Monthly Archives: April 2011

Mayo Clinic Finds Botox Eases Painful Spinal Headaches

April 14th, 2011 - 8:00 am

A Mayo Clinic case study finds Botox may offer new hope to patients suffering disabling low cerebrospinal fluid headaches. The successful treatment also offers new insight into Botox and headache treatment generally.  The case study was presented March 13, 2011, … Continue reading →

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Study shows potential to prevent hospitalizations in brain tumor patients

April 13th, 2011 - 8:30 am

In a retrospective five-year study, researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that common causes of hospitalization for patients with malignant brain tumors, such as seizures, are potentially preventable.  Researchers hope to use the findings to promote changes in certain practices … Continue reading →

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Kidney Transplant Study

April 7th, 2011 - 12:29 pm

Less common and less severe.  Those are two things you want to hear when talking about complications following kidney transplant.  And those were the findings of a Mayo Clinic study that looked at progressive scar damage to transplanted kidneys. Earlier studies of … Continue reading →

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Five Leading Health Systems Create New Care Connectivity Consortium

April 5th, 2011 - 11:01 pm

Five innovative and leading health systems, each of whom are pioneers in the use of electronic medical records for their patients, will join together today to announce a new initiative to securely exchange electronic health data, with the first data … Continue reading →

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Aspirin Use Associated with Decreased Risk of Pancreatic Cancer

April 4th, 2011 - 12:48 pm

In a large epidemiologic study, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that using aspirin as infrequently as once a month substantially reduced risk of developing pancreatic cancer. They will present their findings at the American Association for Cancer Research 102nd Annual … Continue reading →

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