New study identifies way to treat sports-related concussions using telemedicine
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ? An estimated 1.6 to 3.8 million traumatic brain injuries occur every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 75 percent of the injuries are sports-related mild traumatic brain injuries or concussions. While this issue is being recognized at the professional and elite levels, many youth and collegiate [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - April 20, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic researchers identify therapy that shrinks tumors in patients with multiple myeloma
PHOENIX ? Mayo Clinic researchers have found that an experimental drug, LCL161, stimulates the immune system, leading to tumor shrinkage in patients affected by multiple myeloma. The findings are published in Nature Medicine. Multiple myeloma?is a blood cancer that affects plasma cells ? white blood cells that normally produce antibodies to fight infection. Rather than [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - March 7, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic researchers find association between therapy for autoimmune disease and bone marrow disorders
PHOENIX ? Mayo Clinic researchers have found that azathioprine, a drug commonly used to treat autoimmune disease, may increase the risk of myeloid neoplasms. Myeloid neoplasms include a spectrum of potentially life-threatening bone marrow disorders, such as myelodysplastic syndromes and acute myeloid leukemia. The results are published in JAMA Oncology. Researchers analyzed more than 40,000 [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - February 1, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic researchers identify cancer-fighting drugs that help morbidly obese mice to lose weight
PHOENIX ? Scientific investigations sometimes result in serendipitous discoveries which shift the investigations from one focus to another. In the case of researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, studies addressing obesity?s impact on cancer treatment resulted in an unexpected discovery that shifted the focus from cancer to obesity.?The investigators observed that two common cancer-fighting drugs [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - January 16, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care: Health Care Payment Reform Summit
WHAT:?Twenty-five of the nation?s top thought leaders are gathering Jan. 13-14 at the Westin Hotel in downtown Phoenix to determine emerging topics in health care payment reform and produce a definitive summary of their recommendations to offer to policymakers. Immediately following the summit, several participants will be available to speak with members of the media. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - January 9, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Post-op complication measurements differ, Mayo Clinic study finds
PHOENIX ? How do medical professionals determine whether or not a patient has experienced a post-operative complication? A team of Mayo Clinic physicians and researchers has published results of a three-year study examining mechanisms for measuring and reporting postoperative infection complications. The study analyzed patient admissions between 2012 and 2014 at the four teaching hospitals [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - December 21, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Arizona joins Mayo Clinic Care Network
SHOW LOW, Ariz. ? Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center and Mayo Clinic announced today that Summit Healthcare has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a growing network of organizations committed to working together in the best interests of their patients. Summit Healthcare remains independent, but as a member of the network, it has access to [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - December 6, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo establishes High Altitude and Harsh Environments Medical Clinic
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ? Mayo Clinic is seeing patients with concerns about traveling to high altitudes at the recently established High Altitude and Harsh Environments Medical Clinic. ?The intent is to serve our patients who either for business or leisure need to travel to high-altitude environments,? explains Jan Stepanek, M.D., who is chair, Division of Preventive, [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - November 17, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Next-generation biomaterial being developed to treat bleeding
PHOENIX ? Researchers at Mayo Clinic, Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a biomaterial that has potential to protect patients at high risk for bleeding in surgery. The Nov. 16 cover article, ?An Injectable Shear-Thinning Biomaterial for Endovascular Embolization,? in the journal Science Translational Medicine reports on a universal shear-thinning [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - November 15, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic remembers William Eugene Mayberry, M.D., former Mayo Clinic CEO
ROCHESTER, Minn. — William Eugene Mayberry, M.D., a distinguished Mayo Clinic physician, research scientist and administrator, passed away on Sept. 18 in Rochester, Minnesota. He was 87. “Dr. Mayberry was an outstanding physician scientist who cared deeply for his patients and the staff and employees of Mayo Cli nic,” says John Noseworthy, M.D., president& CEO, [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - September 20, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Ranked No. 1 in Phoenix and Arizona by U.S. News & amp; World Report
10 specialty areas in Arizona ranked nationally on the “Best Hospitals” list PHOENIX — Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix is ranked No. 1 in Arizona and the Phoenix metro area in the annual U.S. News& World Report America’s Best Hospital List released today. Since opening a clinic in Scottsdale in 1987 and hospital in Phoenix [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - August 1, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify Potential Immunotherapy Drug Combination for Targeting Advanced and Metastatic Cancers
Studies Reveal the Combination’s Ability to Ramp Up the Destruction of Cancers in Mice PHOENIX — A drug combination designed to enhance the immune system’s ability to zero in and attack cancer cells has shown a pronounced therapeutic effect against advanced and metastatic cancers in mice, according to a Mayo Clinic study, published in the [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - July 11, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Arizona Campus B-Roll
Journalists: Broadcast quality b-roll of the Mayo Clinic in Arizona campuses, Phoenix and Scottsdale, are in the downloads. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgAvviwubyc (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - June 30, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Arizona Campus Photographs
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Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - June 30, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic and vMocion Introduce Technology which Creates the Sensation of Motion, Transforming Virtual Reality
LOS ANGELES and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Mayo Clinic and vMocion, LLC, an entertainment technology company, today announced it is making available Mayo Clinic’s patented Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS) technology specifically for use in virtual reality and augmented reality. vMocion’s 3v™ Platform (which stands for virtual, vestibular and visual) incorporates this patented GVS technology, which adds a complete [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News - March 29, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
