February 14, 2020
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 14, 2020
PBS, Paddling and Peregrines — The Prairie Sportsman crew paddles the Minnesota River with Natalie Warren, one of the first women to canoe 2,000 miles from Fort Snelling to Hudson Bay, then climbs atop a Mayo Clinic building to see peregrine falcons that were brought back from extinction in the Upper Midwest. Today.com, What causes […]
Tags: 3D mammogram, aging, Amy Mattila, baby powder, Biogen, brain health, Breast Cancer, breast cancer vaccine, Cancer, CBT, CMS, coronavirus
January 24, 2020
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 24, 2020
USA Today, US service members injured in Iraq: How soon do concussion symptoms appear? by Grace Hauck — Concussions are mild forms of traumatic brain injuries. Common symptoms of concussions – headache, memory loss and confusion – may not show up immediately, according to the Mayo Clinic. The symptoms can last for days, weeks or […]
Tags: aging, alzheimer's disease, Amish, ASU, Breast Cancer, Brien Gleeson, burnout, Cancer, cannabis, cardio exercises, Caring Canines, Chris Pierret
January 17, 2020
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 17, 2020
USA Today, Drinking tea regularly may help you live longer and healthier, new study finds by Joshua Bote — The study also acknowledged that the positive benefits of tea were more robust in men than women. Dr. Eugenia Gianos, the director of women’s heart health at New York City’s Lenox Hill Hospital, said that may […]
Tags: aging, AI, alzheimer's disease, artificial Intelligence, birth defects, brain health, Cheeriodicals, cross-country skiing, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, Don Elliott, Dr. Angela Mattke
January 16, 2020
Mayo Clinic’s new data-sharing initiative launches first project
Modern Healthcareby Jessica Kim Cohen The Mayo Clinic will target drug discovery in its latest effort to improve healthcare through data insights, the Rochester, Minn.-based health system said Tuesday. The clinical data analytics platform—Mayo Clinic Platform’s first project since launching last year—is a “mechanism by which the data of the past can be used to […]
Tags: Clinical Data Analytics Platform, Dr. John Halamka, Mayo Clinic platform, Modern Healthcare
December 20, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for December 20, 2019
CNN, Kristen Dahlgren’s reporting on cancer symptoms may have saved her life by Lisa Respers France — Cancer was the last thing on NBC correspondent Kristen Dahlgren’s mind…She recently returned to Rochester, Minnesota, to reunite with Dr. Deborah Rhodes who she interviewed in 2016 at the Mayo Clinic for her original story. “‘If this story […]
Tags: A.L.S., AI, alzheimer's disease, Asian glow, Bionano Saphyr, Boys & Girls Club, Breast Cancer, cardiac rehab, Caring Canines, Christmas, Christmas Tree, comeback player
December 13, 2019
Mayo Clinic calls up physician from the farm for ‘platform’ project
Star Tribuneby Christopher Snowbeck The first president for Mayo Clinic Platform, a technology project that’s seen as key to the clinic’s future, is not simply a physician with expertise in digital health. Dr. John Halamka and his wife, Kathy, currently run Unity Farm, an animal sanctuary that’s located at their home in suburban Boston that […]
December 6, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for December 6, 2019
NBC News, Toxic metal, leached from e-cigarette coil, permanently scars woman’s lung by Erika Edwards — Doctors have discovered yet another way that vaping — and vaping THC, in particular — can damage the lungs: when the metal coils of electronic cigarettes heat up to turn e-liquids into aerosols, toxic metals can leach into the […]
Tags: 3D printing, Abri Bentley, BioSig, Cancer, crows, Dawn Kirchner, Diversity, DNA kits, Dr. Andre Terzic, Dr. Christopher Camp, Dr. David Homes Jr, Dr. Joerg Herrmann
December 6, 2019
Mayo Clinic taps Boston health tech leader to guide data strategy
STATby Casey Ross On the heels of forming a new partnership with Google, Mayo Clinic announced it has hired Dr. John Halamka — a Harvard professor and hospital IT veteran — to guide its efforts to apply artificial intelligence to vast stores of data from patients and devices. Halamka will leave Beth Israel Lahey Health […]
Tags: artificial Intelligence, Digital Health, Dr. John Halamka, Mayo Clinic platform, STAT