Mayo Clinic lights Plummer Building red for World Encephalitis Day
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? In February 2014, Christa Thesing of Andover, Minnesota, stopped sleeping and started hallucinating. Her worried family took her to the hospital. Her initial diagnosis was possible bipolar disorder, a psychiatric illness. Her condition worsened. Thesing was confused and losing the ability to walk, talk and eat. Two days later, Thesing was transferred [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - February 21, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic researchers quantify immune cells associated with future breast cancer risk
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? Researchers from Mayo Clinic have quantified the numbers of various types of immune cells associated with the risk of developing breast cancer. The findings are published in a study in Clinical Cancer Research. "This is the first study to quantify the numbers of various immune cell types in breast tissue and whether [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - February 7, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic and other health care leaders met at the White House to help with the VA reform
Mayo Clinic President and CEO John Noseworthy, M.D., attended the meeting at the White House today to share Mayo Clinic?s insights and expertise in order to support best possible care for the U.S. veterans. He was joined by leaders from Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Partners HealthCare and Kaiser Permanente. Mayo Clinic appreciates the opportunity [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - February 6, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Should hypothyroidism in pregnancy be treated?
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? When a woman becomes pregnant, many changes occur in her body. One of those changes is in the levels of various hormones produced by the body. In the case of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), pregnant women typically produce a lower level than normal (0.4?4.0 milli-international units per liter). Some international guidelines recommend levels [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - January 25, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
PBS show shines spotlight on Alzheimer?s disease
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? More than 5 million people in the U.S. have Alzheimer?s disease, a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. That number is expected to triple by 2050. At 9 p.m. CST/10 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Jan. 25, PBS will premiere ?Alzheimer?s: Every Minute Counts,? calling it an urgent wake-up [...] (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - January 23, 2017 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
