January 12, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 12, 2018
Reuters, Hot flashes caused by cancer therapy can be prevented, treated by Carolyn Crist — Dr. Charles Loprinzi of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, who has researched cancer symptoms for more than 25 years, told Reuters Health by phone, “One patient told me that in the winter, she’d get in […]
Tags: A.L.S., Alena Rose Brown, alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, anesthesia, angioplasty, antidepressants, Ben Utecht, Bill Schluter, bloat, brain trauma, Breast Cancer
June 29, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
June 29, 2012 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 NPR […]
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June 22, 2012
5 Tips for Safe Summer Swimming
Don’t drink pool water: “A swimming pool is basically a community bathtub without the shampoo,” said Dr. Thomas Boyce, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center. “Chlorine does not kill germs instantly and, in fact, does not kill cryptosporidium at all, which is a common germ that causes water-associated gastrointestinal illness.” […]
Tags: Dr. Thomas Boyce, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, swimming pool, Yahoo! News
May 17, 2012
Whooping Cough Cases Are on Rise in Minnesota
Pertussis, commonly known as whooping cough, is on the rise in Minnesota. It hasn’t reached the point of an official “outbreak” yet, but health providers are asking parents to take steps to immunize themselves and their children. “I do not want to wait until the outbreak is full blown before taking action,” Dr. Thomas Boyce, […]
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