Items Tagged ‘fatigue’
January 22, 2015
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 Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Star Tribune Mayo fights stricter oversight of […]
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July 17, 2014
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. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations KAAL Mayo Clinic Takes Top Spot on Best […]
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July 3, 2014
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. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations New York Times Medical Boards Draft Plan […]
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April 17, 2013
Can a Root Get to the Problem of Insomnia?
The Ache: Nearly half of Americans have at least occasional insomnia, according to the nonprofit National Sleep Foundation. The Claim: A natural sedative called valerian root can help…But even though the overall scores showed no difference, the patients taking valerian did show improvement on several narrower measures. “When we dug a little deeper and looked at specific […]
Tags: Debra L. Barton, fatigue, insomnia, National Sleep Foundation, valerian root, Wall Street Journal
January 3, 2013
Car crashes are common for sleepy doctors according to a new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Due to fatigue and stress caused by working long hours in the hospital, of the 300 doctors surveyed, 11 percent were involved in a car accident during their residency and 43 percent say they nearly got into a crash. The traffic incidents were […]
Tags: Boston Magazine, depression, doctor burnout, fatigue, stress
July 3, 2012
American Ginseng May Reduce Fatigue During Cancer Treatment
Mayo Clinic researchers found that after eight weeks of receiving 2,000 milligrams of ginseng daily, 340 study patients showed a significant decrease in exhaustion compared with participants in a placebo group…It’s actually one of the most common problems for cancer survivors today,” said Debra Barton, associate professor of oncology at Mayor Clinic and lead author […]
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June 19, 2012
Really? Ginseng Can Help Relieve Fatigue
Now there is some evidence that ginseng’s claim to fight fatigue may be deserved. In a small number of independent studies, researchers have found that ginseng extracts seem to help combat cancer-related fatigue, one of the most common side effects of chemotherapy and other treatments. The fatigue can be so severe that patients often call […]
Tags: Chemotherapy, fatigue, ginseng, NY Times
January 30, 2012
A detox diet is a plan that aims to improve your body’s natural processes by changing the food you eat. According to the Mayo Clinic, these diets aren’t scientifically proven to be effective. But they are recommended by natural healthcare practitioners to treat a number of symptoms from fatigue to headaches Best Health Magazine, by […]
Tags: detox diet, fatigue, headaches
January 30, 2012
Nausea, dizziness, weight loss, headaches, vomiting: These symptoms sometimes add up to POTS
It was in August 2007 that Anthony and Francine Pugliese began taking their daughter, Nina, to an assortment of doctors for an assortment of symptoms. Then 12, she was nauseated, vomiting, lightheaded and extremely fatigued…At the Mayo Clinic Neurological Center in Rochester, Minn., Phillip Low, a professor of neurology, said that in the long term, […]
Tags: fatigue, lightheadedness, Mayo Clinic Neurological Center, nausea, Phillip Low, POTS, vomiting
September 24, 2009
Fatigue, Distress Contribute to Residents’ Errors
Internal medicine residents who report higher levels of fatigue, sleepiness, and distress are at greater risk for reporting major medical errors, a study found. There was a significant association between self-reported errors and higher scores on the 10-point Epworth sleepiness scale (OR 1.10 per unit increase, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.16, P=0.002), according to […]