February 20, 2020
Amish kids were dying mysteriously. Mayo scientists solved it. But can they treat it?
MPR Newsby Catharine Richert In 2004, Dr. Michael Ackerman got an unexpected phone call. On the other end of the line was a medical examiner in Kentucky who had recently performed a befuddling autopsy on a 12-year-old Amish girl. “He was perplexed why this seemingly healthy Amish child died suddenly during play,” said Ackerman, a […]
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July 5, 2019
Mayo Clinic nets $5 million donation for virtual women’s health center
Twin Cities Businessby Amanda Ostuni Backed by a $5 million donation from Penny and Bill George and the George Family Foundation, Mayo Clinic is establishing the Center for Women’s Health. The center is a virtual space dedicated to taking a more comprehensive and personalized approach to women’s healthcare. The Georges—who are longtime philanthropists, particularly in […]
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June 20, 2019
Public needs to help in efforts to thwart ticks
Star Tribune (Editorial) Late last month, a Mayo Clinic physician writing in the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal sounded the alarm after researchers documented the first human bite by this tick in the U.S. (a 66-year-old man in Yonkers, N.Y.). Like the dog and blacklegged (deer) ticks that Minnesotans are well familiar with, this new tick […]
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