Tag Archives: Research

Bill Weir, Nightline explore possibilities of stem cell research at Mayo Clinic

January 17th, 2013 - 11:45 am

  ABC Nightline report on stem cell research by Bill Weir, January 18, 2013. PROMO:  At 11:35 p.m. CT on Friday, Jan. 18 Mayo Clinic and the lab of Dr. Tim Nelson will be featured on ABC’s Nightline. The topic is … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Ranked as a Top-Performing Academic Medical Center

September 19th, 2012 - 8:40 am

Mayo Clinic has been identified as one of the nation’s best-performing academic medical centers by the University HealthSystem Consortium. The consortium created a quality and accountability study in 2005 to help academic medical centers improve health care quality and safety. For … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Study Reports Increasing Incidence of C. difficile Infection (C. diff)

May 23rd, 2012 - 9:52 am

A study presented by Mayo Clinic provides clear evidence that the number of people contracting the hard-to-control and treat bacterial infection Clostridium difficile (C. difficile or C. diff) is increasing, and that the infection is commonly contracted outside of the … Continue reading →

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A Call to Action: Engaging Adults in Clinical Trials

May 4th, 2012 - 4:39 pm

It’s a stunning disparity: Sixty percent of children with cancer are in clinical trials, compared with only about 6 percent of adult cancer patients. That low level of engagement holds true for adults with other conditions, and participation rates fall even … Continue reading →

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Stroke prevention program helps patients reduce risk factors

April 25th, 2012 - 10:53 am

  In this video, Dr. Kelly Flemming discusses a stroke program that was studied at the Mayo Clinic. Patients in the stroke prevention program were likelier to follow a prescribed diet and exercise than those receiving traditional care, Mayo researchers … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Quality and Systems Engineering Conference Set for Next Month

April 18th, 2012 - 7:40 am

Three Mayo Clinic conferences focused on health care delivery – The Quality Academy Conference, The Conference on Systems Engineering/Operations Research in Health Care and The Mayo Clinic Health System Quality Innovation Conference – will be combined into a single event … Continue reading →

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New Type Of Molecular Mutation In Breast Cancer

April 16th, 2012 - 11:52 am

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A new class of molecular mutation, in various forms of breast cancer, has been discovered by Mayo Clinic researchers in Florida. This finding may shed new light on the growth of different types of breast tumors and investigators believe the discovery could … 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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From the Outside In: Mayo Clinic Collaboration Finds Multiple Sclerosis Often Starts in Brain’s Outer Layers

December 5th, 2011 - 3:36 pm

Multiple sclerosis (MS) may progress from the outermost layers of the brain to its deep parts, and isn’t always an “inside-out” process as previously thought, reported a new collaborative study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic. … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Research Improves Diagnosis and Potential Treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica

December 1st, 2011 - 3:31 pm

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified critical properties of neuromyelitis optica, a potentially debilitating neurological disease. The findings could help physicians better care for the thousands of patients around the world with NMO. The paper was published in the journal, Proceedings … Continue reading →

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