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Mayo Clinic debuts patient mobile application

May 15th, 2012 - 11:23 am

Mayo Clinic has created a comprehensive mobile health application; combining a custom mobile experience with unparalleled expertise and access. Empowering patients with information at their fingertips, this app sets a new standard for health care apps. The Mayo Clinic patient … Continue reading →

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Progam aims to boost access to mental health care

May 9th, 2012 - 1:06 pm

Patients across the nation are faced with a dilemma when it comes to mental health care: There aren’t enough psychiatrists to treat their needs. Exacerbating the problem is that when a patient is having mental health problems, they will most … Continue reading →

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APA: Latest treatments for bipolar disorder

May 6th, 2012 - 1:07 pm

Dr. Mark Frye, chair of the department of psychology and psychiatry at Mayo Clinic, participated in a discussion on state-of-the-art treatments for bipolar disorder Sunday at the 2012 American Psychiatric Association meeting. The panel featured some of the top names … Continue reading →

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APA attendees get an update on the Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank

May 5th, 2012 - 5:00 pm

On Saturday May 5 at the American Psychiatric Association meeting, Mayo Clinic Health System psychiatrist Mohit Chauhan, M.D., gave an update on the Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank. Biobanks are a repository used to store human biological samples for use … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Psychiatrists Present Research at American Psychiatric Association

May 4th, 2012 - 4:04 pm

A suicide study will be among the research presented by Mayo Clinic psychiatry and psychology experts at the American Psychiatric Association meeting Saturday through Wednesday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. They also are available to offer expert comment … Continue reading →

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ABC’s Nightline Features Mayo Clinic Transplant Program

May 2nd, 2012 - 10:22 pm

  ABC’s Nightline aired a special program on transplants, Tuesday May 1, 2012.  Bill Weir and the Nightline crew spent a considerable amount of time at Mayo Clinic in Rochester over the past couple of months interviewing physicians and patients.  Watch the entire episode where patients … Continue reading →

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Tune-in to Nightline tonight

May 1st, 2012 - 2:43 pm

ABC’s Nightline will be airing a special program on transplants Tuesday May 1. Bill Weir and the Nightline crew spent a considerable amount of time at Mayo Clinic in Rochester over the past couple of months interviewing physicians and patients. … Continue reading →

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How to display your donor status on Facebook

May 1st, 2012 - 11:14 am

On May 1, 2012 Facebook annouced that you an now indicate whether or not you are an organ donor on your timeline. The status indicator is an effort to boost organ donors in the United States, where 18 people die every … Continue reading →

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Join us for a Twitter chat on organ donation

May 1st, 2012 - 10:10 am

Mayo Clinic’s Brooks Edwards, M.D., chair of The William J. von Liebig Transplant Center at Mayo Clinic, where more than 1200 transplants are performed annually, will participate in a Twitter chat with Dr. Richard Besser, ABC News Chief Health and … Continue reading →

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Nightline to highlight Mayo Clinic Transplant Program

April 30th, 2012 - 2:56 pm

ABC News’ Nightline has been following two Mayo Clinic transplant recipients, along with several other transplant patients the past few months. At 11:35 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 1, Nightline will be airing their journeys during a special 30-minute program … Continue reading →

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