March 8, 2019
Walz: ‘You have the model in community schools’
Post-Bulletin By Brian Todd Touting Rochester Public Schools’ Alternative Learning Center as a model for the state, Gov. Tim Walz was on hand Monday to talk about education and laud the restart of a health clinic at the school. The health clinic for students, which has been closed for several months due to lack of […]
Tags: Alternative Learning Center, Dr. Sarah Crane, Governor Walz, Michael Munoz, Post Bulletin
March 1, 2019
Our View: Staff helps Mayo weather EPIC transition
Post-Bulletin We thought it was especially important and timely for Jeff Bolton, Mayo Clinic’s chief administrative officer, to attribute Mayo’s 2018 financial success to the clinic’s staff. Through the installation of and transition to EPIC, mixed in with efforts to innovate in both practices and staffing, 2018 was a trying year for most clinic employees. […]
Tags: 2018 Mayo Clinic performance report, Epic, Jeff Bolton, Post Bulletin
February 21, 2019
Mayo Clinic finds better way to reprogram stem cells
Post-Bulletin by Anne Halliwell “If we’re going to successfully use reprogrammed stem cells to treat patients in the clinic, we need to ensure that they are safe and effective, that is, not prone to the risk of mutation and potential tumors,” Dr. Patricia Devaux, a Mayo Clinic molecular scientist and senior author of the article, […]
Tags: Dr. Patricia Devaux, Induced pluripotent stem cells, Post Bulletin, regenerative medicine
February 15, 2019
Mayo tool to predict risk of more kidney stones
Post-Bulletin by Anne Halliwell A statistical tool may be able to predict your next kidney stone. In a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers looked at data from kidney stone patients between 1984 and 2017 to determine which characteristics were associated with recurring stones…The risk of recurrence is always variable, but a family history […]
February 8, 2019
Heart Disease Awareness with Mayo Clinic
News4Jax Dr. Amy Pollak of Mayo Clinic Jacksonville is interviewed. Reach: WAWS-TV/30 is the Fox affiliate. WTEV-TV/47 is the CBS affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida. Context: Amy Pollak, M.D. is a Mayo Clinic cardiologist. The Mayo Clinic Department of Cardiovascular Medicine is one of the largest and most comprehensive heart practices in the world. It includes more than 240 subspecialized […]
Tags: ActionNewsJax, Dr. Amy Pollak, Dr. Claire Haga, Dr. Leslie Cooper, Dr. Rekha Mankad, Heart Disease Awareness, KAAL, NewsJax4, Post Bulletin, South Florida Reporter
January 4, 2019
Post-Bulletin by Anne Halliwell Your New Year’s resolution can be a step toward a lot of things. But can it help you live longer? Dr. Robert Pignolo, Mayo Clinic’s chairman for the Department of Internal Medicine in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, says it can. Genetic predisposition and biological sex have a hand […]
Tags: diet, Dr. Robert Pignolo, geriatric medicine, Post Bulletin
November 29, 2018
When the body attacks the brain
Post-Bulletin by John Molseed In the span of eight weeks, Dr. Denise Krivach, a former Abbott Northwestern radiologist, went from making retirement plans in the woods of Montana to being barely able to care for herself. Doctors in Montana diagnosed her with dementia. But that didn’t seem right to her. When she arrived at Mayo […]
Tags: Dr. Andrew McKeon, Dr. Denise Krivach, Dr. Sean Pittock, Dr. Vanda Lennon, neurological autoimmune encephalopathy, Post Bulletin
October 12, 2018
Five things to know about the new Mayo Civic Center time capsule
Post-Bulletin by Randy Petersen 1. The box is a piece of recreated history. The copper capsule was created based on construction designs that were recently rediscovered, according to David Eide, senior construction manager at Mayo Clinic. Using the designs, Mayo Clinic was able to recreate an replica of the original time capsule, which is assumed […]
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September 21, 2018
Mayo to add 11 floors to Gonda, including a hotel
Post-Bulletin by Jeff Kiger Rochester’s skyline is going to reach new heights. Mayo Clinic is working with a Singapore development firm to add a seven-story hotel plus four clinical treatment floors on top of its Gonda Building in downtown Rochester. Once completed, the project will make the now 21-floor Gonda Building into Rochester’s tallest skyscraper […]
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September 14, 2018
Eviction Prevention Project receives $50k grant
Post-Bulletin by Emily Cutts A new project aimed at helping those facing eviction became a reality this week when the group received a $50,000 grant. The Eviction Prevention Project was the 2018 recipient of the Mayo Clinic Shared Value Award. The project is a collaboration of Legal Assistance of Olmsted County, Southern Minnesota Regional Legal […]
Tags: Eviction Prevention Project, Karen Fairbairn Nath, Mayo Shared Values Award, Post Bulletin