Category Archives: Events

Obesity Prevention Bus Makes a Stop in Minneapolis

January 24th, 2012 - 4:43 pm

Journalists:  For links to video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. A rolling laboratory some people have nicknamed the “Obesity Prevention Bus” is bringing fitness to the office.   The University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic today … Continue reading →

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Mayo-Karolinska Conference Kicks Off in Nobel Forum

December 1st, 2011 - 2:43 pm

The Nobel Forum at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm was the setting this morning for the start of a three day conference on medical research, education and innovation between the Swedish medical university and Mayo Clinic. Tomorrow the two institutions … Continue reading →

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Live From Orlando – Mayo Radio and Ophthalmology

October 22nd, 2011 - 12:48 pm

Mayo Clinic’s first live broadcast from a national medical conference is now history. Medical Edge Radio — hosted by Dr. Tom Shives and Tracy McCray — debuted from the Mayo booth on the exhibit floor here at the Orlando Convention … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon joins the U.S. Navy

October 17th, 2011 - 4:08 pm

Mayo Clinic neurosurgeon Kendall Lee, M.D., held a ceremony on Saturday, October 15th, in recognition of his commission into the U.S. Navy. “I want to serve the country that I believe in, I think this country has given me so … Continue reading →

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Getting stronger, year by year: Empowering women with heart disease

October 12th, 2011 - 3:00 pm

What happens when you bring together women who have heart disease and arm them with information and skills to talk to others about their disease? And wait, how about if you add time for them to talk with physicians one-on-one … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Announces Global Smoke-free Worksite Challenge at Clinton Global Initiative

September 21st, 2011 - 10:02 am

Journalists:  For links to video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. Mayo Clinic today announced a partnership with other organizations to develop a Global Smoke-free Worksite Challenge. The partners are committed to making their worksites 100 percent … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic to Break Ground in Rochester for New Proton Beam Therapy Program

September 14th, 2011 - 11:00 am

Update: Video of ground breaking ceremony can be found at the bottom of this post. Journalists:  For links to video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. Mayo Clinic will take another step toward a new era in … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Creates Healthy Aging and Independent Living Lab

September 12th, 2011 - 5:28 pm

The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation is collaborating with Mayo Clinic’s Robert and Arlene Kogod Center for Aging and the Charter House in creating the Healthy Aging & Independent Living (HAIL) Lab to support ‘aging in place’ – helping seniors … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: Letters from Mayo Clinic Team 8: Partners in Medical Education with Haiti

June 6th, 2011 - 4:25 pm

By Megan Donley, R.N. June 1st Learning a lot about the ability to be flexible. After learning about a public announcement about a mass cholera outbreak and witnessing an influx of cholera patients, our team transformed St Philomene. To prepare … Continue reading →

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Letters from Mayo Clinic Team 8: Partners in Medical Education with Haiti

June 3rd, 2011 - 2:15 pm

More than a year after the earthquake in Haiti, Mayo Clinic medical teams are helping in shifts.  Since February of this year several groups from Mayo Clinic campuses have rotated on medical mission trips to assist at St. Damien Hospital … Continue reading →

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