Match day at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education
Friday, March 19, is match day across the U.S., including Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine fourth-year students in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota, who will be continuing on to residencies, as well as Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, which offers residency positions. During this national event held every third Friday in March as [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - March 19, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Minute: First-of-its-kind surgery helping patients with lymphedema
Lymphedema is swelling that typically occurs in the extremities, often resulting from the damage or removal of a person's lymph nodes during cancer treatment. It affects approximately 1 in every 1,000 Americans and is especially prevalent in patients with breast cancer. The swelling can cause discomfort and lead to infection. Mayo Clinic surgeons in Arizona [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - March 2, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Ionic liquid formulation uniformly delivers chemotherapy to tumors while destroying cancerous tissue
PHOENIX -- A Mayo Clinic team, led by Rahmi Oklu, M.D., Ph.D., a vascular and interventional radiologist at Mayo Clinic, in collaboration with Samir Mitragotri, Ph.D., of Harvard University, report the development of a new ionic liquid formulation that killed cancer cells and allowed uniform distribution of a chemotherapy drug into liver tumors and other [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - February 10, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic advancing?racial equity in local communities
This article is written by Mayo Clinic staff. ______________________________________ Mayo Clinic has awarded grants through its EverybodyIN Fund for Change to 36 organizations and programs to promote racial [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - January 11, 2021 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Hope arrives at Mayo Clinic locations as COVID-19 vaccinations begin
UPDATE 12/21/2020: Mayo Clinic Health System is vaccinating Southeast Minnesota Region staff with the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine beginning the week of Monday, Dec. 21. Albert Lea and Cannon Falls were the first two locations that began administering vaccines to employees on Monday. Joshua Foong, D.O., Family Medicine at Mayo Clinic Health System in Albert Lea, [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - December 18, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Changes coming to Arizona visitor policy
The ongoing safety of patients, staff and the community is one of Mayo Clinic's primary areas of focus during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the current community spread in Arizona, coupled with the upcoming holidays and Mayo's efforts to keep staff safe, there will be an update to the visitor policy. Beginning Monday, Nov. 23, no [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - November 20, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Study finds antibiotics before age 2 associated with childhood health issues
Embargoed until 12:01 a.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 16 ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a retrospective case study, Mayo Clinic researchers have found that antibiotics administered to children younger than 2 are associated with several ongoing illnesses or conditions, ranging from allergies to obesity. The findings appear in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Using health record data from [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - November 16, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mom comes home after 4 months in the hospital with COVID-19 complications
As a mother of three young children, Reyna Lopez took precautions seriously and never thought she would get COVID-19. But when people started to let their guard down, she got sick. Really sick. "Against all odds" may sound like a cliche. Unless you're the person who beat those odds, and they were really long odds. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - November 15, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic study finds 1 in 8 patients with cancer harbor inherited genetic mutations
PHOENIX, Ariz. ? Genetic testing can uncover inherited genetic mutations, and could individualize cancer therapies, improve survival, manage cancer in loved ones and push the boundaries of precision medicine. In a new study published in JAMA Oncology, scientists with Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine conducted genetic testing in more than 3,000 patients who were diagnosed with cancer at Mayo [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - November 2, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
A regenerative approach to facial reconstruction after cancer
Imagine going to the hospital to have basal cell skin cancer removed from your face, only to learn it had spread so aggressively that your entire nose had to be removed. That is what happened to one Arizona woman. In the past, her only option may have been a prosthesis through which she couldn't breathe. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - September 22, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 tracking tool provides latest local data, expert guidance
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The number of COVID-19 cases is surging in some regions nationally and retreating in others, making reliable information and personalized guidance on the pandemic more important than ever. Mayo Clinic COVID-19 resource center providing latest local data. To help people protect themselves and their loved ones, Mayo Clinic has introduced a tracking [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - September 16, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic No. 1 in Phoenix and Arizona on U.S. News & amp; World Report's 'Best Hospitals' rankings
Arizona hospital in the nation's top 20 and 11 of its specialty areas ranked nationally PHOENIX -- Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona is again ranked No. 1 in Arizona and the Phoenix metro area, and No. 16 nationally, by U.S. News& World Report. This marks the fourth time that Mayo Clinic has been [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - July 27, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Nursing is my skill, but caring is my profession
The team at 2 West at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona wanted to thank everyone who made Nurses Week 2020 special for ICU nurses. They decided to say it with photos. This year, National Nurses Week was a challenging one for nurses across the country. But the gratitude and support felt by the nurses at [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - June 25, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo staff kneel in silence in commitment to health and well-being of people of color
Many Mayo Clinic staff participated today in a moment of silent reflection and expression, joining with health care professionals across the country to express their commitment to improve the health and safety of people of color. Today's events such as #whitecoatsforblacklives offered an opportunity for organizations and their staff to come together in solidarity to [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - June 4, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Updated visitor policy: Mayo Clinic limits number of visitors during COVID-19 response
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? To support the best safety for patients and staff, Mayo Clinic is currently limiting the number of outpatient and hospital visitors? UPDATED: Friday, May 15 As Mayo Clinic continues to monitor our communities for the spread of COVID-19, updates have been made to visitor restrictions at all Mayo Clinic sites. The ongoing [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - May 14, 2020 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
