February 28, 2020
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 28, 2020
By Emily Blahnik 
Los Angeles Times, Medical experts decline to endorse cognitive screening for older adults by Judith Graham — Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Mayo Clinic’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, cautioned that doctors shouldn’t be discouraged from evaluating older patients’ memory and thinking. “It would be a mistake if physicians didn’t pay more attention to cognition […]
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Tags: AI, Amy Klobuchar, artificial Intelligence, atrial fibrillation, Big Blue Dragon Festival, board of trustees, brain chip, Cancer, Chad Schmitz, Chris Barr, Chron's disease, cognitive screening
January 10, 2020
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 10, 2020
By Emily Blahnik 
CNN, Losing one night’s sleep may increase risk factor for Alzheimer’s, study says by Sandee LaMotte — In a healthy person, tau and other toxins in the brain are cleared away during sleep, sort of like taking out the garbage. Losing sleep, or having disordered sleep in which sleep cycles are disrupted, can interfere with […]
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Tags: AI, allergies, alzheimer's disease, Amish, Angela Murad, Angie Murad, artificial Intelligence, Austin Ferguson, baby names, back surgery, bariatric surgery, birth defects
September 6, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for September 6, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
NBC, Signs of a deadly mosquito virus found in several states by Erika Edwards — … Infectious disease specialists have their eyes on mosquitoes that are transmitting diseases in other parts of the world, too, such as yellow fever and the Mayaro virus in South America, dengue in Asia and Rift Valley fever in Africa. […]
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Tags: ADHD, Affordable care act, aging, AI, artificial Intelligence, asthma, back pain, back to school, Battle of the Badges, biotech, bullying, burnout
August 30, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for August 30, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
New York Times,This Daily Pill Cut Heart Attacks by Half. Why Isn’t Everyone Getting It? by Donald G. McNeil Jr. — The trial was conducted in the “Golestan Cohort,” a group of more than 50,000 Turkmen-speaking people currently enrolled in cancer studies administered by Iranian researchers in coordination with the W.H.O. and the National Cancer […]
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Tags: AI, artificial Intelligence, back to school, bariatric endoscopy, blood clots, brain tumors, Breast Cancer, burnout, celiac disease, Chad Corey, Christina Anderson, David Andrews
June 28, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for June 28, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
Reuters, Strobing stage lights could up risk of epileptic seizures by Saumya Joseph — “If the lighting environment suddenly changes, someone may not have much time to reposition themselves if they are vulnerable,” said Dr. David Burkholder, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, who wasn’t involved in the study. “Nothing is completely […]
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Tags: 3D printing, ACL, Adam Maronde, alzheimer's disease, arthritis, Big Blue Dragon Boat Festival, Brighter Tomorrows, Cancer, car seats, Career Immersion Program, celiac disease, Children's Museum
June 21, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for June 21, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
Washington Post, A rare skin disease left a man isolated and alone. Surgery is helping to give him back his life. by Lindsey Bever — Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, a physician who specializes in genetic syndromes and leads the Neurofibromatosis Clinic at the Mayo Clinic, said neurofibromatosis is rare, affecting 1 in about 3,000 people in the […]
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Tags: ACL repair, Aneurysm, anxiety, Big Blue Dragon Boat Festival, blood pressure, brain chipping, brain tumor, burnout, cannabis, Chris Norton, cystic fibrosis, Derin Gebhardt
February 8, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for February 8, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
Washington Post, Daily exercise, even just a brisk walk, has been shown to lower blood pressure by William B. Farquhar — Often, there are no signs or symptoms of hypertension, which is why it is referred to as the “silent killer.” Even among adults who have been diagnosed with hypertension, nearly half do not have […]
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Tags: Alliance to HEAL, alzheimer's disease, anxiety, Breast Cancer, cognitive decline, cold, cold weather, CPR, Cybersecurity, destination medical center, diet, DMC
January 18, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 18, 2019
By Emily Blahnik 
Health, This Is the Best Diet for Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Emily Shiffer — …For starters, it helps to understand what exactly PCOS is. “Polycystic ovary syndrome is often misunderstood because there is no one test that gives the diagnosis,” says Alice Chang, MD, endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic. While difficult to diagnose, […]
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Tags: alzheimer's disease, Ativa, Bailey MacInnis, Becki Hanson, Bill Henrichs, C. Difficile, cavernous malformations, cold, Corey Koskie, corticosteroids, dementia, destination medical center
January 18, 2019
‘Anybody can do it’
By Karl Oestreich 
Albert Lea Tribune by Sam Wilmes On Jan. 21, 2016, former Albert Lea resident Dale Sanchez weighed more than 400 pounds, was diagnosed with Type II diabetes and informed his health was a life-or-death situation. Less than two years later, Sanchez has lost 200 pounds thanks to a change in his lifestyle and diet…He lost […]
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Tags: Albert Lea Tribune, Dale Sanchez, diet, Emily Schmidt, Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea, Nutrition, Type II diabetes, weight loss
November 30, 2018
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for November 30, 2018
By Emily Blahnik 
Wall Street Journal, Doctors Rethink the Cause—and Treatment—of Diverticular Disease by Laura Landro — Researchers are also learning more about the role of obesity in the risk of diverticulitis, and recommend maintaining a healthy body-mass index—the measure of body fat in relation to height and weight. But in a Mayo Clinic study of rising rates […]
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Tags: active shooter, Adam Bracks, Aerial Yoga, AI, alzheimer's disease, artificial Intelligence, autoimmune encephalopathy, blood donation, Breast Cancer, Cancer, carpal tunnel syndrome, clinical trials