Items Tagged ‘Dr. Edward Laskowski’
February 14, 2020
Everything you need to know before taking your first hot yoga class
Today.comby Stephanie Larratt Dr. Edward Laskowski, co-director of Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine, agrees that if you’re a person who likes hot yoga, it’s a good way to get exercise. “A lot of the postures require and improve stability and muscle strengthening,” he says. One of the biggest benefits of hot yoga is that it allows […]
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January 10, 2020
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 10, 2020
CNN, Losing one night’s sleep may increase risk factor for Alzheimer’s, study says by Sandee LaMotte — In a healthy person, tau and other toxins in the brain are cleared away during sleep, sort of like taking out the garbage. Losing sleep, or having disordered sleep in which sleep cycles are disrupted, can interfere with […]
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September 20, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for September 20, 2019
Wall Street Journal, Israel Prepares to Unleash AI on Health Care by Dov Lieber — Israel is becoming a testing ground for the power of artificial intelligence to improve health care… In May, Israel’s Innovation Authority signed a memorandum with the Mayo Clinic for Israeli health startups to team up with the U.S. institution’s researchers […]
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June 14, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for June 14, 2019
CNN, Changing your meat-eating habits could mean a longer life, study suggests by Jacqueline Howard — The study provides “valuable and informative” data regarding the associations of red meat with poor health outcomes, said Dr. Heather Fields, an internal medicine specialist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, who was not involved in the research. “We’ve also […]
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May 31, 2019
7 tips to get in the game and play sports safely this spring
WABC 7By Jennifer Matarese Spring is here and with it, the desire to get back outside and play your favorite sport, or maybe you or your child wants to learn a new one. Dr. Edward Laskowski, a Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Co-director of Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine, has seven […]
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April 26, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for April 26, 2019
Reuters, In many states, pregnancy invalidates a woman’s DNR by Linda Carroll — Most states have statutes that invalidate a woman’s advance directive if she is pregnant, a U.S. study finds. And because those statutes are often not clearly outlined in the DNR form, women filling out an advance directive most likely would not know […]
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March 8, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for March 8, 2019
NBC News, Was there something ‘I missed’: Kentucky cheerleader’s sudden death leaves dad agonized by Farnoush Amiri — The sudden death of a 13-year-old Kentucky cheerleader on the day of a competition has shocked her community and left her father agonizing over whether he could have done more…Her father, Dan Schalck, said his daughter’s hands […]
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February 1, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 1, 2019
NBC News, Lowering blood pressure may help cut risk of early dementia, study finds by Shamard Charles, M.D. — Drastically lowering blood pressure may help protect memory and thinking skills later in life, researchers reported Monday — the first hopeful sign that it’s possible to lower rates of mental decline… “In very old people, we […]
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January 25, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 25, 2019
New York Times, Spinal Fractures Can Be Terribly Painful. A Common Treatment Isn’t Helping by Gina Kolata — Scientists warned osteoporosis patients on Thursday to avoid two common procedures used to shore up painful fractures in crumbling spines. The treatments, which involve injecting bone cement into broken vertebrae, relieve pain no better than a placebo does, […]
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January 4, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 4, 2019
USA Today, Need a new diet this new year? Here’s out to pick one and stick with it by Brett Molina — Focus on small changes at first: Angie Murad, a wellness dietitian with the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program, said the key to choosing a diet is making sure it’s sustainable. One way to […]
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