December 22, 2017
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for December 22, 2017
By Karl Oestreich 
CNN, 10 health questions that had you Googling this year by Jacqueline Howard — Another popular health question this year was “What causes hiccups?” which topped the list of trending health-related questions in the US, according to Grippi. Hiccups are involuntary contractions of the diaphragm muscle that separates your chest from your […]
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September 4, 2015
Mayo Clinic In the News 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 Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Carmen Zwicker New York Times New Alternatives to Statins Add to a Quandary […]
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April 17, 2015
Mayo Clinic In the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor, Carmen Zwicker Yahoo! Health Herpes From a Tanning Bed? It’s Possible by Amanda Chan A whopping number of people still use tanning beds (about one in three U.S. adults say they’ve used one before, according to 2014 data), despite the fact that they’re known to cause skin cancer. But if the […]
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Tags: "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, “CDTX” experiment, “On the Move” program, 20 Minutos Mexico, ABC News, ABC15 Arizona, Albert Lea Tribune, alzheimers, an overuse injury, Anticonvulsant may exacerbate eating disorders, Antipsychotic medications, Apple HealthKit integration
April 9, 2015
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor, Carmen Zwicker Washington Post Alzheimer’s warning signs by Fredrick Kunkle For people of a certain age, it’s not uncommon to seize on any forgetfulness as a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. Lose the car keys, forget a name, read a Top 10 list of dementia’s warning signs and the worry begins…So in […]
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