Men who experience erectile dysfunction at a young age — from 40 to 49 — are two times more likely to develop heart disease compared to men without erectile dysfunction, according to a new Mayo Clinic study.
Overall, researchers found that men with erectile dysfunction have an 80 percent higher risk of heart disease compared to [...]
Mayo Clinic and the University of Minnesota researchers have been collaborating on medical research for over five years as part of the Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics. Now they’ve gone from humans to bugs. Investigators have discovered a way to create a human-safe pesticide aimed specifically at aphids that destroy soybeans and other [...]
Mayo Clinic today announced the launch of its culture blog, Sharing Mayo Clinic, which provides an online site for patients and employees to share their stories about what makes Mayo Clinic unique.
“Mayo Clinic’s reputation has been built by patients sharing their personal Mayo stories with family members and friends,” says Lee Aase, Mayo Clinic’s manager [...]
The January/February 2009 issue of ODE Magazine names Amit Sood, M.D., director of research for Mayo Clinic’s Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program as an “intelligent optimist.” Here’s an excerpt:
Sood uses healing methods that restore well-being rather than just treating illness, he says…”I train patients in cultivating an awareness that allows them to increase their depth of [...]
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that abnormalities of diastolic function — when the heart is in its relaxation phase — are strongly related to decreased exercise ability, particularly as patients age. The study will be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Jan. 21 issue .
The study evaluated nearly 3,000 patients whose physicians had [...]
Experts estimate that 20 percent of women experience excessive or prolonged menstrual bleeding at some time during their lives, particularly as they approach menopause. A new, less invasive procedure called global endometrial ablation (GEA) preserves the uterus, while decreasing menstrual bleeding and shortening patients’ recovery time. In an article published in the January issue of [...]
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