Items Tagged ‘gut bacteria’
February 15, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 15, 2019
STAT, New voices at patients’ bedsides: Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Apple by Casey Ross — Mayo Clinic, one of the pioneers of voice in health care, built an Alexa-enabled program to deliver first aid instructions to consumers. More recently, it has begun piloting the use of the technology to deliver post-discharge instructions to patients recovering […]
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December 6, 2018
11 Diseases That Can Start with Your Gut Bacteria
Reader’s Digest by Kristin Crothers The classic example of a disease that originates in the gut microbiome is infection by C. difficile, a bacteria that causes diarrhea, stomach cramps, fever, and in severe cases, kidney failure. It often develops in people who have taken heavy-duty antibiotics that killed off the normal bacteria in their digestive […]
Tags: C. Difficile, Dr. Purna Kashyap, gut bacteria, Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine, Reader’s Digest
August 10, 2018
Diet hit a snag? Your gut bacteria may be partly to blame
NPR by Allison Aubrey Ever been on a diet but didn’t hit your goal weight? Your gut bacteria may be part of the explanation. New research suggests the mix of microbes in our guts can either help — or hinder — weight-loss efforts. “We tarted with the premise that people have different microbial make-ups, and […]
Tags: diet, Dr. Purna Kashyap, Dr. Vandana Nehra, gut bacteria, NPR, Nutrition
August 6, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for August 3, 2018
Washington Post, Hookworms burrowed into a teenager’s skin during a trip to Florida. You can’t unsee these images. by Lindsey Bever — There are two main types of hookworm: human hookworms and animal, or zoonotic, hookworms. Bobbi Pritt, director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory in the Mayo Clinic’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, said […]
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March 2, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for March 2, 2018
CNBC, Why unlikely partnerships will spark the health-care revolution by John Noseworthy — Our team from Mayo Clinic — the 150-year-old health-care organization that invented the first group practice of medicine — was looking to learn from a start-up in Chinatown. Innovation springs up in unlikely places through unconventional collaborations. Late last […]
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August 25, 2017
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Wall Street Journal Who’s on First? Great-Grandpa! Softball Bends the Rules for […]
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August 11, 2017
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Pioneer Press Study: Mayo Clinic had $28B impact on U.S economy in […]
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June 2, 2017
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik CBS News “Smartphone thumb” is plaguing more people, doctors say A […]
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August 12, 2016
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Buzzfeed What You Should Know About Zika If You’re Going […]
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July 15, 2016
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Today.com 12-year-old boy finally goes home — with a new heart […]
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