Mayo Clinic Researcher to Grow Human Cells in Space to Test Treatment for Stroke
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, a nonprofit organization that promotes research aboard the International Space Station, has awarded a Mayo Clinic researcher a $300,000 grant to send human stem cells into space to see if they grow more rapidly than stem cells grown on Earth. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - December 19, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic and The Links, Incorporated Collaborate to Reduce Health Disparities in the African American Community
Mayo Clinic, the world's first and largest group medical practice, and one of the nation's premier volunteer service organizations of professional African American women are joining forces to eradicate health disparities among communities of color in the United States. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - December 19, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Neurologist Offers Tips for Avoiding Holiday Heart Attacks and Stroke
To minimize the risk of an unexpected visit to the emergency room this holiday season, a Mayo Clinic expert offers these tips. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - December 19, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Florida Blue and Mayo Clinic Extend Knee Replacement Bundled Payment Program
Florida Blue and Mayo Clinic jointly announce the decision to continue their collaboration aimed at providing the utmost in quality health care for patients in Florida. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - December 19, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Extending bundled payment program for knee replacement in Florida
Florida Blue and Mayo Clinic announced they are continuing their collaboration aimed at providing health care for patients in Florida. Specifically, the two Florida health care leaders are continuing their bundled payment agreement for the treatment of knee replacement surgery for Florida Blue's members. Click here for news release. Journalists: Sound bites with Mary O'Connor, M.D., Chair of [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - December 18, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Shape-shifting Stops Migrating Cancer Cells
Cancer cells propel themselves through normal tissues and organs to spread cancer throughout the body. Researchers at Mayo Clinic have turned the cells into shapes like a round fried egg and an exaggerated starfish — both of which can't move. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - December 6, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic in Florida Receives 'Top Hospital' Distinction
Mayo Clinic in Florida has again been named to the annual list of Top Hospitals by The Leapfrog Group, a national leader and advocate in hospital quality and safety. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - December 5, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Opens Advanced Dialysis Center
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., has opened a new, technologically advanced dialysis center that provides dialysis treatment to Mayo patients. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - December 5, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Shape-Shifting Stops Migrating Cancer Cells
Like a car with a front and back end, a steering mechanism and an engine to push it forward, cancer cells propel themselves through normal tissues and organs to spread cancer throughout the body. Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida, however, have managed to turn these cells into shapes like a round fried egg and [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - December 4, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
"Good Samaritan" Donor and Mayo Clinic Expert Discuss Trend in Kidney Donation
To help facilitate the increased interest from potential living organ donors, Mayo Clinic has developed an online form for people interested in living donation. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - November 26, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Experts Available to Discuss New Epilepsy Therapy
People with epilepsy may have a new high-tech way to manage hard-to-control seizures. A new implantable medical device that delivers responsive neurostimulation has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - November 26, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic's Dr. Brott, Stroke Researcher, Receives Prestigious AHA Award
Thomas G. Brott, M.D., a neurologist and director for research at Mayo Clinic in Florida, has been named the recipient of the American Heart Association's 2013 Clinical Research Prize. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - November 19, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Aspen Valley Hospital and Mayo Clinic Announce Collaboration
Mayo Clinic and Aspen Valley Hospital in Colorado officials announced that the hospital was recently selected to be a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, which was established by Mayo to extend its knowledge and expertise to physicians and providers interested in working together to enhance the delivery of health care within their communities. (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - November 19, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: news
Stroke Researcher Receives Prestigious AHA Award
Neurologist and director for research at Mayo Clinic in Florida Thomas Brott, M.D., has been named the recipient of the American Heart Association's 2013 Clinical Research Prize. The award recognizes and rewards an individual who is making outstanding contributions to the advancement of cardiovascular science and who currently heads an outstanding cardiovascular clinical research laboratory. Dr. Brott is the first Mayo Clinic investigator [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - November 18, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic's Dr. Brott, Stroke Researcher, Receives Prestigious AHA Award
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thomas G. Brott, M.D., a neurologist and director for research at Mayo Clinic in Florida, has been named the recipient of the American Heart Association's 2013 Clinical Research Prize. The award recognizes and rewards an individual who is making outstanding contributions to the advancement of cardiovascular science and who currently heads an outstanding cardiovascular clinical research laboratory, [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - November 18, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
