Category Archives: Neurology & Neurosurgery

Anesthesia No Threat For Long-Term Dementia

May 2nd, 2013 - 12:58 pm

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that elderly patients who receive anesthesia are no more likely to develop long-term dementia or Alzheimer’s disease than other seniors. Pediatric anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic Children’s Center, David Warner, M.D., says, “It’s reassuring we’re adding to the … Continue reading →

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WSJ, Mayo, others partnering for Twitter chat on autism

May 1st, 2013 - 3:39 pm

The Wall Street Journal’s Shirley Wang and experts from Mayo Clinic, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Yale and other institutions are teaming up for a Twitter chat on autism at 12 ET on Friday, May 3. Hashtag: #autismchat. The chat will focus … Continue reading →

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Dr. Petersen Updates U.S. Senate Panel on National Alzheimer’s Project Act

April 24th, 2013 - 4:41 pm

This afternoon, Mayo Clinic neurologist Ronald Petersen, M.D.,Ph.D., testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging regarding the status of the National Alzheimer’s Project Act, which aims to effectively treat Alzheimer’sdisease by 2025. He touched on a variety of topics including the potential burden … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Expert to Update U.S. Senate Panel on National Alzheimer’s Project Act

April 23rd, 2013 - 8:57 am

UPDATE: Watch the testimony live here at 2 p.m. ET today. MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo Clinic neurologist Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Advisory Council on Research, Care and Services for The National Alzheimer’s Project Act, will be in Washington D.C. … Continue reading →

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Time, Mayo teaming up for Parkinson’s Twitter chat

April 15th, 2013 - 9:39 am

Tuesday April 16, Mayo Clinic is teaming up with Alice Park from Time for a Twitter chat on Parkinson’s disease. April is Parkinson’s disease awareness month. The movement disorder, which usually strikes between the ages of 50 and 65, is … Continue reading →

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Gene May Help Identify Risk of Alzheimer’s in African Americans

April 14th, 2013 - 4:06 pm

Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida participated in a nationwide study that found minor differences between genes that contribute to late-onset Alzheimer’s disease in African-Americans and in Caucasians. The study, published April 10 in The Journal of the American Medical Association, … Continue reading →

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Cognitively normal people with high amyloid levels likelier to have damaged hippocampus

March 20th, 2013 - 2:32 pm

People who aren’t showing signs of cognitive decline but have evidence of amyloid in their brains, showed a greater rate of shrinkage of their hippocampus — the part of the brain involved with memory function — later on than cognitively … Continue reading →

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Research Shows Genetic Evidence that New Therapies Targeting Parkinson’s Disease may Cause Harm

March 20th, 2013 - 12:39 pm

  NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) and Mayo Clinic researchers have partnered on a study that shows genetic and clinical evidence that therapies targeting the expression of alpha-synuclein — a gene whose function is involved in the development and progression of … Continue reading →

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Acting Out Dreams Linked to Development of Dementia

March 19th, 2013 - 3:17 pm

The strongest predictor of whether a man is developing dementia with Lewy bodies — the second most common form of dementia in the elderly — is whether he acts out his dreams while sleeping, Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered. Patients … Continue reading →

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Researchers develop test to gauge severity of concussions

March 18th, 2013 - 2:55 pm

Neurologists at Mayo Clinic in Arizona have used autonomic reflex testing to find physical signs a concussion has occurred, a step toward creating a diagnostic test to gauge the severity of concussions. In the study of 21 patients, each patient … Continue reading →

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