- Could Blood Test Predict HPV Related Throat Cancer? http://bit.ly/11MlxKN
- Is Watchful Waiting the Right Approach to Prostate Cancer? Maybe. http://bit.ly/14fRRbo
- Losing Weight Improves Memory In Older Women, Study Finds http://huff.to/120885h
- Facebook’s Organ Donor Status Spurs Boost in Awareness http://bloom.bg/10xZixn
- Medical Group Recognizes Obesity As a Disease http://usat.ly/16KPcbD
- New Views of Motion Sickness http://on.wsj.com/12bBwBa
- Study Finds Sharp Drop In HPV Infections in Girls http://nyti.ms/12KBnLp
- Red-meat intake linked to increased risk of diabetes http://usat.ly/16h8wfL
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Mayo Clinic Named Top Hospital for Hispanics in 2013
Posted on June 17th, 2013 by jstreed
Recent upgrades at YouTube have resulted in issues with some older versions of Internet Explorer. If you are only seeing a black box in the player, click here or open in a different browser. Mayo Clinic is named a Top Hospital for Hispanics by Hispanic Network Magazine in its 2013 “Best of the Best” issue. Mayo Clinic’s [...]
Mayo Medical School Receives AMA Grant to Speed Change in Medical Education
Posted on June 14th, 2013 by jstreed
Mayo Medical School has been awarded a grant from the American Medical Association’s Accelerating Change in Medical Education program to develop a curriculum to better prepare students for the fast-changing world of health care. The medical school, with operations at Mayo Clinic campuses in Minnesota, Arizona and Florida, will receive $1 million from the AMA program over five years. Mayo Medical School Dean Sherine [...]
Researchers Find Low Level of Patient Involvement in Medical Decision-Making in Peru
Posted on June 13th, 2013 by Dana Sparks
Recent upgrades at YouTube have resulted in issues with some older versions of Internet Explorer. If you are only seeing a black box in the player, click here or open in a different browser. Mayo Clinic and Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University researchers have partnered on a study showing that Peruvian physicians rarely sought to involve [...]
Mayo Surgeon Appointed to Florida Board of Medicine
Posted on June 12th, 2013 by jstreed
Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced the appointments of Dr. Bernardo Fernandez, Dr. Enrique Ginzburg, and Dr. Sarvam TerKonda to the Florida Board of Medicine. Dr. TerKonda is a Mayo Clinic plastic surgeon who also has an appointment in the Breast Clinic and is a member of the Cosmetic Surgery Team at Mayo Clinic in Florida. [...]
Mayo Clinic Study: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increases Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
Posted on June 12th, 2013 by Douda
In the largest study of its kind, Mayo Clinic researchers found that people who have obstructive sleep apnea – when a person stops breathing for periods during sleep – have a greater risk of sudden cardiac death. Senior author of the study, Mayo Clinic cardiologist Virend Somers, M.D., Ph.D., says, “Your risk of sudden death increases [...]
Blood Doping – How’s it Work?
Posted on June 12th, 2013 by Dana Sparks
When cyclist Lance Armstrong admitted he used performance enhancing drugs, the practice of blood doping hit the media spotlight. But how exactly does it boost performance? Experts at Mayo Clinic explore the science behind blood doping. [TRT 2:13] Journalists: The edited pkg. and additional b-roll are available in the downloads Read Script: Blood Doping
New Guidelines Help Personalize Cancer Therapies
Posted on April 2nd, 2013 by jstreed
Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center have developed new guidelines to treat recently diagnosed multiple myeloma patients who are not participating in clinical trials. The guidelines give physicians practical, easy to follow recommendations for providing initial therapy, stem cell transplant and maintenance therapy. The guidelines are published in the current issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings and represent a consensus [...]
Mayo Clinic CEO Comments On Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act Decision
Posted on June 28th, 2012 by jstreed
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced its ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. Mayo Clinic President and CEO Dr. John Noseworthy comments on the Court’s decision. Soundbites with Dr. Noseworthy are available in the downloads above.
Mayo Clinic Campus B-roll – Rochester, Minnesota
Posted on May 23rd, 2012 by Dana Sparks
This post is published specifically at the request of KQTV / St. Joseph, Missouri. However, the video of the Mayo Clinic Rochester campus is available for download to all media outlets for their news purposes.
Treating Liver Disease With Magnetic Resonance Elastography (Medical Edge Television)
Posted on May 2nd, 2012 by Dana Sparks
Thousands of people are diagnosed with liver diseases every year. For instance, Hepatitis C is a virus that can cause the liver to become damaged and stiff through a process called fibrosis. Previously the only way to test for this condition was with a needle biopsy. However, researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed a new technology called magnetic resonance [...]