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  • Mayo Clinic debuts patient mobile application

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    nickhanson
    15 May 2012 | 11:23 am
    Mayo Clinic has created a comprehensive mobile health application; combining a custom mobile experience with unparalleled expertise and access. Empowering patients with information at their fingertips, this app sets a new standard for health care apps. The Mayo Clinic patient app provides patients and consumers access to health information and management tips from Mayo’s Web and on-line publications, a list of clinical trials at Mayo, and links to request an appointment at any of our locations. For a Mayo Clinic patient, the functionality is personalized, providing secure access to their…

  • Patient’s Responses Help Surgeons Safely Remove Tumor

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    stacytheobald
    14 May 2012 | 11:48 am
    Mary Meixner had a lot on her mind. She had a new job at a large law firm in Chicago, where the hours were long and the expectations high. Back in her home state of Minnesota, her father was dying.  So when she woke up to find her car lodged in a snowbank, she had an answer for why she’d driven off the highway: stress.  “I was working long hours, and my dad was dying,” says Meixner, who was en route to the airport after visiting her father when she blacked out and drove into the ditch. “I wasn’t as worried about why I’d driven off the road as I was about making my flight.” …

  • Clinical trials aid PSC diagnosis and treatment

    Physician Update
    Miriam Wuensch
    2 May 2012 | 9:25 am
    Jayant A. Talwalkar, M.D., a hepatologist with the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Mayo Clinic Transplant Center in Rochester, Minn., discusses diagnosis, complications, liver transplantation, and Mayo’s role in the development of new diagnostic tests and effective therapies for patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Dr. Talwalkar notes that PSC is the last major liver disease without effective treatment. There is currently no effective medical therapy to halt disease progression and so avoid complications such as liver failure or bile duct cancer for…

  • Everest Ascent planned for 25th

    Advancing The Science
    Robert Nellis
    16 May 2012 | 8:42 am
    National Geographic and North Face have announced the decision to abandon the planned ascent on the West Ridge of Everest due to bad conditions. Conrad Anker, head of the expedition, hopes to climb with the team going up the Southeast Ridge. That group will leave base camp on the 21st, hoping to summit on the 25th or 26th. Read the National Geographic news release. The climbing team continues to wear the monitoring devices from Mayo Clinic and data recorded and stored in their memory caches will provide our researchers with metrics from the ascent. The Mayo team is resting and readjusting to…

  • The Kasson Clinic Goes Home

    Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation
    admin
    3 May 2012 | 5:07 pm
    CFI’s  Community Health Transformation platform is working actively with the Kasson Clinic to provide services to the residents of Dodge County that meet the patient where they are with the most appropriate level of care.   To that end we have developed an experiment that we are calling “Exam Room in a Backpack.”  The backpack (actually a rollerboard suitcase) contains everything a primary care physician needs to see a patient, anywhere.  House calls, see your doctor at the grocery store, meet with a nurse at school or have your appointment at work.  All of these are possible…
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    Mayo Clinic News

  • Mayo Clinic debuts patient mobile application

    nickhanson
    15 May 2012 | 11:23 am
    Mayo Clinic has created a comprehensive mobile health application; combining a custom mobile experience with unparalleled expertise and access. Empowering patients with information at their fingertips, this app sets a new standard for health care apps. The Mayo Clinic patient app provides patients and consumers access to health information and management tips from Mayo’s Web and on-line publications, a list of clinical trials at Mayo, and links to request an appointment at any of our locations. For a Mayo Clinic patient, the functionality is personalized, providing secure access to their…

  • May is Stroke Awareness Month

    briankilen
    14 May 2012 | 4:17 pm
    May is Stroke Awareness Month, held to draw attention to the fact that in the United States, stroke is the fourth leading cause of death, killing over 133,000 people each year, and a leading cause of serious, long-term adult disability. In this video, Kevin Barrett, M.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s neurocritical care unit in Jacksonville, Fla., shares information about stroke – who’s at risk, the signs and symptoms and information about treatment. According to the National Stroke Association, about 795,000 Americans will suffer a stroke this year, yet most people in the U.S.

