Mayo Clinic researchers have developed an improved statistical model that could help ensure that the sickest patients receive liver transplants first.
Researchers found that including serum sodium concentration in the statistical model now used could reduce by 7 percent the number of patients (as many as 50 people) who die each year while waiting for a [...]
Hugh R. Butt, M.D., the last assistant to work directly with William Mayo, M.D., a founder of Mayo Clinic, died Aug. 16, 2008, in Rochester, Minn. He was 98 years old.
Dr. Butt was lauded internationally for his accomplishments in medicine, including the discovery that vitamin K stopped bleeding in patients with jaundice, previously a [...]
Michael Joyner, M.D., a Mayo Clinic anesthesiologist and exercise researcher, has been featured prominently in national and international news coverage surrounding record-breaking performances at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. In today’s New York Times, for instance, he was quoted in an article about how athletes can compete effectively even as they approach their 40s:
As years [...]
As reported today in the Rochester Post-Bulletin, The Campaign for Mayo Clinic, Mayo’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign, has reached an important milestone. The five-year campaign, which began in 2005, has raised $1 billion of its $1.25 billion goal.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal also included a brief article today.
See this news release for further information about [...]
A new Mayo Clinic study found that individuals with earlier onset, longer duration and greater severity of diabetes appear to be more likely to have mild cognitive impairment. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transitional stage between normal aging and the earliest features of Alzheimer’s disease.
“There is an obesity epidemic in this country. Since obesity [...]
WCCO TV (Minneapolis-St. Paul) ran a story last night that asked and answered this question. Here is the lead:
Every day 65,000 patients, their families and medical staff move in and out of the Mayo Clinic. It is one of the largest, and best, medical practices in the world, and has been for more than a [...]
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