Items Tagged ‘heart failure’
January 17, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
January 17, 2014 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 NY Times Ask Well: Is […]
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July 17, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
July 19, 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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April 11, 2013
Mayo study: ‘Smart’ stem cells help heart failure patients
Treating heart failure patients with a special type of stem cell can improve their condition, according to a new Mayo Clinic study published this week…Dr. Andre Terzic, who led the research and is director of Mayo’s Center for Regenerative Medicine, said it is the first published study in which smart stem cells were tested on […]
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January 2, 2013
In our era of instant gratification, the world of medicine seems like an outlier. The path from a promising discovery to an effective treatment often takes a decade or more…After years of controversy, gene therapy is poised to become a viable option for a variety of often life-threatening medical conditions, especially those resulting from a […]
Tags: blindness, defective gene, gene therapy, Glybera, heart failure, hemophelia, molecular medicine, Stephen J. Russell, Wall Street Journal
March 20, 2012
People Who Feel Dizzy When They Stand Up More Likely to Develop Heart Failure
Ever feel lightheaded or dizzy from standing up too quickly? According to a new study, you might be more likely to suffer from heart failure…People experiencing orthostatic hypotension should speak with their doctor to see if a more serious underlying health problem – such as heart failure or dehydration – is the cause, according to […]
February 3, 2012
New Heart Failure Risks: Fractures and Memory Problems
Two new studies shine a light on some lesser known consequences of heart failure: fractures and memory problems. About 5 million people in the U.S. have heart failure, according to the American Heart Association…Martha Grogan, MD, says the new studies tell us two important things about heart failure that we didn’t know before. Now “we […]
Tags: american heart association, fractures, heart failure, Martha Grogan, Mayo Medical School, memory problems
April 15, 2010
Older Patients With Hip Fractures at Increased Risk for Heart Failure
Patients older than 75 years who need surgery to repair a hip fracture have a critically higher incidence of congestive heart failure and a significantly worse outcome than their counterparts without hip fractures, researchers reported here at Hospital Medicine 2010: Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) Annual Meeting. Warning signs such as arrhythmia should be […]
February 9, 2010
Dorothy Lee and her husband of 40 years were driving home from a Bible study group one wintry night when their car suddenly hit the curb. Mrs. Lee looked at her husband, who was driving, and saw his head bob a couple of times and fall on his chest… When patients are hospitalized with […]
October 20, 2009
The Deadly Mamba as a Lifesaver
Mother Nature has provided a rich source of raw materials for a host of important drugs: aspirin comes from willow tree bark; the blood pressure drug captopril from the venom of a pit viper; warfarin, the widely used blood thinner, was derived from moldy sweet clover… That’s the hope, at least, of John Burnett, […]
Tags: captopril, heart failure
October 20, 2009
Tool Could Cut Costs of Treating Heart Failure
Treating heart failure patients costs $25 billion each year. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic hope to make it more affordable with a new device… Dr. Charles Bruce with the Mayo Clinic said, “Depending on that input we can determine whether the patients needs to see their physician or maybe we’d up their medications to […]
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