October 14, 2016
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. Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor: Emily Blahnik MPR Your genes can affect how medications work in your […]
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Tags: A.L.S., alzheimer's disease, arthritis, ATRI, Becker’s Orthopedic & Spine, birth control, body type, brain tumor, Business Insider, canker sores, CBS News, Cuddle Cot
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
March 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 TPT Almanac Mayo CEO Dr. John Noseworthy, capitol […]
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August 2, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
August 2, 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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June 28, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
June 28, 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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Tags: ABC News, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, Ahram Online, Arizona, Athletes' Performance, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Austin Daily Herald, Breast Cancer, California Cancer Registry, Cardiology, cigarettes, destination medical center
April 15, 2013
Sequestration gouges U of M and Mayo Clinic research budgets
By Logan Lafferty 
Minnesota stands to lose tens of millions of dollars in federal medical research funds this year as a result of the congressionally mandated budget cuts known as sequestration. And while research directors at the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic say they’ll muddle through the rest of the year, they warn that funding shortfalls […]
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Tags: budget cuts, Dr. Stephen Riederer, federal medical research funds, research budget, research finance, sequestration, Star Tribune, University of Minnesota
April 11, 2013
Sanford, University of Minnesota won’t pursue Fairview takeover
By Logan Lafferty 
The CEO of South Dakota-based Sanford, whose merger effort came under intense scrutiny the past two weeks, said Wednesday afternoon that he was ending discussions because Sanford has a policy of “only going where we are invited.”…John Kralewski, professor emeritus at the U’s Department of Health Policy and Management, said Sanford Health’s withdrawal presents a […]
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Tags: Fairview Health Services, John Kralewski, Sanford Health, Star Tribune, University of Minnesota
March 4, 2013
Mayo accelerator tenants all co-founded by Mayo employees
By Logan Lafferty 
The Mayo Clinic has announced the four startups and two venture capital firms that will occupy its Rochester, Minn.-based business accelerator, which opened its doors Friday. Mayo employees co-founded all of the startups, including Evidentia Health, a health IT firm that has licensing deals with Mayo and the University of Minnesota, and Resoundant, a company developing medical-imaging technology. […]
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Tags: Evidentia Health, Mayo Clinic Business Accelerator, Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, Resoundant, startups, University of Minnesota, venture capital firms
February 26, 2013
Research partnership uncovers cancer clues
By Logan Lafferty 
When it comes to making inroads in the fight against cancer, two heads are better than one…Mayo Clinic molecular biologist Jim Maher, Ph.D., and University of Minnesota medicinal chemist Gunda Georg, Ph.D., led the research, which is published the findings in the journal PLoS ONE…The findings suggest that drugs might work by blocking the yeast […]
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Tags: Dr. Gunda Georg, Dr. Jim Maher, KARE 11, PLoS One, University of Minnesota, yeast cells
February 19, 2013
Ex-Medtronic exec named CTO to Mayo Clinic, U-M joint venture on diabetes
By Logan Lafferty 
A former Medtronic executive has been named the chief technology officer for a joint effort to defeat diabetes formed about two years ago by the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic. Maura Donovan, who was vice president of therapy research and development at Fridley-based Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), was named CTO for Decade of Discovery. Minneapolis St. […]
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Tags: Decade of Discovery, diabetes, Dr. Maura Donovan, Medtronic, Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, University of Minnesota