May 3, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
May 3, 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 […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, Anesthesiology, anxiety, Arizona, Arizona Horizon, Arizona Republic, Arizona State University, ASU, Austin Daily Herald, Big Group, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Interest Group
April 15, 2013
The eye-popping truth about why we close our eyes when we sneeze
We all know how a sneeze happens. What we don’t know is why our eyes automatically close when we do it…Optometrist Bert Moritz of the Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wis., explains that six extra-ocular muscles firmly hold the eye in the socket, making it almost impossible for eyeball subluxing (what a relief!). […]
Tags: Bert Moritz, Eau Claire, NBC News, sneezing
April 10, 2013
Adult Peanut Allergies Present Workplace Challenges
Schools across the country enforce strict nut-free policies to protect kids who suffer from peanut allergies, the third most common food allergy among American children, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America…Dr. Adela Taylor, an allergist at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wis., said she felt most adults were better equipped […]
Tags: ABC News, adult allergy, Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Dr. Adela Taylor, Eau Claire, peanut allergy, workplace challenge
January 11, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
January 11, 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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November 9, 2012
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Nov. 2, 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 […]
Tags: Archives of Internal Medicine, Better Homes & Gardens, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Chicago Tribune, Clinical Endocrinology News, Daily Titan Calif., Debbie Cooper, diabetes, Dr. • Better Homes & Garden, Dr. Lynne Shuster, Dr. Michael Joyner
May 15, 2012
Almost 1 in 3 in U.S. Have Sleepwalked – Study
Close to one in three people in the United States may sleepwalk during their lives, according to a U.S. study that said severe depression and other sleep disorders may increase the possibility…”I’m not too surprised by the results,” said Timothy Young, a neurologist and sleep medicine specialist with the Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau […]
Tags: Dr. Timothy Young, Eau Claire, Reuters, sleep walking
February 15, 2012
New Mayo Clinic book features plan to ward off heart disease
Heart disease is the nation’s No. 1 killer for both men and women. But almost 80 percent of heart disease is preventable, according to Dr. Martha Grogan, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist. And even small lifestyle changes can have a big impact…As soon you pick up the book, you can start making a difference in your […]
Tags: Bloomer, Cameron, Dr. Martha Grogan, Dr. Regis Fernandes, Eau Claire, heart disease, lifestyle changes, Mayo Clinic Health System