Mayo Clinic leaders offer health reform vision, prescriptions
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In an essay published in the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Mayo Clinic CEO Denis Cortese, M.D., and Chief Administrative Officer, Robert Smoldt, diagnose problems in American health care and offer prescriptions for reform, suggesting solutions based on the concept of a "Learning Organization."...... The main problem with the U.S. health care system, the authors write...Mayo Clinic noninvasive test for heart disease risk
"About 40 percent of the American public is considered to be at moderate risk for heart disease," says Iftikhar Kullo, M.D., of Mayo Clinic, the lead author of the study. "Nearly half the heart attacks come without warning, which means we need to do a better job of screening people. This test has that potential."...... The test, aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV), measures how fast the pulse wave...Mayo researchers discover overdiagnosis of long QT heart syndrome
... In their review of 176 patients referred to Mayo Clinic for a second opinion about a diagnosis of LQTS, Mayo specialists found that about 40 percent did not show sufficient evidence to merit that diagnosis. Most of these were dismissed as normal. Of the 176, most were taking drugs to co...New Mayo Clinic MRI technology enables noninvasive liver diagnoses
... The liver responds to many diseases that damage its cells by developing scar tissue or fibrosis. MRE uses a modified form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to accurately...Mayor of New York proposes preventing 100 million deaths from tobacco
... ... The authors say: "Despite this enormous a...Mayo Clinic research in cardiovascular disease presented at Experimental Biology 2007
... ... <h...Mayo Clinic study finds heart transplant patients benefit from new approach to immunosuppression
... Heart transplant patients are required to take daily immunosuppressive medication to prevent their body from rejecting the transplanted organ. Standard practice has been to treat patients primarily with calcineur...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researcher finds mold by-product kills multiple myeloma
... "There were a number of fascinating findings," says Keith Bible, M.D., Ph.D., oncologist and the studys primary investigator. "In addition to observing...Mayo Clinic solves painful puzzle of UT ligament split tear in wrist
... In the study of 272 consecutive patients (53.7 percent males, median age 33.7) with wrist pain who had undergone arthroscopy between 1998 and 2005, the Mayo Clinic team discovered that a positive "uln...Mayo Clinic study shows drug-eluting stent use in heart patients determined more by insurance type
... Mayo Clinic also fou...Mayo Clinic research shows young people who died suddenly and inexplicably had genetic heart defects
... The defects were caused by mutations, which can be thought of as spelling errors in the genetic code. The defects produced one of two abnormal heart rhythm conditions: Long QT syndrome...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center -- Surgery and adjuvant therapy may work for pancreatic cancer
... The American Cancer Society reports that while the incidence of pancreatic cancer has decreased over the last few years, it remai...High-power MRI helps Mayo Clinic surgical team predict outcomes in unusual tumor cases
... In their report, Mayo physicians describe a case study of five patients. Four had neurofibromatosis, a condition w...Mayo Clinic shows adding activity to video games fights obesity
... "We know if kids play video games that require movement, they burn more energy than they would while sitting and playing traditional screen games. That's pretty obvious even without our data," says Lorraine Lanningham-Foster, Ph.D., Mayo obesity researcher and study leader. "The point is that children --...Use of mammograms in men is rising, but Mayo Clinic researchers find little reason to administer
... Their study, presented Saturday, Dec. 16, at the 2006 meeting of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, suggests physicians should reconsider ordering mammograms for men, who are most often diagnosed with non-cancerous gynecomastia, a common condition which includes breast swelling, a tender mass or painful...Mayo Clinic -- Collaborating to move treatment research forward
... At the 2006 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, these investigators are presenting results from five studies that tested new therapies in myeloma in order to improve effectiveness and reduce toxicity. The primary treatments being studied are the agents thalidomide (Thalomid), lenalidomide (Revlimid), and borte...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center -- Working on the tough cases
... "Patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma who relapse after conventional therapy or stem cell replacement traditional...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center collaborating to find new tools to fight leukemia
... "Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is incurable, but continues to be...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center -- individualizing treatment for multiple myeloma patients
... The investigators say these findings, presented Sunday, Dec. 10, at the 2006 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in Orlando, may help physicians tailor treatment to patients with multiple myle...Mayo Clinic ranked first in 2006 National Health Care Quality and Accountability
... "We are honored by this rec...Mayo Clinic research reveals 'broken heart syndrome' recurs in 1 of 10 patients