  • Progam aims to boost access to mental health care

    nickhanson
    9 May 2012 | 1:06 pm
    Patients across the nation are faced with a dilemma when it comes to mental health care: There aren’t enough psychiatrists to treat their needs. Exacerbating the problem is that when a patient is having mental health problems, they will most likely see their primary care physician who may not have the time or training to effectively treat and diagnosis their ailment. Even if a patient manages to schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist, the waiting period to see someone can take weeks, even months. The Depression Improvement Across Minnesota, Offering a New Direction (DIAMOND)…

  • APA: Latest treatments for bipolar disorder

    nickhanson
    6 May 2012 | 1:07 pm
    Dr. Mark Frye, chair of the department of psychology and psychiatry at Mayo Clinic, participated in a discussion on state-of-the-art treatments for bipolar disorder Sunday at the 2012 American Psychiatric Association meeting. The panel featured some of the top names in the field of bipolar research and treatment. Frye called it a fast moving review of how best to treat the acute phase of mania; how best to treat bi-polar depression; how to bring in structures psychotherapies – and discussion about how to keep people well after they’ve been treated. Arguably one of the most difficult…

  • APA attendees get an update on the Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank

    nickhanson
    5 May 2012 | 5:00 pm
    On Saturday May 5 at the American Psychiatric Association meeting, Mayo Clinic Health System psychiatrist Mohit Chauhan, M.D., gave an update on the Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank. Biobanks are a repository used to store human biological samples for use in research of genomics and personalized medicine – in this case gathering data to better treat patients with bipolar disorder. The potential use for the Bipolar Biobank is twofold: The first is identify what types of genes make people more susceptible to bipolar disorder; and the second is learn which type of medications are more…
 
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  • Patient’s Responses Help Surgeons Safely Remove Tumor

    stacytheobald
    14 May 2012 | 11:48 am
    Mary Meixner had a lot on her mind. She had a new job at a large law firm in Chicago, where the hours were long and the expectations high. Back in her home state of Minnesota, her father was dying.  So when she woke up to find her car lodged in a snowbank, she had an answer for why she’d driven off the highway: stress.  “I was working long hours, and my dad was dying,” says Meixner, who was en route to the airport after visiting her father when she blacked out and drove into the ditch. “I wasn’t as worried about why I’d driven off the road as I was about making my flight.” …

  • Heart Patients Use iPad

    makalajohnson
    11 May 2012 | 11:40 am
    A new iPad app uses Mayo Clinic patient education to help patients learn about recovery after heart surgery. The app offers patients a wide range of content, including videos, available at the touch of a fingertip. Mayo Clinic Patient Randy Sterner is one patient who benefitted from using the new app. Stern says the app helped him find important resources and keep track of the things he needed to do each day. Watch the Mayo Medical Edge video below to find out more about his experience.

  • Rehab Program Helps Texas Teen Learn to Manage Chronic Pain

    stacytheobald
    9 May 2012 | 11:01 am
    Austin Horton’s adolescence was dominated by pain. More than a dozen specialists — among them an orthopedist, rheumatologist, pain doctor, psychiatrist and acupuncturist — couldn’t offer much relief or even a definitive reason for the pain.  Relief finally came from the Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Program at Mayo Clinic’s Rochester campus. “It helped me get my life back,” says Horton, now 19 and a freshman at the University of North Texas in Denton. “I learned I’m in control of my body, not the other way around.”  Horton’s pain started when he was 10, with achy feet…

  • Just Keep Trying: Kids and Positive Airway Pressure Therapy

    makalajohnson
    8 May 2012 | 8:00 am
    The Patient Education video titled Just Keep Trying: Kids and Positive Airway Pressure Therapy (PAP) helps kids understand how important it is to use PAP.  Several kids share their experience about getting used to the therapy machine and that it helps them sleep better and gives them more energy.  Parents also talk about diagnosis and testing, treatment results, what usually happens with the PAP, the child’s responsibility and use while away from home. Check out a clip from this award-winning educational video: If you think this video may help your child, ask your Mayo Clinic health…

  • Saving Lives by Recruiting Marrow Donors

    stacytheobald
    7 May 2012 | 11:32 am
    Carolyn “Ceci” Christenson, age 18, of Gilbert, Ariz., has already survived a rare, life-threatening blood disorder and become a high-powered recruiter for the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP).  Her experience inspires Christenson to speak out for patients whose hope for a cure resembles a high-stakes lottery. In December 2011, she appeared on CBS’s “The Early Show” to promote the need for bone marrow donors. Being on the show fulfilled her altruistic request to Make-A-Wish Foundation.  “You feel so helpless because a bone marrow transplant is the only way to fight your…
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    Physician Update

