August 2, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for August 2, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
New York Times, How to Find a Babysitter You Can Rely On by Ellen Lee — Your sitter should also have basic first aid and CPR training and know how to respond in an emergency. The American Red Cross offers both online and in-person classes for babysitting, child care, first aid and CPR. Those who […]
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April 12, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for April 12, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
NBC News, UC Davis Medical Center warns 200 people of potential measles exposure by Linda Carroll — “With the drop in vaccination rates, we may be headed back in that direction,” said Roberto Cattaneo, a measles researcher and a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. “It seems […]
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September 14, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for September 14, 2018
By Emily Blahnik 
Washington Post, ‘Black hairy tongue’ is an actual medical condition, and it looks as weird as it sounds by Lindsey Bever — …Luckily, black hairy tongue, or lingua villosa nigra, is typically painless and temporary. It occurs when the tiny bumps on the tongue, called papillae, which are normally about 1 millimeter in length, […]
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Tags: 3D mammography, Alfred Moes, AliveCor, Apple Watch, Barrett's esophagus, black hairy tongue, blood donation, Brad Keselowski, Breast Cancer, Christopher Ewers, CRISPR, dementia
April 20, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for April 20, 2018
By Emily Blahnik 
TIME, Is Sushi Healthy? Here’s Everything You Need to Know by Sophia Gottfried — Sushi has this halo of being healthy,” says Katherine Zeratsky, a registered dietitian nutritionist and associate professor of nutrition at Mayo Clinic. After all, traditional sushi has all the makings of a health food: it’s stuffed with […]
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April 6, 2018
Mayo position focuses on research, collaboration with UW-EC
By Karl Oestreich 
Eau Claire Leader-Telegram By Lauren French A freshly announced position at Mayo Clinic Health System in northwestern Wisconsin will develop a research program there and facilitate collaboration with UW-Eau Claire students and faculty. Timothy Nelson, a UW-Eau Claire alumnus and internationally known Mayo Clinic physician-scientist, began the role of director of research and innovation on […]
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Tags: Dr. Timothy Nelson, Medical research, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire
February 9, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 9, 2018
By Emily Blahnik 
Today.com, 5 tips that helped 2 women lose 95 pounds combined, by Meghan Holohan — Both women saw an ad for the annual challenge in the magazine — and were excited to be chosen. It kicked off eight months ago, and they started an eating and exercise plan designed by Joy Bauer and the Mayo Clinic […]
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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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January 10, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
January 10, 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 relations Meet the Press […]
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March 4, 2013
Osseo native puts aside college hoop dreams for groundbreaking career as medical researcher
By Logan Lafferty 
Less than two decades later, Dr. Timothy J. Nelson, 37, stands poised at the forefront of medical research, leading a team at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., that hopes to change the future of medicine through its quest for the Holy Grail of healing: regenerative medicine. The goal is to be able to bioengineer stem […]
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Tags: bioengineer, Dr. Timothy Nelson, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Medical research, regenerative medicine, stem cells