News Releases - October 2013 Archives

Award demonstrates Mayo Clinic's commitment to quality care for stroke patients PHOENIX — Mayo Clinic in Arizona has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's ...

Patients in the region will have greater access to emergency stroke care LEBANON, NH — For someone having a stroke, minutes can make ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mindfulness — sometimes called a form of meditation or therapy — can enrich lives, calm minds and even improve health. The October ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Many older adults who develop shinglesface a second whammy: severe pain caused by postherpetic neuralgia. The October issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter explains this ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Sinus congestion and the common cold go hand in hand. Usually, congestion goes away within a week or so as the body ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Stephen Carmichael, Ph.D., D.Sc.; Richard DeRemee, M.D.; and Olaf Paulson, M.D., DMSc., have been named recipients of the 2013 Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumni ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Palliative care, a specialized, multidisciplinary team approach to caring for seriously ill people and their families, is often errantly reduced to end-of-life ...

Research is among several Mayo studies being presented at American College of Rheumatology meeting SAN DIEGO — It may seem counterintuitive, but young and middle-aged fibromyalgia patients report worse symptoms and poorer quality of life than older patients, a Mayo Clinic study shows. Fibromyalgia most often strikes women. It is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain with fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues. The research, one of several Mayo studies being presented at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting, suggests the disorder plays out differently among different age groups. MULTIMEDIA ALERT: Video of Dr. Oh is available for download from the Mayo Clinic News Network. Researchers studied 978 fibromyalgia patients and divided them into three age groups: those 39 or younger, those 40 to 59, and those 60 or older. The younger and middle-aged patients were likelier to be employed, unmarried, smokers and have a higher education level, lower body mass index, more abuse history and a shorter duration of fibromyalgia symptoms than older patients.

Early menopause is risk factor, research presented at American College of Rheumatology meeting shows SAN DIEGO — Oct. 26, 2013 — People with rheumatoid arthritis and other chronic inflammatory conditions are at higher risk of heart disease. Who is in the most danger, why and how best to prevent and detect cardiovascular complications are important questions for physicians and researchers. Mayo Clinic studies presented at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting shed new light on this connection, in part by revealing factors that seem to put some rheumatoid arthritis patients in greater jeopardy of heart problems: early menopause, more severe rheumatoid arthritis and immunity to a common virus, cytomegalovirus, among others. MULTIMEDIA ALERT: Video of Dr. Matteson is available for download from the Mayo Clinic News Network. In one study, Mayo researchers discovered that patients whose rheumatoid arthritis is more severe are likelier to have heart problems. That becomes true soon after rheumatoid arthritis strikes, making early treatment of rheumatoid arthritis important, says co-author Eric Matteson, M.D., chair of rheumatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – A team of Mayo Clinic researchers have found that hypoxia can be detected prior to incapacitating physical symptoms which can be a safety threat ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Clifford Jack Jr., M.D., radiologist and noted Alzheimer's disease researcher at Mayo Clinic, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine, part of the national ...

Expert panel will discuss e-cigarettes and their impact on health at an upcoming press conference ROCHESTER, Minn. — Oct. 23, 2013 — E-cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular and widely available as the use of regular cigarettes drops. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that e-cigarette use by children doubled from 2011 and 2012. The health effects of e-cigarettes have not been effectively studied and the ingredients have little or no regulation. Mayo Clinic's Nicotine Dependence Center experts are available to discuss what people should know before trying e-cigarettes. MULTIMEDIA ALERT: Video and audio are available for download on the Mayo Clinic News Network.