October 9, 2014
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 Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Reuters TV Scrambling away pain for cancer […]
Tags: ABC30 Calif., ActionNewsJax, acute myeloid leukemia, Adiv Johnson, advisory board, Alto Nivel Mexico, Apple, Arizona Business Magazine, Arizona Daily Star, Arizona Republic, Ask the Expert, ASU News
April 11, 2013
U.S. Track’s Unconventional Physician
On the wall of the medical office of Jeffrey S. Brown is a photograph of Carl Lewis, the nine-time Olympic gold medalist…Among endocrinologists, Brown stands almost alone in believing that endurance athletics can induce early onset of a hormonal imbalance called hypothyroidism…“To see large numbers of young, athletic males being treated for thyroid deficiency would […]
Tags: endurance athletics, hormonal imbalance, hypothyroidism, Jeffrey S. Brown, Wall Street Journal
February 21, 2012
9 Reasons Why You Can’t Concentrate
1. Your numbers are low: Fuzzy mindedness could signal a vitamin or hormone deficiency, especially if you’re also feeling unusually tired. For example, hypothyroidism—too-low levels of thyroid hormone—could be to blame, says Robert Orford, MD, consultant at the Mayo Clinic’s Preventive Medicine Division in Scottsdale, AZ. “If there’s a deficiency in thyroid hormone, metabolism slows, […]