  • Clinical trials aid PSC diagnosis and treatment

    Miriam Wuensch
    2 May 2012 | 9:25 am
    Jayant A. Talwalkar, M.D., a hepatologist with the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Mayo Clinic Transplant Center in Rochester, Minn., discusses diagnosis, complications, liver transplantation, and Mayo’s role in the development of new diagnostic tests and effective therapies for patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). Dr. Talwalkar notes that PSC is the last major liver disease without effective treatment. There is currently no effective medical therapy to halt disease progression and so avoid complications such as liver failure or bile duct cancer for…

  • Distribution of arterial lesions in Takayasu’s arteritis

    Miriam Wuensch
    26 Apr 2012 | 11:29 am
    Steven R. Ytterberg, M.D., with the Department of Rheumatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., discusses a study that examined similarities and differences between two forms of vasculitis: giant cell arteritis and Takayasu’s arteritis. Findings suggest that TAK and GCA may exist on a spectrum within the same disease. The study was published online on Feb. 10, 2012 in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. ABSTRACT Objectives To compare patterns of arteriographic lesions of the aorta and primary branches in patients with Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) and giant cell arteritis (GCA).

  • Mayo Clinic offers newly approved treatment for GERD

    Miriam Wuensch
    17 Apr 2012 | 2:13 pm
    C. Daniel Smith, M.D. , chair of the Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Florida, discusses minimally invasive surgical options for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).  A novel device, a ring of tiny magnetic titanium beads that acts to keep stomach acid from leaking into the esophagus, is now offered at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Read more about the LINX Reflux Management System in the April 11, 2012, edition of MedCity News.   Mayo Clinic in Florida is one of the first health care institutions in the U.S. to offer a newly approved device to treat GERD. Mayo…

  • Mayo Clinic study finds that cardiac rehab reduces mortality by 45 percent

    Nicole Engler
    3 Apr 2012 | 8:10 pm
    Randal J. Thomas, M.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s Cardiovascular Health Clinic, and colleagues found that patients who participate in cardiac rehabilitation after having heart interventions such as angioplasty, stents and clot-busting drugs have a 45 percent lower mortality rate. The research team studied data from more than 2,300 patients between 1994 and 2008, and recently published the results in Circulation.   Only about 40 percent of patients in the study participated in cardiac rehabilitation. These findings are particularly important for interventional cardiologists, Dr. Thomas…

  • Mayo Clinic study confirms stents are safe for patients allergic to metal

    Nicole Engler
    3 Apr 2012 | 8:01 pm
    Mayo Clinic researchers have found that cardiac patients who have skin allergies to metals commonly found in jewelry, such as nickel, are at no higher risk for complications if they receive a stent containing these metal components. Mayo Clinic cardiologist Rajiv Gulati, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues studied a total of 29 patients with a history of skin allergies to stent metal components who subsequently underwent coronary stent implantation. The research team compared clinical outcomes with a matched control group of 250 non- metal allergic patients who received similar stents. In addition to…
 
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    Advancing The Science

  • Everest Ascent planned for 25th

    Robert Nellis
    16 May 2012 | 8:42 am
    National Geographic and North Face have announced the decision to abandon the planned ascent on the West Ridge of Everest due to bad conditions. Conrad Anker, head of the expedition, hopes to climb with the team going up the Southeast Ridge. That group will leave base camp on the 21st, hoping to summit on the 25th or 26th. Read the National Geographic news release. The climbing team continues to wear the monitoring devices from Mayo Clinic and data recorded and stored in their memory caches will provide our researchers with metrics from the ascent. The Mayo team is resting and readjusting to…

  • Reflections of Climbers on Research

    Robert Nellis
    15 May 2012 | 9:30 am
    Research is continuing on the Everest climb. Yes, the Mayo team is back in Minnesota, but now the data crunching begins as equipment is being retrieved via one shipping outlet  or another on its way back from Nepal. At least two manuscripts will be started almost immediately. Back on Everest, the climbers have a two-week window to attempt a summit before the weather changes. They continue to wear the monitoring systems and data is being recorded and stored for shipment back to the U.S. Before departing base camp, Joel Streed recorded the reflections of three of the climbers — Hilaree…

  • Arrival – 5-12-12

    Robert Nellis
    13 May 2012 | 12:53 pm
    The look of success, the smiles of homecoming The team arrived shortly after 7 on Saturday evening to the delight of family, friends and colleagues. Several TV stations captured the event before everyone rushed off for some private time, American food, and rest. WCCO TV coverage KSTP TV coverage Facing the cameras on arrival in the Twin Cities

  • Coming Home

    Robert Nellis
    11 May 2012 | 5:10 pm
    The Mayo Clinic Everest Research team is scheduled to arrive home tomorrow evening, landing at the Minneapolis airport at 7:15. The team will then rest up for a bit and reunite in the lab at Mayo to begin evaluation of data while they await the summiting of the two North Face/National Geographic climbing teams in coming days. We will continue to post information on the science and updates on their expedition. Stay tuned for all the video we’ve not been able to post due to transmission limitations from the mountain, more impressions of Nepal and more great graphics and science.

