Author Archives: Joel Streed

Mayo Researchers Find Anesthesia Not Harmful For Babies During Birth Process

July 23rd, 2009 - 2:07 pm

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children exposed to anesthesia during Cesarean delivery are not at any higher risk for later learning disabilities than children not delivered by Cesarean. These findings are recently reported in the journal “Anesthesiology.” “We found … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Pediatrics, Research | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Mayo Clinic Introduces the FLASH CT Scanner

April 30th, 2009 - 9:18 am

Mayo Clinic is the first medical institution in the U.S. to use the FLASH CT scanner, which will dramatically improve patient care by increasing quality and patient friendliness for pediatric CT patients. Because of the increased speed at which the … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery, Pediatrics, Research | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Swine Flu FAQ's

April 27th, 2009 - 4:28 pm

Dr. William Marshall, an infectious disease specialist at Mayo Clinic provides answers to some common questions about swine flu. Below is a link to an edited youtube video with Dr. Marshall that you can embed with your stories. Additional information can … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Infectious Diseases | Tagged , , , , | Comments (28)

Mayo Clinic Researchers Formulate Treatment Combination Lethal To Pancreatic Cancer Cells

April 17th, 2009 - 2:41 pm

A combination of two targeted therapies packs a powerful punch to kill pancreatic cancer cells in the laboratory, Mayo Clinic cancer researchers report. With further testing of these drugs that are from classes of pharmaceuticals already used in patients, the … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Cancer, Research | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Mayo and IBM Form Virtual Consortium

March 30th, 2009 - 1:58 pm

Mayo Clinic and IBM have launched a web site for the newly founded Open Health Natural Language Processing (NLP) Consortium. The consortium is establishing the open-source space to promote continued development of bioinformatics tools to search the electronic medical record. … Continue reading →

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Traumatic Brain Injury Explained

March 20th, 2009 - 9:31 am

Traumatic brain injury is usually the result of a sudden, violent blow to the head — which causes the brain to collide with the inside of the skull. This collision can bruise the brain, tear nerve fibers and cause bleeding. … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Neurology & Neurosurgery | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Mayo Clinic Anesthesia Study

March 11th, 2009 - 10:21 am

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children who require multiple surgeries under anesthesia during their first three years of life are at higher risk to develop learning disabilities later. Several studies have suggested that anesthetic drugs may cause abnormalities in … Continue reading →

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Study Shows Statins Lower Stroke Severity

February 26th, 2009 - 8:27 am

Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that patients who were taking statins before a stroke experienced better outcomes and recovery than patients who weren’t on the drug, even when their cholesterol levels were ideal.  That finding is reported in the current … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Teams Up to Help Fight Depression

February 18th, 2009 - 3:35 pm

Researchers at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va., through their technology commercialization efforts, have licensed compounds to Astra Zeneca for potential new drug therapies to treat depression. The collaboration advances both the development of novel … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Psychiatry/Psychology, Research | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Gene Testing may be Key for Treating Some Women with Breast Cancer

December 11th, 2008 - 2:35 pm

Findings from a new study prompt Mayo Clinic researchers to recommend CYP2D6 gene testing for postmenopausal women about to begin tamoxifen therapy. New data confirms that women with an inherited deficiency in the CYP2D6 gene important for the metabolism of … Continue reading →

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