May 15, 2012
Mayo Clinic Researchers Return from Mt. Everest
A team of Mayo Clinic researchers is back from a month long trip to Mount Everest. They studied the various effects altitude can have on your heart, lungs and sleeping patterns. It doesn’t matter, where you go, how you get there, or how fancy your living arrangements may be. “It’s about a 50 mile trek […]
Tags: altitude effects, Dr. Bruce Johnson, KAAL, Mount Everest
April 20, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
April 20, 2012 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 oestreich.karl@mayo.edu […]
Tags: Dr. Bruce Johnson, Dr. C. Daniel Smith, Dr. Edith Perez, Dr. Martha Grogan, Dr. Sharonne Hayes, Dr. Tom Allison, Florida Times-Union, Fox News, gastrointestinal reflux, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Mount Everest, Reuters
March 25, 2012
Mount Everest – A Living Laboratory
As part of a study programme, from mid-April to Mid-May researchers from the Mayo Clinic are to join an expedition to Everest where they will monitor nine climbers for the duration of their climb. The leader of the scientific expedition is physiologist Dr Bruce Johnson. He has already conducted research at the South Pole and […]
March 25, 2010
Medical Edge: Extreme Training
It takes months of training and preparation to run a marathon. Now imagine running a marathon every single day. Diane Vanderen has teamed up with doctors at Mayo Clinic to help them learn more about what makes elite athletes able to accomplish such feats, especially for an athlete like Diane who overcame a debilitating […]
Tags: Dr. Bruce Johnson, Medical Edge