January 31, 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 Modern Healthcare Symptoms, diagnosis and a prescription: How […]
Tags: Aguas Digital.com, Albert Lea Tribune, alcohol, Amber Sherman, Ana Gregg, Anti-VEGF drugs, AP, Assisi Heights, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta storm, Austin Daily Herald, Bemidji Pioneer
February 13, 2012
Standing at your desk may help you lose weight
James Levine has reviewed the statistics: One in three Minnesota adults is either diabetic or prediabetic, and one in four is obese. And he thinks he’s found the underlying ailment: “The sitting disease.” “Sitting is sort of the new smoking,” the Mayo Clinic endocrinologist said recently before participating in an experiment designed to tackle so-called […]
Tags: diabetic, James Levine, obese, prediabetic, the sitting disease
January 27, 2012
Office-dwellers stand up to ‘sitting disease’
Dr. James Levine has reviewed the statistics: One in three Minnesota adults is either diabetic or pre-diabetic, and one in four is obese. And he thinks he’s found the underlying ailment: “the sitting disease.” “Sitting is sort of the new smoking,” the Mayo Clinic endocrinologist said Wednesday on the eve of an experiment designed to […]
Tags: diabetic, Dr. James Levine, obese, pre-diabetic, the sitting disease
February 9, 2010
For obese, vaccine needle size matters
In a new study, the researchers report that using a standard 1-inch needle to immunize obese adolescents against hepatitis B virus produced a much weaker effect than using a longer needle. “As obesity rises in the US, we need to be aware that the standard of care may have to change to protect obese youth,” […]
Tags: immune systems, obese, vaccines