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Items tagged as "mayo clinic"
Mayo Clinic Named Top Hospital for Hispanics in 2013
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. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6X0V9BlB7s Mayo Clinic is named a Top Hospital for Hispanics by Hispanic Network Magazine in its 2013 [...]
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Mayo Clinic Releases Guideline Video for Workplace Social Media Use
Mayo Clinic has a new educational video to communicate our guidelines for appropriate employee use of social media and to encourage creative work-related application of social tools in health care. #SocialAtMayo – Social Media Guidelines for Mayo Clinic Employees is part of our orientation program for new hires and also will [...]
Created by jstreed Consuming Coffee Linked to Lower Risk of Detrimental Liver Disease
Regular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), an autoimmune liver disease, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings are being presented at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 conference in Orlando, Fla. PSC is an inflammatory disease of the bile ducts that results in [...]
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New Guidelines Help Personalize Cancer Therapies
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 [...]
Created by jstreed Positioning Mayo Clinic and Minnesota as a Global Destination Medical Center
Mayo Clinic is announcing Destination Medical Center (DMC), a $5 billion economic development initiative to secure Minnesota’s status as a global medical destination center now and in the future. The goal of DMC is to ensure that Minnesota and Mayo Clinic are destinations for medical care in the coming decades. This [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Yes, There is a REAL Mayo Clinic Diet
Losing weight often tops the list of New Year's resolutions but too often people choose unhealthy fad diets for quick results. Now, Mayo Clinic has the real deal to help people lose weight the healthy way. Vivien Williams has this report. [TRT 1:51] Video and script are available in the downloads above. Medical Edge pkgs. can be edited [...]
Created by Dana Sparks The Sooner the Better for ADHD Treatment
Having good input in the very beginning of patient assesment can lead to improved treatment for children being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD. Parent and teacher compliance jumped from 25 to 90 percent at the Mayo Clinic Child and Adolescent ADHD Clinic, when incentives and stressing the importance of being [...]
Created by jstreed Photos/Video of Mayo Clinic Campuses
MEDIA ADVISORY: Photos and b-roll of Mayo Clinic's campus in Minnesota, in Florida and in Arizona are available in the downloads below to insert in appropriate articles and complement medical stories/reports.
Created by Dana Sparks Mayo Clinic Care Network Grows With Dartmouth-Hitchcock Collaboration
Mayo Clinic and Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) are forming a collaboration as D-H officially joins the Mayo Clinic Care Network. John Noseworthh, M.D., president and CEO of Mayo Clinic says, “Health care in America is at a crossroads. Providers are seeking meaningful relationships that allow them to best address their patients’ needs while improving the efficiency [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Guidelines For Athletes With Long QT Syndrome May Be Too Strict
Current guidelines disqualify most people with long QT syndrome (LQTS) — a genetic abnormality in the heart’s electrical system — from every sport and continues to be a matter of debate among physicians. So, in a first-of-its-kind study, Mayo Clinic’s LQTS clinic recently examined its own experience, determining the outcome of [...]
Created by jstreed Laser Guided Mobility (Medical Edge TV)
Imagine not being able to walk across the room because your muscles donʹt work like they should.. Thatʹs what life is like for many people with Parkinsonʹs disease and similar disorders. These conditions cause your muscles to shake and freeze up, until putting one foot in front of the other [...]
Created by jstreed Cellulite - It's Like Rolling Out Dough
Cellulite, those lumpy areas of flesh that sometimes drive people to try over-the-counter creams and lotions or procedures like liposuction or freezing fat cells to get rid of it. Unfortunately, right now Mayo Clinic dermatologist Dawn Davis, M.D., says there are no proven cures. Soundbites with Dr. Davis, b-roll of a woman rubbing [...]
Created by Dana Sparks The Road Map to Alzheimer's Disease
Mayo Clinic researchers have created a map of the brain and found that activity lingers longer, in certain areas, in those with Alzheimer’s than it does in healthy people. The results suggest varying brain activity may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. They compared brain activity to a complex network, with [...]
Created by jstreed Mayo Clinic CEO Comments On Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act Decision
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.
Created by jstreed Infections May Lurk Beneath The Surface Of Pools
As swimming pools become the popular hangout spot for kids during the summer months, they can also become filled with germs and may cause water-related illnesses. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21.6 percent of Americans don’t know that swimming while they have diarrhea puts other swimmers [...]
Created by jstreed Do You Know The Latest Lifesaving CPR Steps?
Mayo Clinic Expert Discusses What's New For CPR Awareness Month Just the idea of performing CPR can intimidate the average person, whether it’s the thought of saving a life or or just trying to remember all of the steps. Well, maybe it's not that difficult. A move to simplify cardiopulmonary resuscitation practices is [...]
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Ultrasounds Spot Heart Disease Early In Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Heart disease can become a deadly complication for rheumatoid arthritis patients, but it has often been difficult for physicians to spot early. A Mayo Clinic study finds that special echocardiograms show promise for early detection of cardiovascular abnormalities unique to rheumatoid arthritis patients. The findings were being presented at The European League Against [...]
Created by Admin New Drug For Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma
It’s the most common form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, and in its advanced stages can become disfiguring and life threatening. For patients with few treatment options, a Mayo Clinic - led study has found that the drug Erivedge (vismodegib) can shrink advanced basal cell carcinoma tumors. The tumors shrank in 43 [...]
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Mayo Clinic Campus B-roll - Rochester, Minnesota
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.
Created by Dana Sparks Health Risks Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (Medical Edge Television)
There's nothing like a good night's sleep...but for people with obstructive sleep apnea, decent shut-eye is hard to get. They often snore and repeatedly stop breathing during the night. This not only causes daytime sleepiness, but also other health issues. Vivien Williams reports on the risks of sleep apnea. [...]
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