November 28, 2018
Mayo partnership aims to teach digital stethoscope to detect heart trouble
By Karl Oestreich
Star Tribune by Joe Carlson If your heart is working normally, its left ventricle is pushing out 55 to 70 percent of its total blood volume with each beat. If this “ejection fraction” falls below 40 percent, you may have at least mild heart failure and may feel winded walking up stairs. But cardiologists have […]
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Tags: digital stethoscope, Dr. Paul Friedman, Eko, heart disease, Star Tribune
October 12, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for October 12, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
US News & World Report, Joining the Opioid Battle by Linda Marsa — Many hospitals, including Stanford Health Care, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins, have launched pain management boot camps that provide alternatives to painkillers for people suffering from chronic pain. These outpatient programs integrate traditional and complementary medicine techniques. The Mayo Clinic’s […]
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Tags: 2018 Mayo Transform Conference, 3D Breast Imaging, 3D mammogram, alzheimer's disease, arthritis, artificial joints, autopsies, bacterial infections, Breast Cancer, breast health, cardiac arrest, Civica Rx
September 21, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for September 21, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
The Atlantic, Wiping Out the Brain’s Retired Cells Prevents a Hallmark of Alzheimer’s by Ed Yong — In 2016, Darren Baker and Jan van Deursen from the Mayo Clinic announced that they had discovered a new way to prolong the life of mice: They cleansed the rodents of retired cells. Over time, the cells of […]
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Tags: A.L.S., alzheimer's disease, anger, artificial Intelligence, behavioral therapy, bladder cancer, Brandon Olson, Chemotherapy, cognitive decline, COPD, Dennis Dahlen, Destiny Rodgers
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
August 31, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for August 31, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
Los Angeles Times, Noise causes stress. Here’s why you need to seek out some silence by Alene Dawson — It’s a noisy planet. So much so that research calls noise pollution a “modern plague” and a threat to our health and well-being. “Noisy, chaotic environments increase stress levels, and chronic stress has been shown to… […]
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Tags: alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer’s walk, art center, arthritis, ASU, Austin Ferguson, Bradley Prigge, breast milk, carillon, clay, Dan Gaz, Diversity
June 8, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for June 8, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
HealthDay, Many Breast Cancer Survivors Not Getting Needed Mammograms by Steven Reinberg — After surviving a diagnosis of breast cancer, women still need regular screening. But many of them, especially black women, aren’t getting the mammograms they need, a new study finds. It’s essential to screen for a return of cancer so […]
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Tags: African-American health, Aimovig, alzheimer's disease, Ambient, artificial Intelligence, asthma, bee allergies, biobank, Breast Cancer, Cancer, celiac disease, Chemotherapy
January 19, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 19, 2018
By Emily Blahnik
Reuters, Cognitive Test Given to Trump Is a 10-Minute Routine Screening by Julie Steenhuysen — The cognitive test on which U.S. President Donald Trump received a perfect score is considered a good screening tool for mental decline in an otherwise healthy person, medical experts said…The cognitive test on which U.S. President Donald […]
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Tags: A.L.S., accupuncture, ALS News Today, asthma, breastfeeding, Brian Langenhorst, Cognitive Test, cold weather, Dani Johnson, destination medical center, diabetes, Discovery Square
October 28, 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 Reuters Heart health disparities take toll on African-Americans by Will Boggs Dr. […]
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Tags: ABC 15 Arizona, AccuWeather, Action News Jax, African-Americans, aging, AliveCor, alzheimer's disease, Amazon Alexa, amputees, Amsterdam News, anesthesia, ASU
October 20, 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 STAT Doctors fear mental health disclosure could jeopardize their licenses by Leah […]
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Tags: Aaron Rodgers, AccuWeather, ActionNewsJax, allergy shots, alzheimer's disease, Amazon Alexa, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Reporter-News, Austin Daily Herald, Barrett's esophagus, Becker’s Hospital Review, Bleacher Report
September 8, 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 CNN New class of drugs targets aging to help keep you healthy […]
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Tags: aging, Albert Lea Tribune, alcoholism, altitude sickness, Alzforum, alzheimer's disease, anxiety, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, blood test, Cancer, Center on Aging, City Center Dispatch