Minnesota - November 2023 Archives

How can adults with congenital heart disease reduce risks? Study finds lifetime cardiology monitoring is key

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Heart failure is a potentially urgent health concern for young adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) that is often overlooked and undertreated, ...

By Terri Malloy • November 29, 2023

Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees approves plans to transform healthcare, improve experience for staff and patients, redesign Rochester campus

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic’s Board of Trustees has approved Bold. Forward. Unbound. in Rochester, a multiyear strategic initiative that advances Mayo Clinic’s Bold. Forward. ...

By Kristy Jacobson • November 28, 2023

Mayo Clinic researchers demonstrate nearly 20% boost in adolescent HPV vaccination rates using comprehensive strategy

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers demonstrated a nearly 20% increase in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates among adolescents through a combination intervention approach, a ...

By Susan Murphy • November 20, 2023

Four ways organ transplants are being transformed to save more lives

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Despite a record year for organ donation last year in the U.S., an estimated 17 people die every day waiting for a ...

By Heather Carlson Kehren • November 16, 2023

Mayo Clinic and Columbia University receive $10.6 million grant from NCI to advance glioblastoma research with mathematical oncology

Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center and Columbia University received a five-year, $10.6 million U54 center grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to further study ...

By Kelley Luckstein • November 15, 2023

Mayo Clinic study suggests lower extremity lymphedema is a risk factor for multiple types of skin cancer

ROCHESTER, Minn. — New research from Mayo Clinic finds that patients with lymphedema —swelling of the limbs caused by the accumulation of protein-rich fluids of ...

By Jay Furst • November 9, 2023