Category Archives: Research

Mayo Clinic Studies Climbers on Everest to Help Heart Patients at Home

March 21st, 2012 - 12:54 pm

Journalists:   See bottom of this post for audio and video resources. It’s a natural laboratory for studying heart disease, lung problems, muscle loss, sleeping disorders and new medical technologies. It’s also the highest mountain in the world. Mount Everest’s extreme … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Reacts to Unanimous Supreme Court Decision

March 20th, 2012 - 4:01 pm

Journalists:  See bottom of this post for Audio resources Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of Mayo Collaborative Services in a case against Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., that dates back to 2004. John Noseworthy, M.D., … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic study on yips presented at World Scientific Congress of Golf

March 13th, 2012 - 5:43 pm

A recent Mayo Clinic study on yips, a condition that has baffled golfers and scientists for decades, will be a featured presentation on March 16, 9:45 a.m., at the upcoming World Scientific Congress of Golf. The Congress tees off March … Continue reading →

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CentraCare’s Coborn Cancer Center Becomes First Member of Mayo Clinic Cancer Care Network

March 13th, 2012 - 3:12 pm

Mayo Clinic today announced that CentraCare’s Coborn Cancer Center will be the first member of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Care Network. The St. Cloud, Minn.-based Coborn Cancer Center is the first cancer-specific member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. The agreement … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic: REM Sleep Disorder Doubles Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Parkinson’s

March 13th, 2012 - 2:42 pm

Journalists:  For audio and video resources, see bottom of this post. People with symptoms suggesting rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder have twice the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment or Parkinson’s disease within four years of diagnosis with the … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic and partners to explore new ways to predict and control seizures

March 6th, 2012 - 2:03 pm

Mayo Clinic and partners from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine and College of Pharmacy, the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and NeuroVista Corporation have been … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Review: Blood Pressure Drug Effective for Treating PTSD-Related Nightmares

March 6th, 2012 - 8:33 am

Mayo Clinic researchers this week will announce the use of the blood pressure drug prazosin as an effective treatment to curb Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)-related nightmares. In a presentation during the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry in Prague, Mayo … Continue reading →

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Study Yields Insights Into Giant Cell Arteritis, Takayasu’s Arteritis

February 17th, 2012 - 4:59 pm

“I think it will change the way we understand the two diseases.” Continue reading →

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Overeating May Double Risk of Memory Loss

February 12th, 2012 - 5:07 pm

Counting calories may do more than just help shrink your waistline. A new study from Mayo Clinic suggests that eating too much may double the risk for memory loss in people age 70 and older. “We observed a dose-response pattern … Continue reading →

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What’s the Association Between ADHD and Anesthesia?

January 26th, 2012 - 11:45 am

Journalists:  For links to video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. Mayo Clinic researchers have found that multiple exposures to anesthesia at a young age are associated with higher rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children exposed to … Continue reading →

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