Items Tagged ‘kidney transplant’
March 5, 2020
Three women reunite after life-changing procedure
KAALby Talia Milavetz Three women reunited this week for the first time since a life-changing procedure connected them forever. Their story started with Dexter native Abby Rossow learning she needed a new kidney at just 21 years old. …In the meantime, they were both placed on Mayo Clinic’s paired donation list. “Within the Mayo system […]
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January 31, 2020
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 31, 2020
USA Today, Too much screen time for toddlers may lead to unhealthy behaviors growing up, study says by Joshua Bote — “The suggestion is that we as parents can improve our children’s health outcomes by reducing screen time when they are toddlers,” said Mayo Clinic’s Children Center pediatrician Kelsey Klaas, noting the study does not […]
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December 13, 2019
How Julie Mlinar went from being an anonymous kidney donor to a public one
Post-Bulletinby Matthew Stolle On the Friday before Mother’s Day, Spring Valley resident David Thouin heard a knock on the door. It was Julie Mlinar and her husband, Mark. Mlinar said she had some news to share. She had been approved to donate a kidney. Thouin and his wife, Carol, were in tears. “It is still […]
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December 6, 2019
After 6-year wait, Valley man gets much-needed gift of life
FOX 10 Phoenixby Bailey Miller Thanksgiving 2019 will be an unforgettable one for one Valley man and his family. After a wait that lasted for six years, Robert Duran received his kidney on November 2 at the Mayo Clinic. Duran said that was the day he had his Thanksgiving. “November 2 was the day I […]
November 27, 2019
Jacksonville father hopes to receive lifesaving kidney transplant in time for holiday season
Action News Jaxby Alicia Tarancon Shannon Stephens, a local father of three, is in need of a new kidney. Recently, he was placed on the waiting list for a transplant at Mayo Clinic. “Every time my phone rings, my heart is about to jump out of my chest, you know just waiting for that phone […]
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October 18, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for October 18, 2019
Wall Street Journal, Amazon Joins Trend of Sending Workers Away for Health Care by Melanie Evans — Employers are increasingly going the distance to control health spending, paying to send workers across the country to get medical care and bypassing local health-care providers….Walmart workers diagnosed with breast, lung or colorectal cancer can travel to the […]
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October 11, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for October 11, 2019
Wall Street Journal, Doctors Limit What to Tell Patients About Their DNA Test. Should They? by Melanie Evans and Anna Wilde Mathews — The Mayo Clinic is scanning 20,000 genes for thousands of patients to study genes’ role in disease. It will hand over results for just 59. Mayo will look for certain disease-causing gene […]
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September 13, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for September 13, 2019
STAT, It’s not just bosses who harass health workers: Hospitals start addressing patients’ ‘egregious’ behavior by Jacquelyn Corley — At Mayo Clinic last year, a male patient groped a female doctor in the presence of several other staff members. She immediately notified hospital administrators using a new reporting system, and the patient was terminated from […]
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August 30, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for August 30, 2019
New York Times,This Daily Pill Cut Heart Attacks by Half. Why Isn’t Everyone Getting It? by Donald G. McNeil Jr. — The trial was conducted in the “Golestan Cohort,” a group of more than 50,000 Turkmen-speaking people currently enrolled in cancer studies administered by Iranian researchers in coordination with the W.H.O. and the National Cancer […]
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June 20, 2019
A lifesaving Father’s Day gift
Post-Bulletinby Sara Dingmann Robert Sanden wavered from smiles and laughter to tears while expressing his gratitude for receiving his son Ricky Sanden’s donated kidney during an interview Thursday at Methodist hospital where he and his son are still recovering from their surgeries. Reach: The Rochester Post-Bulletin is a daily newspaper that serves Rochester, Austin and its surrounding cities. The […]