CHICAGO -- In the largest review of "broken heart syndrome" patients ever conducted, Mayo Clinic researchers studied 100 patients and found symptoms recurred in 1 out of 10 patients over a four-year period, and that patients experiencing physical stress had a worse survival rate than those under emotional stress. The information may help physicians manage their heart patients more effectively by...Mayo Clinic researchers find evidence for traumatic cause of carpal tunnel syndrome
... The study appears in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (<A HREF="http://www.pla...Heart failure: Mayo Clinic reveals abnormality in filling of the heart is frequent culprit
... As a result of these findings, heart failure -- a leading and urgent public health problem in the United States and elsewhere -- can likely be managed more effectively to identify and treat those at highest risk of dying from heart disease, the Mayo Clinic researchers say. Their report appears in the...Mayo Clinic Cancer Center prostate SPORE grant renewed
... Mayo's original five-year prostate SPORE grant of $12 million was awarded in 2001. The current grant brings an additional $11.2 million over five years to Mayo Clinic to advance translational research intended to reduce d...Mayo Clinic researchers recommend embryo transfer delay for at-risk women
... "We take st...Mayo Clinic study could lead to safer pesticides
... In a new study in the October issue of Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, a Mayo Clinic researcher has published work that opens the door to the possibility of...Mayo Clinic discovers potential link between celiac disease and cognitive decline
... "There has been very little known about this connection between celiac disease and cognitive decline until now," says Keith Josephs, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and study inv...Mayo Clinic finds what causes men pain in prostate biopsy and best method to alleviate it
... ... "Prostate biopsy evokes significant anxiety...Preventive ovary removal linked to early death in younger women, Mayo Clinic discovers
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Death rates rise when women under 45 years old undergo bilateral ovariectomy -- surgical removal of both ovaries -- and do not receive proper hormone replacement therapy, according to a new Mayo Clinic study to be published in the October 1 issue of The Lancet Oncology. Mortality from all causes increased 1.7 times for women in this age category, and was particularly increase...Mayo researchers discover HIV dependence on a human protein
...Liver diagnosis breakthrough with Mayo Clinic MRI development
ROCHESTER, Minn.-- Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new technique for using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to accurately measure the hardness or elasticity of the liver. First tests show this technology -- called MR Elastography (MRE) -- holds great promise for detecting liver fibrosis, a common condition that can lead to incurable cirrhosis if not treated in time. Traditionally, liver...Mayo Clinic finds effective test to determine treatment for chronic cough
... "We're thinking this could be a significant development in the field of chronic cough," says Peter Hahn, M.D., Mayo Clinic pulmonologist and lead study investigator. "It could drastically change what we do for patients with chroni...Mayo clinic discovers new type of sleep apnea
... The two previously known types of sleep apnea include obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea. In obstructive sleep apnea, the more common form, the throat muscles relax and the airway is narrowed, momentarily cutting off breathing and resulting in noisy snoring. With central sleep apnea, the brain does not send proper signals to the muscles that control breathing. The newly di...Mayo clinic finds aspirin, other NSAIDs, may prevent or delay enlarged prostate
... "This study suggests that men's urinary health may be improved by taking NSAIDs," says Michael Lieb...Valve disease study suggests new public health concern, say Mayo Clinic researchers
... ... "Valve diseases are a significant public health concern because the proportio...Mayo Clinic: New recommendations for use of bisphosphonates in treatment of multiple myeloma
... "It was imperative that we address the issue that has been under recent intense debate due to patient safety concerns," said Martha Lacy, M.D., Mayo Clinic hematologist and lead author of...Botulinum toxin helps facial scars heal better, Mayo Clinic finds
... "Our findings show that botulinum toxin offers an additional tool in preventing the formation of bad scars," says Holger Gassner, M.D., lead study researcher and former Mayo Clinic ear, nose and throat surgical resident who is now a fellow in Facial Plastic Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle. "It will give us t...Mayo Clinic links allergies to Parkinson's disease
... ... Previous studies had shown that people who regularly take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory d...Mayo researchers discover immune system blocker at work in kidney cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered a new and deadly player in the most common form of kidney cancer. They've shown that the molecule B7-H4 helps renal cell carcinoma (RCC) grow and spread by blocking the immune system. The Mayo researchers found that when B7-H4 is active, RCC patients are three times as likely to die from their cancer as RCC patients whose tumors don't ex...Mayo Clinic pioneers new method of jaw reconstruction for oral cancer patients
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic ear, nose and throat surgeons have developed a promising new process for mandible (lower jaw) reconstruction following removal of oral cancer. Details will be presented June 28 at the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies meeting in Prague, Czech Republic, . ...... "We think this new process can be a huge advantage for patients and a good t...