Author Archives: Kevin Punsky

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

September 19th, 2011 - 1:29 pm

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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Mayo Clinic Researchers Divide Alzheimer’s Disease into Two Types

September 6th, 2011 - 1:59 pm

Investigators at the Florida campus of Mayo Clinic identified distinct subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease, including one that occurs most often in middle-aged adults and is rapidly progressive and another type that occurs most often in very old patients that advances … Continue reading →

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A Taste of Hurricane Preparedness

August 26th, 2011 - 8:16 am

Another hurricane season is upon us and, as if to emphasize that point, Hurricane Irene is making it’s presence felt along the east coast.  Against that backdrop, dietetic interns at Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus have been busy this week sharing “hurricane meal plans” … Continue reading →

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Mayo researchers: Genetic mutation linked to Parkinson’s disease

August 16th, 2011 - 9:38 am

Researchers have discovered a new gene mutation they say causes Parkinson’s disease. The mutation was identified in a large Swiss family with Parkinson’s disease, using advanced DNA sequencing technology. The study, published today in the American Journal of Human Genetics, … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Examines Why Knee Osteoarthritis Afflicts More Women Than Men

August 3rd, 2011 - 10:45 am

A Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon suspects that the nagging pain and inflammation that women can experience in their knees may be different from what men encounter, and she has been chosen to lead a novel U.S.-Canadian study to explore the … Continue reading →

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Gift Will Allow Mayo Researchers To Further Explore Common, But Little Recognized, Cause of Dementia In The Elderly

March 22nd, 2011 - 9:52 am

When you hear a mention of the word dementia, what comes to mind?  Most people probably think Alzheimer’s Disease.  But another common form is called lewy body dementia, but not nearly as many people know about it. To help continue its … Continue reading →

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Robotic Assisted Partial Knee Replacement

November 16th, 2010 - 12:30 pm

Orthopedic surgeons at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville now have a new robotic arm system to assist them in replacing a small area of the knee with an implant in people with limited osteoarthritis. This is the only robotic arm … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic finds early success with laser that destroys tumors with heat

October 13th, 2010 - 12:10 pm

Physicians at Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus are among the first in the nation to use a technique known as MRI-guided laser ablation to heat up and destroy kidney and liver tumors. So far, five patients have been successfully treated — … Continue reading →

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National Trial Shows Carotid Artery Surgery and Stenting Equally Effective in Preventing Stroke

May 24th, 2010 - 3:32 pm

Physicians now have two safe and effective options in tailoring treatments for their patients at risk for stroke, says a researcher at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida who led a large national clinical trial. Results of that study, testing … Continue reading →

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HD Medicine

April 28th, 2010 - 3:49 pm

Just as cameras and televisions have been reinvented in the last decade with improved optics, sharpness and brightness, so have the tiny imaging scopes that physicians use to peer into the body’s nooks and crannies — its organs and digestive … Continue reading →

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