Monthly Archives: December 2010

Mayo Clinic Experts Can Provide Insight for Holiday-Related Stories

December 23rd, 2010 - 11:11 am

The holiday season is upon us, and with that brings family celebrations, festivities and an endless array of food options. Each of these seasonal blessings, however, can bring their own share of burdens. Anxiously anticipating the attendance of a certain … Continue reading →

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Leading Health Care Organizations Announce Collaborative Effort to Improve Care, Six of the nation’s leading health care systems today announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration to improve health care quality while reducing costs.

December 15th, 2010 - 3:51 pm

Six of the nation’s leading health care systems today announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration to improve health care quality while reducing costs. Cleveland Clinic, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Denver Health, Geisinger Health System, Intermountain Healthcare, and Mayo Clinic will join The Dartmouth Institute for … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Offers Variety of Resources for Journalists Working on Breast Cancer Stories

December 9th, 2010 - 4:04 pm

The world is mourning the death of Elizabeth Edwards. At the age of 61, she lost her valiant battle with breast cancer after fighting the disease since 2004. She noticed a lump while showering, which turned out to be stage … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Research Presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium – 2010

December 6th, 2010 - 9:55 am

Mayo Clinic researchers will present a variety of breast cancer research studies as part of the 33rd Annual CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, Dec. 8-12. Links to prominent studies are below, including video and audio resources available for download … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify Successful Combination Therapies to Treat Myeloma Patients

December 5th, 2010 - 6:00 pm

Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona have identified successful combination of therapies for the treatment of myloma patients who are resistant to the drug bortezomib. In the study using a mouse model, Mayo researchers assessed the anti-myeloma activity of 30 … Continue reading →

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Myelofibrosis Study

December 3rd, 2010 - 10:00 am

Two janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors are substantially improving treatment of myelofibrosis in patients, say Mayo Clinic researchers who are presenting results of several clinical trials at the 52nd annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Dec. 4–7 in … Continue reading →

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Three Mayo Clinic Hospitals Named to 2010 Leapfrog Top Hospitals List

December 1st, 2010 - 12:13 pm

Today the Leapfrog Group announced its 2010 List of Top Hospitals which includes Mayo Clinic Hospitals in Arizona and Florida, along with Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. According to the announcement, only 65 hospitals were selected for this prestigious … Continue reading →

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