November 7, 2019
Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s research happening in Jacksonville
By Karl Oestreich 
Action News Jaxby Meghan Moriarty Researchers at the Mayo Clinic found Alzheimer’s-related damage is actually caused by both when it starts and where it starts in the brain. Steve Waterhouse’s wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at 54. He didn’t notice memory loss, but he did see she was mixing up numbers in their company’s […]
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Tags: ActionNewsJax, alzheimer's disease, Dr. Melissa Murray
April 19, 2019
Ethnic differences in Alzheimer’s
By Karl Oestreich
BBC Dr. Murray’s study on ethnic differences in Alzheimer’s: Runs from the 9-minute, 18-second mark to the 12-minute, 34-second mark. Context: A team of Mayo Clinic researchers found Hispanic-American patients with Alzheimer’s tend to survive significantly longer with the disease than other ethnoracial groups, according to a study in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of […]
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February 22, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 22, 2019
By Emily Blahnik
Wall Street Journal, The Fitness Plan for Serious Schmoozers by Jen Murphy — “You really need to make an effort to counteract the effects of sitting for eight hours a day,” says Donald Hensrud, director of the Healthy Living Program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. “Just being active won’t cut it. You need […]
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November 3, 2017
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly 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 Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik CNN Emergency declaration is key to curbing opioid epidemic, experts say by […]
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July 29, 2016
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly 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 Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Washington Post Complex jobs and social ties appear to help […]
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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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May 8, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly 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 Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Prevention The Hidden Type of Alzheimer’s Doctors […]
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May 2, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly 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 Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations NY Times Move Over, Tennis Elbow; Wrist Injuries […]
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March 26, 2013
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Could Predict Dementia With Lewy Bodies, Study Finds
By Logan Lafferty
Researchers from the Mayo Clinic found that when a man has a risk factor for dementia with Lewy bodies (such as hallucinations or cognitive problems) in addition to REM sleep behavior disorder, he is five times more likely to have the dementia…”While it is, of course, true that not everyone who has this sleep disorder develops […]
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March 22, 2013
Acting Out Dreams During Sleep May Signal Dementia
By Logan Lafferty
“While it is, of course, true that not everyone who has this sleep disorder develops dementia with Lewy bodies, as many as 75 to 80 percent of men with dementia with Lewy bodies in our Mayo database did experience REM sleep behavior disorder. So it is a very powerful marker for the disease,” study lead […]
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