Monthly Archives: January 2010

Medical Experts for Media – Alternative Medicine

January 27th, 2010 - 9:04 am

Brent Bauer, M.D. Amit Sood, M.D. ___________________________________________________________________________ Brent Bauer, M.D., expert in complementary and alternative medicine therapies Director, Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Media Experience: Extensive interview experience with local and national print and broadcast media, including … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic and IBM Advance Early Detection of Brain Aneurysms

January 22nd, 2010 - 2:41 pm

Preventing deadly ruptures of the blood vessels in the brain is the aim of a new Mayo Clinic project to help radiologists detect aneurysms with far greater speed and accuracy. The new method uses analytics technology developed by the Mayo … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Neurology & Neurosurgery, Research | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)

Concussion in Ice Hockey: What’s the Buzz?

January 19th, 2010 - 4:01 pm

A Mayo Clinic article published in the December 2009 edition of Minnesota Hockey Journal gave a medical and psychosocial perspective of concussions in ice hockey. Aynsley M. Smith, PhD and Michael Stuart, MD of Mayo Clinic’s Sports Medicine Center, and Dave … Continue reading →

By Bryan Anderson | Posted in Neurology & Neurosurgery, Psychiatry/Psychology, Rehabilitation | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Mayo Clinic Takes Extreme Medicine to Argentina

January 15th, 2010 - 2:23 pm

On Friday, January 22, a Mayo Clinic research team will land in Mendoza, Argentina to begin a month-long expedition monitoring extreme athlete Diane Van Deren as she climbs Aconcagua not once, but twice. During the second climb she will race … Continue reading →

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Combined PET-CT Imaging Appears to Help Detect Cancers in Patients with Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disorders

January 11th, 2010 - 4:32 pm

A Mayo Clinic study found that combined positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan of the whole body appears to detect cancer in individuals with paraneoplastic neurologic disorders more accurately than some other commonly used tests. This study was posted online … Continue reading →

By Elizabeth Rice | Posted in Neurology & Neurosurgery | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Physical Exercise Can Prevent, Improve Cognitive Impairment

January 11th, 2010 - 4:14 pm

A Mayo Clinic study published in the January issue of Archives of Neurology found that moderate physical activity performed in midlife or later appears to be associated with a reduced risk of mild cognitive impairment. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is … Continue reading →

By Elizabeth Rice | Posted in Neurology & Neurosurgery | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Mayo Clinic Staff and Patients Featured in New WJCT Health Series

January 8th, 2010 - 3:02 pm

A new public television health series and video podcast featuring Mayo Clinic physicians and patients from the Florida campus will launch Sunday, Jan. 10. Health Matters, produced by WJCT in Jacksonville, Fla., focuses on important health issues and medical care … Continue reading →

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