February 1, 2019
How one woman changed what doctors know about heart attacks
By Karl Oestreich 
New York Times by Haider Warraich, M.D. Katherine Leon was 38 and living in Alexandria, Va., when she gave birth to her second son in 2003. She In 2009, Ms. Leon went to the WomenHeart Science and Leadership Symposium at the Mayo Clinic, where she met Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes, a professor of cardiovascular medicine […]
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Tags: Dr. Sharonne Hayes, New York Times, SCAD, Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, WomenHeart Science and Leadership Symposium
July 3, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich
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 New York Times Medical Boards Draft Plan […]
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May 2, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich
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 NY Times Move Over, Tennis Elbow; Wrist Injuries […]
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Tags: 2014 Annual Conference on Vaccine Research, 5k SCADaddle for Research, A.L.S., ABC News, Alabama, AllVoices, alzheimer's disease, American College of Cardiology, american heart association, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, AP, arm injuries
February 28, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich
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 LA Times Bit by bit, a more […]
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May 1, 2013
Linex among survivors raising awareness, funds for SCAD research
By Logan Lafferty
Originally brought together virtually through social media, Chicago-area survivors of a severe form of heart attack that often strikes healthy young women are gathering in Naperville, Ill. on May 4 to raise awareness and research funds for spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)…Corsicana’s Tanya Linex, who survived a heart attack Dec. 17 and had open-heart, double-bypass […]
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Tags: Corsicana, Corsicana Daily Sun, Dr. Marysia Tweet, Dr. Sharonne Hayes, heart attack, SCAD, Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
February 15, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich
February 15, 2013 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 […]
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February 13, 2013
Research Begins At The Mayo Clinic On Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
By Logan Lafferty
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have been prompted to begin the first major study of a condition called “SCAD,” after a group of SCAD survivors from an online community reached out to the clinic for help…Sharonne Hays, MD of the Mayo Clinic tells CBS News,”About 70% of the cases or greater are women and of these women, 30% […]
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Tags: Dr. Sharonne Hayes, Mayo Clinic, SCAD, Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, WUSA
February 5, 2013
In Online Patient Communities, How Much Sharing Is Too Much?
By Logan Lafferty
When you become a patient, a whole new world of social networking opens up. There’s one site that was described to me as being “like Match.com for cancer patients,” because it sorts its users by a/s/l, along with type of cancer and treatment…On the positive side, patients finding each other online can promote research that will […]
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Tags: Community, online, SCAD, social network, Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, The Atlantic
September 4, 2012
New Research on Rare Heart Condition
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A rare heart condition that very people know about, but over at Mayo Clinic, researchers and patients are working to change that. They call it SCAD, short for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. “They’ve got the blood flow going and what happens is a tear in the artery. That flap will close the artery and then […]
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Tags: Dr. Sharonne Hayes, KAAL, SCAD, Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
July 30, 2012
Heart Condition That Puts Young Women at Greater Risk Sometimes Overlooked
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Chest pain should not be dismissed in young, fit patients because it could be a symptom of spontaneous coronary artery dissection, which often affects otherwise healthy individuals, a new study says. Women appear to have a greater risk of developing the condition than do men, said Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD, lead author of the study […]
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Tags: American Medical News, Dr. Rajiv Gulati, SCAD, Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection