May 9, 2019
‘Mayo Clinic Guide to Raising a Healthy Child’ answers key questions
KARE 11 Drawing from the collective wisdom of pediatric experts at Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Guide to Raising a Healthy Child addresses key questions and concerns many parents have about the preschool and school-age years. Parents learn what to expect between ages 3 and 11. The book focuses on everything including: feeding a picky eater, […]
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February 8, 2019
Mayo Clinic may be onto the fountain of youth
KARE 11 by Rena Sarigianopoulos Forget expensive potions and empty promises, turns out the Mayo Clinic in Rochester may be onto the proverbial fountain of youth. Working closely with the University of Minnesota, researchers have found a way to eliminate senescent cells. Those are cells that have stopped dividing and are producing things that can […]
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November 9, 2018
After denial, obese man receives liver transplant
KARE 11 by Adrienne Broaddus He weighed 480 pounds. His liver wasn’t working, and his kidneys were failing, too. But because a Twin Cities man was obese, he says doctors denied putting him on a list for a liver transplant that would save his life. Scott St. Michel, 58, was diagnosed with NASH. It is […]
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June 29, 2018
Man with world’s largest kidneys receives transplant at Mayo Clinic
KARE 11 by Adrienne Broaddus Champion. A title Gene Okun relishes. Now, the man once-dubbed “Baby Arnold Schwarzenegger” holds a title he never wanted. Doctors believe Okun, a former powerlifter and bodybuilder, has the largest kidneys in the world…An average kidney is the size of your fist. Okun’s are bigger than a football. The same […]
October 13, 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 New York Times Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From […]
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October 6, 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 Star Tribune Five signs of prescription drug abuse by Allie Shah The […]
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August 18, 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 BlahnikCNN Calling BS on BMI: How can we tell how fat we are? by […]
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