Priya Sampathkumar, M.D., of Mayo Clinic’s Department of Infectious Diseases, today reiterated the H1N1 vaccine is safe. Understanding the public has concerns about the vaccine and questions about who can and should get it, Dr. Sampathkumar sat down to discuss the issues, facts, and myths about H1N1 vaccine.
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Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have validated the zebrafish as a functional model for nicotine addiction research. The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The zebrafish is valuable because it is easy to study and exhibits [...]
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Mayo Clinic researchers have found that a sometimes deadly stomach bug, Clostridium difficile, is on the rise in outpatient settings. Clostridium difficile is a serious bacterium that can cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening inflammation of the colon. These findings were [...]
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An editorial on Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) authored by Mayo Clinic neurologist Elson So, M.D. was published in this month’s issue of the Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology.
Dr. So writes, “The phenomenon of SUDEP is unique in that it occurs during [...]
High-dose dexamethasone is a mainstay of therapy for multiple myeloma. However, a study published today online and in the November edition of The Lancet Oncology concludes that lenalidomide plus low-dose dexamethasone is associated with better short-term overall survival and lower toxicity than lenalidomide plus high-dose dexamethasone in patients with newly diagnosed myeloma; and is thus [...]
Jayson Werth, the right fielder whose two home runs last night helped to send for the Philadelphia Phillies to their second straight World Series, has come back from a career-threatening wrist injury thanks to Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon Richard Berger, M.D., Ph.D.
Earlier this year, Jayson told his story on our Sharing Mayo Clinic blog. Here [...]
Mayo Clinic endocrinologist Michael Brennan, M.D. is featured in the PBS series Life (Part 2), in an episode entitled “Dancing with Doctors.” While you won’t see him “bust a move,” he does provide some insights into physician-patient interactions. As the PBS site introduces it:
Why do we often feel scared, rushed, and powerless in the doctor’s [...]
Mayo Clinic surgical researchers are reporting a 93 percent success rate in recent animal tests of endoscopic repair of perforated ulcers. The goal is to advance the use of an endoscope — which allows access to organs through natural openings, such as the mouth —
for a less invasive alternative to laparoscopic techniques (surgery performed through [...]
At Mayo Clinic, we take pride in delivering efficient, high quality care to each individual patient. As an organization that has focused on the patient’s needs for over 100 years, the decisions that Mayo made last week to op-out of Medicare participation in a small Arizona family practice clinic and to discontinue Medicaid participation in [...]
As of Jan. 1, 2010, Mayo Clinic will discontinue participation with Nebraska and Montana Medicaid due to a combination of factors: very low reimbursement rates, the volume of administrative requirements, and the fact that these states are not part of Mayo Clinic’s primary service area. We are communicating this change to patients now to give [...]
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