Brain tumor treatment innovations
Arizona PBS Mayo Clinic Arizona is using new methods to stop and remove brain tumors, and has opened three new image-guided operating rooms. The rooms allow surgeons to perform safer, less invasive procedures to remove brain tumors that had been considered inoperable. We’ll hear more from clinical neurosurgery expert Dr. Bernard Bendok. Reach: Eight, Arizona PBS is […]
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May 3, 2018
Augmented reality lab combines math, engineering to change brain-cancer outcomes
Arizona Daily Star by Joan Magtibay, Cronkite News Imagine you’ve just been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and need surgery. Instead of looking at shadowy black and white 2-D images you can’t decipher, you put on goggles and “walk through” the cancer using augmented reality. As a result, you can better grasp your disease, […]
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November 22, 2017
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for November 22, 2017
Washington Post, A standing desk isn’t going to help you lose a lot of weight by Rachel Rettner — The findings mean that, for a person who weighs about 140 pounds, substituting sitting with standing for six hours a day would burn an extra 54 calories per day, the researchers said. This […]
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November 22, 2017
“Awake Brain Surgery” at Mayo Clinic in Arizona
ABC 15 Arizona by Danielle Lerner Patients playing the piano during brain surgery? It’s called “Awake Brain Surgery,” and it’s growing in popularity at Mayo Clinic. The patient is asleep for most of the procedure and doesn’t feel any pain. It is especially helpful when removing brain tumors where the goal is to preservefunction and […]
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September 22, 2017
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Star Tribune Mayo Clinic offers first aid assistance via Amazon’s Alexa digital […]
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