May 17, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for May 17, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
Reuters, Home-based heart rehab may help patients who can’t get to clinics by Lisa Rapaport — “Patients who experience a cardiac event (such as a heart attack or heart surgery), should participate in a cardiac rehabilitation program,” said lead author of the statement Dr. Randal Thomas, medical director of the cardiac rehab program at the […]
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May 18, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for May 18, 2018
By Emily Blahnik 
Reuters, Doctors don’t always explain sexual side effects of prostate treatments — “Patients didn’t previously have choices about their treatments and accepted the side effects,” said Dr. Tobias Kohler of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, who wasn’t involved in the study. “But now, we’re seeing minimally invasive treatments that offer excellent […]
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April 6, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for April 6, 2018
By Emily Blahnik 
Reuters, Many in U.S. take more calcium supplements than necessary by Lisa Rapaport — The study wasn’t a controlled experiment designed to prove whether or how calcium supplements might help or harm health…Still, results add to the evidence that use of calcium supplements is declining, in part out of safety concerns, said […]
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September 16, 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 CNN The health condition that concerns Americans most by Jacqueline […]
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July 1, 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 NBC News Google Partners With Harvard, Mayo Clinic for Symptom […]
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May 1, 2015
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
By Karl Oestreich 
Editor, Karl Oestreich; Assistant Editor, Carmen Zwicker 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 Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. C-SPAN New Medicare Law and the Future of U.S. […]
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December 18, 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 Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. This will be our last installment of our weekly highlights in 2014. We’ll be back in […]
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September 25, 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 Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News. Thank you. Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations FOX Business Opening Bell: Mayo Clinic CEO: […]
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March 17, 2010
A New Way to Zap Away Uterine Fibroids
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Focused ultrasound is an effective way to get rid of uterine fibroids, the noncancerous but troublesome tumors that can grow inside the uterus, new research shows… In the study, researchers from the Mayo Clinic treated 119 women with focused ultrasound. One year after the treatment, 74 percent of women said their improvement of symptoms […]
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March 17, 2010
SIR: Focused Ultrasound for Fibroids Effective Long-Term
By Kelley Luckstein 
A year after treatment, focused ultrasound guided by magnetic resonance remained an effective approach to patients with uterine fibroids, bringing long-lasting pain relief, researchers here said. Only 8% of patients in a single-center trial needed to have a subsequent alternative procedure after 12 months, Gina K. Hesley, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, […]
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