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NEWS ABOUT: Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic stories: 13 news summaries

Mayo Clinic Turns Away Medicare, Medicaid Patients

Hospital praised for efficiency treats increasingly wealthy population

Oct 13, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Mayo Clinic, which has gotten plaudits from the White House for its low spending on Medicare and Medicaid patients, is turning some of those patients away. The clinic will stop accepting Medicaid patients from Nebraska or Montana at its main Rochester, Minnesota, campus, and will no longer offer primary... More »

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health care • Medicare • Medicaid • health care reform • Mayo Clinic

OPINION

 To Cure Health Care, 
 See This Doctor 

Mayo Clinic boss could be reform's 'Petraeus'

Aug 20, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - To fix health care, we need a commander like Gen. David Petraeus: “a professional who can break through the political chaff and describe a strategy for reform that can unite the country,” writes David Ignatius in the Washington Post. He nominates Mayo Clinic CEO Dr. Denis Cortese, who’... More »

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health insurance • Medicare • Medicaid • health care reform • Mayo Clinic • David Ignatius • President Obama • Denis Cortese

 Johns Hopkins Tops 
 Hospital Rankings 

Mayo Clinic, UCLA follow in US News rankings

Jul 16, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Johns Hopkins has been named America’s best hospital for the 19th year in a row, the Baltimore Sun reports. The closely followed US News & World Report rankings placed Hopkins first in rheumatology, urology, and ear, nose and throat; it was second in neurology and neurosurgery, geriatrics, gynecology, ophthalmology,... More »

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list • hospital • Johns Hopkins University • University of Pennsylvania • Mayo Clinic • UCLA Medical Center • Cleveland Clinic • Duke University Medical Center. • US News & World Report • Brigham and Women's Hospital • Barnes-Jewish Hospital • UCSF Medical Center • New York-Presbyterian

Celiac Disease Diagnoses Skyrocket

Many with gluten intolerance may not
know of condition

Jul 10, 09 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The number of Americans diagnosed with celiac disease has quadrupled since the 1950s, and the condition "is emerging as a substantial public health concern," Mayo Clinic researchers warn. People who had the gluten-intolerance disease and didn’t know it were four times more likely to have died during... More »

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nutrition • study • public health • gluten • wheat • Mayo Clinic • celiac disease • health research

New Prostate Cancer Drug Amazes Researchers

Experimental therapy cures men's inoperable cancer

Jun 20, 09 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The total recovery of two patients suffering inoperable prostate cancer under a new treatment has amazed researchers at the Mayo Clinic, the Minnesota Post reports. The men, who suffered from a highly aggressive and deadly form of the disease, were found to be cancer-free after treatment with an experimental drug... More »

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cancer • prostate cancer • cancer research • cancer treatment • Mayo Clinic • immunotherapy

Heart Pills Curb
Risk of Prostate
Cancer: Study

Statins also help
urinary tract, erections,
early findings show

Apr 27, 09 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Men taking cholesterol drugs to avert heart attacks may also be protecting themselves against prostate cancer and impotency, Bloomberg reports. A 15-year study by the Mayo Clinic tracked 2,440 white Minnesotans and found that those who took statins lowered their cancer risk threefold. The findings are challenged by another... More »

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prostate cancer • men • Mayo Clinic • medical study • erection • cholesterol-lowering statins

 Sepsis Strikes, Kills Quickly 

What starts as infection can turn deadly in a heartbeat

Jan 28, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The quick and seemingly inexplicable death of 20-year-old Brazilian model Mariana Bridi da Costa brought the dangers of sepsis—the body's inflammatory reaction to an infection—into focus, CNN reports. It can start with something as simple as a skin wound or, as in da Costa's case, a urinary tract... More »

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Brazil • infection • Mayo Clinic • urinary tract infection • Jim Henson • Sepsis

analysis

 Dieting? Skip the Pricey Pills 

No way around healthy eating and exercise


Jan 22, 09 6:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Now that Americans have had access to the first over-the-counter weight-loss drug for 18 months, we've become a lean, mean nation, right? Not so much, writes Debra Sherman for Reuters. It's true that Alli—$60 for a 30-day supply—gives users slightly better results, but they're probably not worth the... More »

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weight loss • diet pills • Mayo Clinic • anti obesity drugs • over-the-counter drugs • Alli

 Scientists Grow Blood
 From Stem Cells

Major breakthrough in controversial field

Aug 20, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have manufactured human blood in a laboratory using embryonic stem cells, reports the Los Angeles Times. The project represents a major technical breakthrough in the controversial area of stem cell research. Researchers made significant quantities of several blood types, but still have a number of hurdles ahead before producing... More »

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stem cell research • University of Illinois • American Red Cross • University of Minnesota • Mayo Clinic • human blood • Stem Cell Institute • red blood cells • Advanced Cell Technology Inc. • Einstein College of Medicine • globin

 McCain Mole
Not Cancerous

Biopsy shows no skin cancer

Jul 29, 08 10:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A biopsy performed on a mole removed from John McCain's face shows no sign of skin cancer. The brief cancer scare came after a routine dermatological check-up, Reuters reports. The 72-year-old Senator has had four malignant melanomas—the most serious form of skin cancer—removed since 1993. More »

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John McCain • skin cancer • melanoma • Mayo Clinic • biopsy • lymph nodes

MRIs Hold Promise of Early Alzheimer's Detection

Brain plaque spotted in rabbits

Jul 28, 08 2:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers are a step closer to early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease using conventional MRI scanners. Plaque associated with Alzheimer's has been detected in rabbits by a team in Canada using MRI equipment, Reuters reports. Currently, the disease is diagnosed based on a series of tests, but a diagnosis can only... More »

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MRI • University of Pennsylvania • Mayo Clinic • International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease • Alzheimer's Disease • Robarts Research Institute • amyloid plaques • Dr. Jeffrey Kaye • Braak staging • Prashanthi Vemuri

 Hypertension
 Linked to
 Fewer Migraines 

High blood pressure may interfere with pain signals

Apr 15, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beta blockers and other medications that lower blood pressure are routinely prescribed for migraines, but now a new study has discovered that people with high blood pressure had 40% fewer headaches. "This is a paradox," the lead researcher told WebMD. One possibility is that high blood pressure interferes... More »

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hypertension • migraines • blood pressure • American Heart Association • Mayo Clinic • headaches • migraine triggers • pain • beta blockers • Norwegian National Headache Center • baroreflex • high blood pressure

Blood Test Predicts Alzheimer's

Breakthrough diagnosis could aid treatment

Oct 15, 07 3:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new blood test not only diagnoses Alzheimer's, but it can predict with 91% accuracy who will suffer from the disease in the future, reports the San Jose Mercury News. The test, developed by San Francisco company Satoris, identifies the disease by detecting unusual activity in 18 proteins associated with... More »

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stroke • diagnosis • blood tests • proteins • National Institute on Aging • tumors • Mayo Clinic • Patrick Lynn • Satoris • Alzheimer's Disease

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