Items Tagged ‘Research’
March 1, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for March 1, 2019
CNN, Tech platforms, stop enabling the anti-vaxers by Megan Garcia — Anti-vaccine groups with subtle names like The National Vaccine Information Center and less subtle names like Rage Against Vaccines have, for decades, used debunked research to fuel parents’ fears of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, generating a surge in unvaccinated children in the […]
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June 23, 2017
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik New York Times Who Really Needs to Be Gluten-Free? by Jane […]
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June 24, 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 Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik Golf Channel Struggle is real: Is there a cure for […]
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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 […]
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February 25, 2010
What Makes Edith Perez Run: How She Combines Multiple Passions to Benefit Breast Cancer Research
In addition to Edith A. Perez, MD’s considerable accomplishments as a breast cancer clinician and researcher, the Mayo brothers would also be very proud of the medical oncologist’s role as a multitasking model of medical efficiency… The Director of Mayo Clinic’s Breast Program and Chair of the Clinical Study Unit at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville […]
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February 2, 2010
Mayo’s Florida campus home to world-class research
Scientific research accounts for a significant share of Mayo Clinic Florida’s operations and mission. Clinical trials are important because they support the clinical practice, but Mayo Clinic has also been behind internationally recognized research on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, cancer and neuroscience. Jacksonville Business Journal, by Kimberly Morrison, 2/1/2010
Tags: Research
October 16, 2009
Scientists Remove Amyloid Plaques From Brains Of Live Animals With Alzheimer’s Disease
A breakthrough discovery by scientists from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, may lead to a new treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease that actually removes amyloid plaques — considered a hallmark of the disease — from patients’ brains… “Our study highlights the notion that manipulating the brain’s immune response could be translated into clinically tolerated […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, Research
August 31, 2009
Mayo Clinic Receives Ovarian Cancer Grant
The Mayo Clinic has been awarded a multi-million dollar grant to fund ovarian cancer research. The National Cancer Institute award totals $11.5-million over 5 years. Mayo says improved treatment options for women suffering from ovarian cancer over the past 30 years have extended the average survival time but the ultimate cure rate has not […]
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, Research
August 17, 2009
Drug Metabolite Patents Prompt Legal Battle
U.S. medical groups are lining up this week against a biotech company in a rare federal court battle over whether a specific drug test can be patented. One side says the patents apply to aspects of the human metabolism that should not become private property. The other side says such patents are vital to foster […]
Tags: Research
August 6, 2009
August 6: Study Results Raise Questions About Vertebroplasty
Studies Question Using Cement for Spine Injuries Two new studies cast serious doubt on a widely used and expensive treatment for painful fractures in the spine…I’m going to be the most reviled radiologist on the planet,” said Dr. David F. Kallmes, the first author of one of the studies and a professor of radiology at […]
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