Olmsted County residents will help determine winner of 2018 Shared Value Award
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Three finalists are vying for a grant of up to $50,000 to address health needs in Olmsted County. It?s now up to community members, including Mayo Clinic staff, to determine the winner of the 2018 Shared Value Award. Mayo Clinic created the award in 2016 to encourage shared efforts to address communitywide [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - July 23, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic again named among Disability Equality Index Best Places to Work
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Mayo Clinic has again received a top score on the Disability Equality Index, or DEI, and designation as a 2018 Disability Equality Index Best Place to Work. This is the third consecutive year that Mayo Clinic has been a top scorer on the annual benchmarking survey. In addition to Mayo Clinic, 94 [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - July 16, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Precision genomics point the way to mutations associated with accelerated aging
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Mayo Clinic researchers are using precision genomics to search for undiscovered, inheritable genetic mutations that cause accelerated aging. In a study recently published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers conducted a study assessing 17 patients with short telomere syndromes ? rare conditions that result in premature DNA and cellular deterioration. The ability to [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - July 5, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo researchers identify method to diagnose pancreatic cancer in patients with early onset diabetes
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer can develop elevated blood sugar levels up to three years before their cancer diagnosis, according to the results of a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published the journal Gastroenterology. ?Pancreatic cancer is rapidly fatal after its diagnosis, with average survival of six months,? says Suresh Chari, M.D., [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - June 20, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic discovers gene mutations linked to pancreatic cancer, calls for expanded testing
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Six genes contain mutations that may be passed down in families, substantially increasing a person?s risk for pancreatic cancer. That's according to Mayo Clinic research published in the June 19 edition of the JAMA. However, because researchers found these genetic mutations in patients with no family history of pancreatic cancer, they are [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - June 19, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota announce new five-year relationship
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Mayo Clinic and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) have announced a new agreement that will keep all Mayo locations across Minnesota in the Blue Cross provider network through 2023. This five-year agreement demonstrates the level of commitment both organizations have to the members and patients they serve together. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - June 18, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic brings national Smithsonian exhibit to Rochester Art Center
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? A Smithsonian Institution exhibit, "Genome: Unlocking Life?s Code," opens on June 23 at the Rochester Art Center, 40 Civic Center Drive SE in Rochester. The exhibit will be open through Sept. 21. Members of the media are invited to preview the exhibit on Friday, June 22, at 6 p.m. CDT at the [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - June 15, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic discovery is first step toward new bacteria-based constipation treatment
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Genetically engineered bacteria are showing promise as a new treatment for constipation, researchers at the Mayo Clinic Center for Individualized Medicine have discovered in a mouse study. The finding is significant in part because there are few approved constipation remedies on the market. The research is published in Cell Host& Microbe. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - June 13, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine to offer walk-in physicals for Rochester-area high school athletes
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine will offer walk-in sports physicals for Rochester-area middle school and high school student athletes who want to participate in school sports programs. This includes all athletes from Southeast Minnesota, Western Wisconsin and Northern Iowa schools. The exams will be performed on July 28 from 8 to 11 a.m. [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - June 5, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic researchers take a step closer to developing a DNA test for liver cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. ? A group of researchers from Mayo Clinic?and Exact Sciences Corporation?have completed a phase II study comparing a set of DNA markers to alpha fetoprotein as a method to test for liver cancer. The researchers presented their findings today at the 2018 Digestive Disease Week?conference in Washington, D.C. ?We currently test for liver [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - June 5, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic opioid expert appointed to serve on new pain management task force
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Halena Gazelka, M.D., chair, Mayo Clinic Opioid Stewardship Program, has been appointed by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to serve on the newly established Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force. Established by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, the task force will identify inconsistencies [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - May 8, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic to sponsor National Prescription Drug Take Back Day event on April 28
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Mayo Clinic is partnering with the Olmsted County Sheriff?s Office, Olmsted Medical Center, Zumbro Valley Medical Society and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to sponsor the 15th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 28. Mayo Clinic will host a community drop-off location to provide a safe, convenient and responsible [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - April 25, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Almost 1 in 3 patients used no opioids prescribed after surgery, Mayo Clinic survey finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Nearly a third of patients responding to a Mayo Clinic survey said they used none of the opioids they were prescribed after surgery. The research findings, presented Thursday, April 19 at the American Surgical Association annual meeting, also show that only about 8 percent of patients disposed of their remaining opioids. The [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - April 19, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Northwest Health in Arkansas joins Mayo Clinic Care Network
SPRINGDALE, Ark. ? Northwest Health in Arkansas is the newest member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. The network consists of a select group of independent health systems that work closely with Mayo Clinic to improve the delivery of health care and better serve their patients and the communities they serve. ?Northwest Health is honored [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - April 17, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic study finds no evidence that anesthesia in young children lowers intelligence
But multiple doses before age 3 may mean problems with behavior, fine motor skills later in life ROCHESTER, Minn. ? A Mayo Clinic study finds no evidence that children given anesthesia before their third birthdays have lower IQs than those who did not have it. A more complex picture emerges among people who had anesthesia [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - April 16, 2018 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