  • “I just need to pick up a few things…on my way to Everest.”

    Robert Nellis
    11 May 2012 | 12:43 pm
    Just before the Mayo research team left for Mount Everest some of the members realized they were short a few items. So our medical researchers (Bryan, Alex and Amine) made a quick trip to the “corner store”.  [Shooting and editing by Dan Dwyer]
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  • The Kasson Clinic Goes Home

    admin
    3 May 2012 | 5:07 pm
    CFI’s  Community Health Transformation platform is working actively with the Kasson Clinic to provide services to the residents of Dodge County that meet the patient where they are with the most appropriate level of care.   To that end we have developed an experiment that we are calling “Exam Room in a Backpack.”  The backpack (actually a rollerboard suitcase) contains everything a primary care physician needs to see a patient, anywhere.  House calls, see your doctor at the grocery store, meet with a nurse at school or have your appointment at work.  All of these are possible…
 
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    Mayo Clinic Medical Edge Radio

  • Dr. Martha Grogan and Dr. Eric Olson

    Tracy
    13 May 2012 | 2:16 am
    Coming up, a special Medical Edge Weekend from Target Field in downtown Minneapolis, MN.  Target Field is the site of the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk.  Our guests will discuss healthy hearts! Dr. Martha Grogan is a non-invasive cardiologist and the editor of the Mayo Clinic Healthy Heart of Life.  Dr. Eric Olson is a pulmonologist who specializes in sleep disorders.  Join us as we discuss how healthy choices will lead to a healthier heart. The entire program will be posted here on May 28th.

  • Dr. John M. Davis III

    Tracy
    6 May 2012 | 1:44 pm
    The next show will feature Dr. John Davis from Mayo Clinic Rochester and arthritis.  We will discuss the different types of arthritis and how a diagnoses is made.  We’ll also talk about the different medications available for treatment of arthritis -including glucosamine chondroitin.  We’ll also discuss the latest treatments for rhuematoid arthritis.  We hope you’ll join us. Take part in two Arthritis Action Month Facebook chats: Tuesday, May 15, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Eastern: GOUT. Hosted by Mayo Clinic at http://www.facebook.com/MayoClinic with Mayo rheumatologist, Tim…

  • Mayo Clinic – On Everest

    Tracy
    5 May 2012 | 3:09 pm
    During our May 5, 2012 show, Dr. Johnson joined us for a live interview from Mt. Everest! Clink on the link below for the audio file. Running length approx. 5 min 30 sec. Medical edge Weekend interview with Dr. Johnson, part of the Mayo Clinic On Everest team

  • Dr. Bryan McIver

    Tracy
    29 Apr 2012 | 3:02 pm
    The May 5th Medical Edge Radio program featured Dr. Bryan McIver talking about thyroid issues.   From thyroid nodules to thyroid cancer, hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism, the tiny thyroid can bring on big changes if it starts to lose function. AUDIO from show: Interview with Dr. Johnson, part of the Mayo Clinic On Everest team Medical edge Weekend 5-5-12 SOCIAL MEDIA: Check out our Facebook feed for “Medical edge Weekend – Thyroid” show Check out our Twitter feed from “Medical edge Weekend – Thyroid”  

  • Dr. Robert D. Brown, Jr.

    Tracy
    21 Apr 2012 | 8:36 pm
    The April 28th Medical Edge Weekend program featured Dr. Robert Brown of Mayo Clinic talking about stroke.  A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted.  When the blood flow is not restored, brain cells begin to die.   We discussed how to determine if someone is having a stroke, how to survive a stroke and how to prevent a stroke in the first place. The entire program will be posted here on May 7th. Medical edge Weekend Social Media, Find us on Facebook and follow @MayoClinic on Twitter, ask questions using #mayoradio! Check out our Facebook feed from “Medical…
 
 
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