Author Archives: John Murphy

Common Blood Disorder May Not be Linked to as Many Serious Diseases, as Previously Thought

August 27th, 2009 - 2:43 pm

A symptomless blood disorder, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, known as MGUS, is not linked to as many serious diseases as previously thought. This finding may save patients from undergoing unnecessary workup and treatment according to a study published in … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Proceedings Reviews Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Psychiatric Diseases

June 29th, 2009 - 7:55 am

Pioneering therapeutic trials to investigate the effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in hard-to-treat depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette’s syndrome are underway at multiple medical centers around the world, according to a review in the June 2009 issue of … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Two Popular Television Shows Inaccurately Portray Realities of Violent Crime

May 19th, 2009 - 6:53 am

Journalists:  For links to web-video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. Researchers at Mayo Clinic compared two popular television shows, CSI and CSI: Miami, to actual U.S. homicide data, and discovered clear differences between media portrayals of … Continue reading →

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Specialty Care Costs Higher for Patients With Bipolar Disorder Than Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases

May 18th, 2009 - 1:42 pm

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that bipolar disorder (BPD) is a more costly chronic condition than diabetes, depression, asthma and coronary artery disease (CAD), based on a review of health care claim costs. Specialty care costs (the costs of seeing … Continue reading →

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