December 13, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for December 13, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
Khaleej Times, Online communities can help patients, caregivers emotionally by Saman Haziq — Talking about his personal journey that led him to take up research and development of online patient communities professionally, Dan Hinmon, community director of the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network, said: “I was just 25 when my newborn was diagnosed with a […]
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Tags: A.L.S., Aducanumab, alzheimer's disease, atrial fibrillation, back pain, birth control, Breast Cancer, Caring Canines, Charlie Waite, Chris Barr, COPD, Dani Johnson
September 27, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for September 27, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
Reuters, Patients, doctors may not share priorities for chronic diseases by Carolyn Crist — Patients and doctors often have different views about which chronic health conditions are their top priorities, suggests a study in France. After separate surveys of patients and their physicians, researchers found that priorities matched up for some conditions, such as diabetes […]
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Tags: ADHD, aging, AI, alzheimer's disease, Andreas Cancer Center, anti-aging, artificial Intelligence, Best Buy, biotin, birth control, board of trustees, Breast Cancer
January 5, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 5, 2018
By Karl Oestreich 
Reuters, Vitamin D, calcium supplements may not lower fracture risk by Lisa Rapaport — Even though severe calcium or vitamin D deficiencies can contribute to loss of bone density and an increased risk of fractures, people with this problem are typically too sick to be included in clinical trials, noted Dr. Kurt […]
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Tags: affordable housing, Albert Lea, alcohol, alzheimer's disease, appendicitis, Autonomic Disorder, Barrett's esophagus, brain health, cardiomyopathy, Cholera, cholesterol, chronic pain
September 22, 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 Star Tribune Mayo Clinic offers first aid assistance via Amazon’s Alexa digital […]
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Tags: AAP News, Aargauer Zeitung, ABC News, advisory board, aging, Alzforum, alzheimer's disease, Amazon, Amazon Alexa, American Nursing Informatics Association, Android Headlines, AsiaOne
September 15, 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 CBS News Is it a good idea to let your dog sleep […]
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Tags: 3-D printing, ABC News, ABC Radio Melbourne, Albany Times-Union, alcoholism, alzheimer's disease, amputees, Associated Press, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Becker’s Hospital Review, bee sting, blood donation
October 28, 2016
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. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Modern Healthcare Commentary: Why Mayo Clinic wants to rethink how […]
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Tags: ABC15 Arizona, Albert Lea Tribune, alcohol consumption, AliveCor, AllAfrica.com, Alzforum, alzheimers, Anesthesiology News, Arizona Daily Star, Arizona Republic, Arizona State University, Artificial pancreas
December 12, 2014
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 Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Wall Street Journal Mayo CEO: Focus on […]
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Tags: animal therapy, antibiotics, Arizona Research Consortium and Mayo Clinic, Austin Business Journal, AZO Nano, Baby Boomers and health care, Barron News-Shield, Becker’s Hospital Review, BetaBoston (Boston Globe), big data and health care, Bill Marriott, BioWorld
November 15, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
November 15, 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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Tags: ABC News, Alexander Parker, alzheimers, American College of Gastroenterology, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, back surgery, bacon, bacteria, bioethics, bird flu, Bjoerg Thorsteinsdottir
March 29, 2013
Upping vigorous exercise may improve fibromyalgia
By Logan Lafferty 
But many fibromyalgia sufferers fail to keep up with exercise programs out of fear that it will worsen pain, Dr. Eric Matteson, a rheumatologist who was not involved in the study, told Reuters Health. “This study shows that if they’re able to stay with the exercise program in the long term it actually is helpful […]
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Tags: Dr. Eric Matteson, exercise program, Fibromyalgia, Reuters, vigorous exercise
February 28, 2012
Confirmation: Low-Dose Naltrexone Eases Fibromyalgia Pain
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A new study, reported here at the American Academy of Pain Medicine 28th Annual Meeting, shows that a low dose of the opioid antagonist naltrexone significantly reduces daily pain in patients with fibromyalgia…Asked to comment on the findings, session moderator James Watson, MD, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, said that “it is pretty […]
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Tags: 28th Annual Meeting, American Academy of Pain Medicine, Fibromyalgia, James Watson, opioid antagonist naltrexone