November 8, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for November 8, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
Quartz, Rare genetic mutations protected a woman from developing Alzheimer’s by Katherine Ellen Foley — This case study “leads us to think about the importance of such studies in relatively understudied populations,” says Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, a neurogeneticist with the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, who was not involved with the study. Scientific knowledge of the […]
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July 19, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for July 19, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
New York Times, Is Your Heartbeat Off, or Blood Sugar High? On the Road, You Can Keep Track by Joshua Brockman — Dr. Bithika Thompson, the director of the diabetes program at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona, said the F.D.A.-approved wearable monitors — including the continuous glucose monitors and flash monitors like Abbott’s Freestyle Libre, […]
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Tags: aging brain, alzheimer's disease, Amazon Alexa, Biofourmis, blood donation, blood sugar, broken-heart syndrome, calcium, Cancer, celiac disease, Chris Fjosne, Coulee Recovery Center
May 16, 2019
Degenerative brain disease robs local 44-year-old man of personality and speech
By Karl Oestreich 
Action News Jaxby Lorena Inclan Dr. Nilufer Ertekin-Taner a Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic, said FTD impacts tens of thousands of people in the U.S. alone. Right now, Mayo Clinic is working on trying to find a cause. “Unfortunately, right now we do not have therapies that can stop this disease, that can turn […]
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Tags: ActionNewsJax, Dr. Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, FTD
November 10, 2017
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for November 10, 2017
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 Today.com 7 things your doctor wants you to know about Alzheimer’s by […]
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March 31, 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 NY Times How to Follow the News in a Political Age […]
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March 24, 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 New York Times The Best Exercise for Aging Muscles by Gretchen […]
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Tags: 24 Horas, Aiden Remme, AliveCor, alzheimer's disease, AMA blog, Andy Sandness, Becker’s Hospital Review, Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine, Bernie Brewer, BioSig, BioSpace, blood pressure
March 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 USA Today Having a baby past 35: What women should know […]
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Tags: AccuWeather, Action News Jax, acupuncture, Albert Lea Tribune, allergies, alzheimers, Andy Sandness, Anya Guy, ASH Clinical News, Associated Press, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Austin Daily Herald
November 20, 2015
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 Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Carmen Zwicker WBNG 12 Action News Local provider joins Mayo Clinic network by […]
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April 19, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
April 19, 2013 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 […]
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Tags: ABCA7 gene, African-Americans, alzheimer's disease, APOE gene, Caucasians, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Dr. Mikel Prieto, Dr. Neill R. Graff-Radford, Dr. Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, Duluth News Tribune, Florida Times-Union
June 21, 2012
Mayo Clinic Scientist Building Case That Alzheimer’s May Be Caused By Genes
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Alzheimer’s disease is the “epidemic of our century.” That’s the opinion of Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, a neurologist and neuroscientist with the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville who is intimately involved in research on the disease. Ertekin-Taner was the lead investigator on a study, the results of which were published online recently in PLoS Genetics, in which she […]
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Tags: alzheimer's disease, Dr. Nilufer Ertekin-Taner, Florida Times-Union, PLos Genetics