Arizona - August 2013 Archives

  There will be a new face at Northern Arizona University (NAU) football games this fall – only the face of this new "team member" is a robot on wheels. Mayo Clinic researchers are working with NAU to test the feasibility of using a telemedicine robot to assess athletes with suspected concussions during football games. With sophisticated robotic technology, use of a specialized remote-controlled camera system allows patients to be "seen" by the neurology specialist, miles away, in real time. The robot is equipped with a specialized camera system and remotely operated by a neurologist from the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix campus who has the ability to assess a player for symptoms and signs of a concussion, and to consult with sideline medical personnel. The first time the robot will be used in a game is this Friday, Aug. 30, when NAU kicks off its season against the University of Arizona in Tucson at 7 p.m. MDT. Click here for news release. Journalists: B-roll of the robot is available in the downloads.  

PHOENIX — Mayo Clinic in Arizona, with one of the most active bone marrow transplant programs in United States, will open its own stem cell ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Intense Pulsed Light therapy (IPL) is being used at Mayo Clinic in Arizona to treat chronic dry eye, a condition affecting millions ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Researchers from Mayo Clinic and the University of Arizona are shedding light on a mechanism in the human body that may result ...

PHOENIX — Mayo Clinic in Arizona has completed its 2,000th kidney transplant since the program opened in 1999 – a milestone that places the program ...