November 9, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for November 9, 2018
USA Today, How Daylight Saving affects your sleep and overall health by Ashley May — Daylight Saving Time ends and clocks will “fall back” an hour this weekend, giving Americans the feeling of an extra hour in the morning, which could negatively affect their health. “Ever since the institution of Daylight Saving Time, there has […]
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November 1, 2018
How safe is the flu shot? Everything you need to know about side effects and reactions
BuzzFeed by Caroline Kee The flu shot, like any vaccine or medication, does not come without risks. But these are small and limited to certain groups. So we spoke to two experts about flu shot safety, side effects, and possible reactions to clear things up and put your mind at ease: Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, deputy […]
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October 19, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for October 19, 2018
Washington Post, ‘We lived like we were Wall Street’ by DeNeen L. Brown — Before it was destroyed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Greenwood was one of the most affluent black communities in the country. It was known as “Black Wall Street” because of its concentrated wealth…“At the time of the riot, there were […]
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August 6, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for August 3, 2018
Washington Post, Hookworms burrowed into a teenager’s skin during a trip to Florida. You can’t unsee these images. by Lindsey Bever — There are two main types of hookworm: human hookworms and animal, or zoonotic, hookworms. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory in the Mayo Clinic’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, said […]
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February 23, 2018
Health experts encourage preteens get HPV vaccine to prevent cancers
KTTC by Linda Ha “It’s nearly 100 percent effective. We did studies here at Mayo Clinic back in the late 1990s that demonstrated that nearly everyone vaccinated was completely protected against getting the cancer-causing strains,” said Dr. Robert Jacobson, Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director at Mayo Clinic Primary care and Immunization Program. Health experts […]
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February 17, 2018
The flu Is killing children, and here’s what parents need to know
BuzzFeed by Caroline Kee The flu killed 101 children last year and 128 in 2014–15. “We had a very serious flu season in 2014–2015 and it’s looking a lot like that right now,” Dr. Robert Jacobson, pediatrician and vaccine researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, told BuzzFeed News. “Children, like the elderly, also […]
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October 13, 2017
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
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 Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From […]
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