Mayo Clinic News Network • 15th February 2023

Mayo Clinic to begin offering early ECMO to certain cardiac arrest patients - Mayo Clinic News Network

Only about 8% of patients who have sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital survive. That rate is even lower for certain patients who don't respond to defibrillation. A new service being launched this month by Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is hoping to improve outcomes and save more lives by getting patients faster access to potentially life-saving equipment.


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The Seattle Times • 12th June 2024

Poor sleep can be linked to stroke, Mayo Clinic says

Sleep problems can increase someone’s risk of stroke. Sleep problems can include too little sleep (less than five hours), too much sleep (more than nine hours), poor quality, difficulty getting to sleep or staying asleep, prolonged napping, and snoring and breathing cessation.In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Stephen English, a Mayo Clinic vascular neurologist, explains why poor sleep can be linked to stroke.Sleep is something people spend about a third of their lives doing and for good reason.“It...

Mayo Clinic News Network • 5th April 2022

Testing wastewater for COVID-19: The clearest path to understanding community infection - Mayo Clinic News Network

Tracking the presence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in wastewater samples is the latest public health tool that cities around the U.S. are using to better understand COVID-19's spread in a community. Mayo Clinic is collaborating with The City of Rochester, Minnesota; Olmsted County Public Health; and University of Minnesota Rochester on the Olmsted County COVID-19 Wastewater Project to do just that.


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Mayo Clinic News Network • 29th April 2020

Vice President Pence visits Mayo Clinic - Mayo Clinic News Network

Vice President Mike Pence visited Mayo Clinic in Rochester to see firsthand how Mayo is providing scientific leadership to aid the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Dr. Gianrico Farrugia, Mayo Clinic president and CEO, guided the vice president on a tour where he was able to talk with Mayo Clinic scientists leading the country's expanded access program for convalescent plasma, which is an experimental treatment for COVID-19 that uses antibodies found in plasma from patients who have...

Instagram • 31st December 2024

New chemotherapy approach for treating stomach cancer

Instagram post on an innovative cancer treatment called HIPEC.

Views: 372,869 (second most views for the past year)

New follows: 3,901 (second most for one post for the past year)

Mayo Clinic News Network • 14th July 2023

Mayo Clinic expert weighs in on WHO labeling aspartame sweetener as low, but possible, cancer risk - Mayo Clinic News Network

A popular artificial sweetener that's widely found in sugar-free foods and beverages is being labeled as a possible cancer risk by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO's cancer research agency, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), determined aspartame to be a possible carcinogen after reviewing and assessing the potential carcinogenic effect of the sweetener, but says it's safe to consume in limited amounts.


Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrit...

Instagram • 15th January 2025

Artificial intelligence massage therapy? Meet the robot being studied by Mayo Clinic

Instagram Reel that has generated more than 200,000 views, 2,800 shares, and 6,000 likes.

Mayo Clinic News Network • 6th July 2023

Alzheimer's drug lecanemab granted full approval by FDA, Mayo Clinic expert weighs in - Mayo Clinic News Network

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted traditional approval of a disease-modifying treatment that could potentially give some patients with Alzheimer's disease something they haven’t had before: a medication that may slow the decline of memory and thinking.


A monoclonal antibody, lecanemab, shows promise in removing amyloid plaques from the brain, according to phase 3 trial results. Amyloid plaques are one of the defining features of Alzheimer's disease, according to Dr. Ronald Peters...

Mayo Clinic News Network • 17th April 2023

Hope beyond heart failure: Innovative treatment allows woman to change the course of her heart failure - Mayo Clinic News Network

When they thought they were out of options, Nancy O'Brien brought her adult daughter, Jessica, to Mayo Clinic to look into palliative or comfort care after Jessica went into heart failure. However, Mayo Clinic doctors were able to find an innovative solution that reset Jessica's clinical course and helped her get her life back.


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Mayo Clinic News Network • 12th May 2021

Dancing through complex care during COVID-19 - Mayo Clinic News Network

Twin Cities journalist Sonya Goins, like so many, has been coping with the challenges that have come with the COVID-19 pandemic, such as working remotely and not being able to see family and friends. If all of that weren't difficult enough, for the past year, she's also been battling breast cancer and Crohn's disease at Mayo Clinic.


Watch: Dancing through complex care during COVID-19.


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Mayo Clinic News Network • 16th March 2023

Artificial intelligence massage therapy? Meet the robot being studied by Mayo Clinic - Mayo Clinic News Network

Getting a massage from a robot may seem like something out of a science fiction story, but it could be a reality in the not-too-distant future. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is looking into the possibility of robotic massage as an answer for patients' pain relief  and alleviating some staffing burdens.


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