Monthly Archives: September 2011

Mayo Clinic health care expert offers insight to U.S. Dept. of VA


Stephen Swensen, M.D., the Mayo Clinic Director of Quality, joined a group of national health care experts this week in Washington to advise the United States Department of Veteran Affairs on how to offer the next generation of health care … Continue reading

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Mayo Clinic Signs Research Agreement with Czech Republic Institute


Leaders from Mayo Clinic and St. Anne’s University Hospital Brno –  International Clinical Research Center (ICRC), Czech Republic, have signed a legal agreement formalizing research collaborations and a long-term relationship. The action comes after seven years of an evolving research-based … Continue reading

By Robert Nellis | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Mayo Clinic Medical School will expand to Arizona


Mayo Clinic announces the expansion of Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minn., to Arizona, creating a branch to be called Mayo Medical School—Arizona Campus. The expansion signals Mayo’s continued commitment to enhancing its national and international leadership in patient-centered academic … Continue reading

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No More Shots in the Dark: Mayo Clinic Finds Genetics Behind Measles Vaccine Response


ROCHESTER,Minn.— Researchers at Mayo Clinic are hacking the genetic code that controls the human response to vaccinations. They are using their findings to answer many of the questions that plague vaccinology, including why patients respond so differently to identical vaccines … Continue reading

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Mayo Clinic Announces Global Smoke-free Worksite Challenge at Clinton Global Initiative


Journalists:  For links to video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. Mayo Clinic today announced a partnership with other organizations to develop a Global Smoke-free Worksite Challenge. The partners are committed to making their worksites 100 percent … Continue reading

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Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Gene That Is Most Common Cause of Familial Forms of Frontotemporal Dementia and ALS


Journalists:  For links to video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. Neuroscientists at Mayo Clinic in Florida have found a genetric abnormality they say is the most common cause of two different but related forms of neurodegenerative … Continue reading

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Good news for rural stroke patients: Telestroke care is cost-effective


In this first-of-its-kind U.S. health economic analysis, researchers have found that using two way audio-video telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that don’t have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, … Continue reading

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Mayo Clinic to Break Ground in Rochester for New Proton Beam Therapy Program


Update: Video of ground breaking ceremony can be found at the bottom of this post. Journalists:  For links to video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. Mayo Clinic will take another step toward a new era in … Continue reading

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Mayo Clinic Creates Healthy Aging and Independent Living Lab


The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation is collaborating with Mayo Clinic’s Robert and Arlene Kogod Center for Aging and the Charter House in creating the Healthy Aging & Independent Living (HAIL) Lab to support ‘aging in place’ – helping seniors … Continue reading

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Reflections – Mayo Clinic Pulmonologist was NYC Firefighter on 9/11


Journalists: This is a reporter pkg. available for use in your newscasts.  Right click on the links to download. Intro:  The events of 9-11 produced stories of tragedy and despair. Yet out of the wreckage also came stories of triumph, … Continue reading

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