Mayo Clinic is the first medical institution in the U.S. to use the FLASH CT scanner, which will dramatically improve patient care by increasing quality and patient friendliness for pediatric CT patients.
Because of the increased speed at which the scanner captures images, the motion from breathing or the inability of the child to hold still [...]
Sunday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune included a feature story, which just became available online today, on Mayo Clinic’s social media programs. Here’s an excerpt:
“Mayo Clinic is definitely a leader in this,” said Ed Bennett, director of Web strategy at the University of Maryland Medical System. “What they’ve decided is that social media is nothing more than [...]
Epileptic seizures occur when a group of neurons in the brain produce their own rhythmic, supercharged electrical activity, different from what the brain needs or wants. For example, seizures that occur in the motor areas of the brain result in repeated, uncontrollable jerking motions. When these electrical jolts come from “lesions” or structural abnormalities in [...]
Sleeps disorders are common in the elderly, say researchers from Mayo Clinic who studied a large number of people in this age group in one Minnesota county.
At the 2009 American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Seattle on April 28, the researchers reported that 59 percent of 892 people, age 70–89, had signs of at [...]
Fans of television medical dramas like “ER” have watched this scene over and over: a person in cardiac arrest is resuscitated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and “wakes up” good to go. No lasting damage, besides a big scare. But physicians at Mayo Clinic wanted to know if these survivors were really OK. Or could a [...]
Dr. William Marshall, an infectious disease specialist at Mayo Clinic provides answers to some common questions about swine flu.
Below is a link to an edited youtube video with Dr. Marshall that you can embed with your stories.
Additional information can be found at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Minnesota Department [...]
A new Mayo Clinic study found that posterior fossa exploration surgery provided significantly better pain relief than stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with trigeminal neuralgia. This study was presented at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in San Diego on May 5, 2009.
Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by episodes of intense, stabbing, electric-shocklike pain in areas [...]
A new Mayo Clinic study found that surgical treatment of spinal arteriovenous fistulas is safe and effective. Newer techniques like endovascular embolization have not yet been demonstrated to be as effective, and therefore must be studied further in order to be recommended over traditional surgery. This study was presented at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons [...]
Results of a new Mayo Clinic study support an association between anemia experienced early in life and the development of Parkinson’s disease many years later. The findings were presented at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting in Seattle on April 30.
“We were surprised to discover that chronic anemia or low levels of hemoglobin were linked [...]
Mayo Clinic will host its second “Tweetcamp” on Thursday, April 23, 2009 to provide training for Mayo Clinic staff — and for others outside Mayo via Web cast, in how to use Twitter productively in health care. The course also will explore innovative applications for Twitter in health care, including upcoming examples such as Dr. Victor [...]
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