Author Archives: Adam Brase

Mayo, ASU collaboration to grow

February 14th, 2011 - 9:27 pm

Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University (ASU) have signed an agreement that represents a formal commitment to enhance the collaborative relationship that has been building steadily over the past eight years. This agreement will pave the way for Mayo and … Continue reading →

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Survival stories from WomenHeart Champions

February 9th, 2011 - 12:36 am

As part of a Special Briefing for News Media at The Paley Center for Media in New York , one panel discussion focused on women who shared their survival and heroic stories of battling heart disease. The session, entitled Stories from the … Continue reading →

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Glioma Treatment Study

November 22nd, 2010 - 12:19 pm

A new Mayo Clinic study found that children with low-grade brain tumors (gliomas) who undergo aggressive surgery to completely remove the tumor have an increased chance of overall survival. If complete removal is not possible, adding radiation therapy to a less complete … Continue reading →

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Targeted Therapy Substantially Decreases Progression Rate in Patients With an Aggressive Form of Thyroid Cancer

September 16th, 2010 - 9:55 am

The drug pazopanib may help revolutionize the care of patients with metastatic, rapidly progressive differentiated thyroid cancers, say researchers at Mayo Clinic who are publishing findings of a phase II clinical trial in The Lancet Oncology. The researchers studied 37 … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Social Media Announcement

July 26th, 2010 - 11:26 am

Mayo Clinic today announced the creation of a Center for Social Media to accelerate effective application of social media tools throughout Mayo Clinic and to spur broader and deeper engagement in social media by hospitals, medical professionals and patients to … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Scores High in US News and World Report Hospital Rankings

July 15th, 2010 - 6:55 am

U.S. News & World Report has again named Mayo Clinic to the Honor Roll of top hospitals in its annual “Best Hospitals” issue. Of the 4,852 hospitals analyzed, only 14 – less than 0.3 percent – made the Honor Roll. … Continue reading →

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Colorectal Cancer, Colonoscopy and a Song

March 11th, 2010 - 5:02 pm

There’s no question it’s an odd topic for a song, and it’s a pretty safe bet that this one will never top the charts.  But it could save your life.  March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and recently, Peter Yarrow … Continue reading →

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Mayo researchers link obesity to worse outcome in patients being treated for colon cancer

March 9th, 2010 - 1:10 pm

It’s long been known that obesity is linked to increased risk of developing colon cancer, but now researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Minnesota have found that obesity is associated with worse outcomes in patients who have already been … Continue reading →

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