February 7, 2020
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 7, 2020
CNBC, Mayo Clinic doctor: Coronavirus is ‘basically at a pandemic now’ and should be treated as such by Jessica Bursztynsky — Dr. Gregory Poland, director of Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group, told CNBC on Monday that the fast-spreading coronavirus is nearing pandemic status. “We’re basically at a pandemic now,” said Poland, regarding the deadly virus, […]
Tags: aging, AI, alzheimer's disease, Ameircan Heart Month, artificial Intelligence, Baton Roughe, Bernie Miller, Blood Donor Program, blood drive, Breast Cancer, Cancer, cancer screenings
May 24, 2019
Mayo Clinic works to treat movement disorders with Deep Brain Stimulation
KTTCby Sarah Gannon Deep Brain Stimulation has been used since the late 1990s to treat things like tremors and Parkinson’s disease, but now the treatment is expanding to conditions like epilepsy and dystonia. iving with a movement disorder such as Parkinson’s Disease or tremors can make doing simple tasks such as eating and writing very […]
May 11, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
May 11, 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: alzheimer's disease, Arthritis Care & Research, Dr. Bryan Klassen, Dr. Ed Laskowski, Dr. John Davis, Dr. Mark Frye, Dr. Tufia Haddad, Dr. Yonas Geda, Guthrie Theater, KARE11, Obesity, Parkinson's
May 8, 2012
Mayo Clinic Device Helping Some With Parkinson’s Walk More Easily
The Mayo Clinic has developed a device that some Parkinson’s patients say is helping them walk more easily. It’s essentially a highly adjustable laser light. Most of us never give turning a corner a second thought, but diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, it’s often the first thing on Doug Merfeld’s mind. Turns cause him to freeze. Movement […]