$10 Million Gift for Neurosurgery Residency Program, Addressing Nationwide Shortage
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A $10 million gift from a grateful patient and his wife will provide funding for a neurosurgery residency program on Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus to help address the nationwide shortage of specialists in head and spine procedures. “There’s a tremendous need for training neurosurgeons in this country,” says Robert Wharen, Jr., M.D., chair [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Florida News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Florida News - January 12, 2016 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Recovery Turns Into Cancer Battle for Avid Runner
This patient story originally appeared Nov. 13, 2015 in Sharing Mayo Clinic. An avid runner, Judi Zitiello, 66, was forced into a six-week hiatus when she developed a meniscus tear in early 2014. The retired financial executive was always active – exercising, hosting dinner parties, and volunteering to run the JT Townsend Foundation, a Jacksonville, Florida, philanthropic organization. Judi [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - November 29, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness
November is Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month. About 20,000 people in the United States are being treated for pulmonary hypertension (PH). Mayo Clinic in Florida is one of 26 designated Pulmonary Hypertension and Vascular Disease Centers in the country, recognized based on patient volumes, comprehensive care, family support and research initiatives. Pulmonologist Dr. Charles Burger, who directs the [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - November 24, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Laura's Breathing Easy After Pulmonary Hypertension Surgery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POskT8R_3t4&feature=youtu.be In her down time, Laura Floeckhler, 45, enjoyed visiting the theme parks in her hometown of Orlando, Fla. But last year she started getting short of breathe and her legs began to swell. Walking was painful. She bought a cooler and kept it by her bed to avoid having to leave her bedroom. On Christmas night 2014, [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - November 24, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
In the Loop: Visit a Vet Program Salutes Those Who Served
This story appears this week In the Loop. Debbie Daugherty was driving home from work shortly before Christmas a couple years back when she noticed a U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program truck. The soldiers collecting donations made her think of her father, a decorated veteran who served 30 years in the Marines, including tours [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - November 11, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo receives federal grant to test innovative triple-negative breast cancer vaccine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFc1B91j9WY JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Researchers on Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus have been awarded a $13.3 million, five-year federal grant to test a vaccine designed to prevent the recurrence of triple-negative breast cancer, a subset of breast cancer for which there are no targeted therapies. The clinical trial, which will enroll 280 patients at multiple [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - September 15, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Landmark study finds more intensive treatment to lower blood pressure saves lives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZED_pRUEvEI&feature=youtu.be JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus was the nation’s second largest recruiting site, and largest in the Southeast, to participate in a landmark study that has found maintaining systolic blood pressure at a target of 120 greatly reduced the risk of cardiovascular complications and death in older adults with high blood pressure. “It’s been [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - September 11, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic campuses distinguished for care of pancreas disorders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO72kLauH8I Journalists: Sound bites with gastroenterologist Michelle Lewis, M.D., are available in the downloads. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. and ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic’s Florida and Rochester, Minnesota campuses have been named National Pancreas Foundation Centers by the non-profit patient-centered National Pancreas Foundation. The foundation describes these centers as “premier healthcare facilities that focus on multidisciplinary treatment of [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - September 8, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic, University of North Florida to host 11th annual Upbeat Pink: A Musical Tribute to Breast Cancer Survivorship
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mayo Clinic and the University of North Florida (UNF) are honoring National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October by hosting the 11th annual “Upbeat Pink: A Musical Tribute to Breast Cancer Survivorship” concert on Friday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Lazzara Performance Hall, UNF Fine Arts Building on the university’s campus in Jacksonville. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - September 1, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Hurricane Season - Preparing for the Storm
MEDIA ADVISORY: Hurricane Season Food Safety and Meal Plans: Mayo Clinic Experts Offer Storm Prep Suggestions As Tropical Storm Erika brews in the Atlantic, residents of coastal communities are starting to prepare for a potential severe weather emergency. But hurricane shutters, flashlights and batteries are not the only things to consider. Food safety is critical to [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - August 28, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic researchers find new code that makes reprogramming of cancer cells possible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGYTLOGZ40U JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Cancer researchers dream of the day they can force tumor cells to morph back to the normal cells they once were. Now, researchers on Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus have discovered a way to potentially reprogram cancer cells back to normalcy. The finding, published in Nature Cell Biology, represents “an unexpected [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - August 24, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Livers Donated after Cardiac Death Safe to Use in Liver Cancer Patients
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Patients with liver cancer can be cured with a liver transplant. But because of the shortage of donated organs, these patients often die waiting for a liver. That’s because most transplant centers predominantly use livers from donors who die from brain death. But in the largest study of its kind, transplant physicians [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - May 19, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Ovarian Cancer - Beating it Twice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjXqXVYudjk According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 20,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year. Most of them are over the age of 60, but the woman you’re about to meet was diagnosed the first time in her 30s ... and has beat the disease twice. This is her story [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - May 8, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Age is One of The Biggest Misconceptions About Stroke
It's National Stroke Awareness Month and one of the biggest misconceptions about stroke is that it only happens to the elderly. While age is one of the risk factors and your chance for a stroke increases with age, anyone can have a stroke. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Every 40 seconds, someone [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - May 1, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Molecule that Provides Cellular Energy Found Key to Aggressive Thyroid Cancer
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Cancer researchers at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Jacksonville, Florida, have identified a molecule they say is important to survival of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) — a lethal tumor with no effective therapies. The molecule also seems to play a role in a wide range of cancers. In an online issue of The [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - February 16, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
