Items Tagged ‘liver cancer’
July 27, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for July 27, 2018
STAT, Experimental Alzheimer’s drug significantly slowed patients’ cognitive decline, buoying hopes for treatment by Damian Garde — The Phase 2 trial, which employed multiple statistical measures, failed its primary goal. Four doses of BAN2401 didn’t outperform placebo, and the high dose was tested on just 161 patients. Furthermore, the metric Biogen and Eisai used to […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, amgen, anesthesia, Big Blue Dragon Boat Race, bioethics, brain freeze, BRCA gene, Cancer, dementia, Dr. Amaal Starling, Dr. Amit Sood, Dr. Asad Javed.
July 20, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for July 20, 2018
Today.com, Heart attack risk on the rise for pregnant women by A. Pawlowski — Expectant mothers, especially older ones, should watch for signs of heart trouble as their pregnancies progress and their babies arrive. A woman’s risk of having a heart attack while pregnant, giving birth or during the two months after delivery rose 25 […]
Tags: 3D mammogram, 3D printing, ADHD, age-related illnesses, Angie Murad, Big Blue Dragon Boat Race, Cancer, CAR-T cell, constipation, diarrhea, Diversity, Dr Felipe Sierra
July 13, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for July 9, 2018
Wall Street Journal, New Effort for Lyme Disease Vaccine Draws Early Fire by Sumathi Reddy — Gregory Poland, director of the vaccine research group at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., published a 2011 study in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases detailing what happened with the previous Lyme vaccine and lessons learned […]
Tags: age-related disease, alzheimer's disease, Angie Murad, artificial Intelligence, asthma exacerbation, Biogen, Career Immersion Program, cervical cancer, Darla Lytle, dementia, Diversity, Dr Felipe Sierra
June 8, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for June 8, 2018
HealthDay, Many Breast Cancer Survivors Not Getting Needed Mammograms by Steven Reinberg — After surviving a diagnosis of breast cancer, women still need regular screening. But many of them, especially black women, aren’t getting the mammograms they need, a new study finds. It’s essential to screen for a return of cancer so […]
Tags: African-American health, Aimovig, alzheimer's disease, Ambient, artificial Intelligence, asthma, bee allergies, biobank, Breast Cancer, Cancer, celiac disease, Chemotherapy
January 5, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 5, 2018
Reuters, Vitamin D, calcium supplements may not lower fracture risk by Lisa Rapaport — Even though severe calcium or vitamin D deficiencies can contribute to loss of bone density and an increased risk of fractures, people with this problem are typically too sick to be included in clinical trials, noted Dr. Kurt […]
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January 15, 2016
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly News Summary
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 Heather Privett with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Carmen Zwicker Star Tribune Mayo Clinic spending $92.7 million on buildings, equipment […]
Tags: ABCnews.com, ALS Stem Cell Trial, asthma, asthma and shingles, Austin Herald, BBC News, Becker’s Hospital Review, birth control pills, Bloomberg, breast cancer screening, BringMeTheNews, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)
January 8, 2016
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 Heather Privett with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Carmen Zwicker FOX Los Angeles Dr. David Dodick of the Mayo […]
Tags: 3D Print, ABC News, Aden Munson, Adopt a Family, AK Antony, Alaska Dispatch News, Alaska Natives and colorectal cancer, Alaska News Dispatch, ALN Mag, Alzheimer’s care giver, Andrea Shaw, Angela Murad
May 20, 2015
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor, Carmen Zwicker 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. Florida Times-Union Jacksonville’s Mayo has breakthrough in treating ALS, […]
Tags: ABC15 Phoenix, adult vaccinations, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), AP, ArcaMax, Arizona Republic, Artificial pancreas, autism, autoimmune diseases, bacterial infections
April 18, 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 Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations Star Tribune Mayo Clinic builds ‘Better’ app to […]
Tags: ABC News, ABC15 in Arizona, About.com, acute pancreatitis, Alexa Ray Joel, allergy sufferers, Almanac, alzheimer's disease, APOE4, astigmatism, Austin Daily Herald, back pain
March 25, 2012
Twin Cities Somalis To Learn About Their Increased Risk for Liver Cancer
Doctors from the Mayo Clinic, University of Minnesota, pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, and Gargar Clinic, a Somali-owned private clinic in Minneapolis, are embarking on a campaign to inform the Somali community about their increased risk for liver cancer. They’ll hold the first of what they hope to be many meetings with the Somali community Sunday […]
Tags: Gargar Clinic, Gilead Sciences, liver cancer, Somali community, University of Minnesota