Research - September 2020 Archives
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients with large polycystic kidneys in need of a kidney transplant can have their diseased kidneys safely removed laparoscopically at the same ...
Stem cell therapy after angioplasty helps keep arteriovenous fistula blood vessels open, Mayo Clinic discovered in animal studies. An arteriovenous fistula is a passageway between an artery and ...
The prospect of having a COVID-19 vaccine raises expectations and plenty of questions. While no one can pinpoint the elusive question of when there will ...
A team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic and the Translational Genomics Research Institute has identified specific potential therapeutic targets for the most aggressive and ...
Study finds lung transplant patients not given antifungal preventive drugs have higher risk of death
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Antifungal preventive medications reduce mortality risk by half in the first year following lung transplantation, according to Mayo Clinic research involving 667 ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. — A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute is the first to examine the opinions and experiences of clinical ...
Advancements in microsurgery are making it possible to harness the body’s healing power to regenerate muscle strength after some cancer surgeries, particularly surgery to remove soft ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. ― What causes some people to develop chronic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and metabolic syndrome while others stay healthy? A major ...
A study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association points to a significant opportunity to improve health disparities training provided medical residents in ...
Hereditary BRCA-related breast and ovarian cancer, Lynch syndrome and familial hypercholesterolemia are estimated to be relatively prevalent in the general population but poorly found using traditional risk screening. In a typical medical practice, ...
On the Mayo Clinic Radio program, Dr. Brandon Verdoorn, a Mayo Clinic geriatrician, discusses pain management for older adults. Also on the program, Dr. David Dodick, a ...
The list of testing options for COVID-19 keeps growing, and the different types of tests are not always explained. Tests range from ones that use ...
Lewy body dementia, also known as dementia with Lewy bodies, is the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease dementia. Protein deposits, ...
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