Items Tagged ‘UPI’
May 24, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
May 24, 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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April 22, 2013
Individual genes alter effectiveness of smallpox vaccine
Individual genes alter the response — effectiveness — of the smallpox vaccine, not the quality of the vaccination, U.S. researchers say. Senior author Dr. Gregory Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group, said worldwide vaccination is believed to have eradicated smallpox, but the highly contagious and sometimes fatal illness remains a bioterrorism concern. […]
Tags: bioterrorism, Dr. Gregory Poland, individual genes, Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group, Smallpox, UPI, vaccine, worldwide vaccination
January 18, 2013
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
January 18, 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 26, 2012
Diabetes Can Return After Gastric Bypass
Gastric bypass surgery reverses type 2 diabetes in many obese patients but the disease recurs within five years in 21 percent of cases, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Dr. Yessica Ramos of the Mayo Clinic Arizona in Scottsdale and co-investigators studied the medical records of 72 obese patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent a […]
Tags: Dr. Yessica Ramos, Gastric Bypass Surgery, type 2 diabetes, UPI