June 14, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
June 14, 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 […]
Tags: ABC News, ABCnews.com, Boldt Construction, Cancer, Cardiology, Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center, diabetes, Director of the Todd and Karen Wanek Family Program for HLHS, Dr. Andrea Cheville, Dr. Bernard Morrey, Dr. Eric Moore, Dr. Harold Burkhart
April 5, 2012
New iPad App Helps Heart Surgery Patients Recover
As anyone who’s ever had surgery well knows, being in the hospital after major surgery is no fun. Healing involves some pain, discomfort and, uncertainty…The iPad is helping Randy Sterner recover from heart surgery. “The iPad is a nice way to navigate through some of these resources and keep track on a daily basis that […]
Tags: heart surgery, iPad App, recovery
March 25, 2010
$8,000 stolen from elderly couple’s hotel room
For out-of-town patients who come to Mayo Clinic for treatments, the last thing they need to think about is the safety of their hotel. One couple will now have to contemplate that question every time they travel after a horrifying weekend incident… Imagine having major invasive heart surgery here at St. Marys, and then learning […]
Tags: heart surgery, stolen money
February 15, 2010
LI heart specialist eyes blood-pressure cuff’s benefits
Dr. Nathaniel Reichek a Long Island heart specialist is among a growing number of physicians worldwide investigating the lifesaving potential of a low-tech medical device: the blood pressure cuff. And they’re not examining its use in terms of measuring blood pressure. Instead, doctors are using the device to apply pressure to the arm as a […]
Tags: blood-pressure cuff, heart surgery