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  • Oct 26, 2011
  • ART965473
  1. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:49:06 CDTMayo Clinic: Rotavirus Vaccine Given to Newborns in Africa is Effective

    Mayo Clinic and other researchers have shown that a vaccine given to newborns is at least 60 percent effective against rotavirus in Ghana.

  2. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:42:23 CDTMedical Marijuana Not the Answer for Teens with Chronic Pain, Mayo Clinic Doctors Say

    As patients, their parents and physicians search for solutions to chronic pain in adolescents, there is one increasingly available option they should avoid, Mayo Clinic researchers say: medical marijuana.

  3. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:32:31 CDTResearchers Find Low Level of Patient Involvement in Medical Decision-Making in Peru

    Mayo Clinic and Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University researchers have partnered on a study showing that Peruvian physicians rarely sought to involve their patients in shared decision-making regarding medical care.

  4. Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:37:58 CDTMayo Clinic First in US to Test Stem Cells in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease Patients

    Mayo Clinic has announced the first U.S. stem cell clinical trial for pediatric congenital heart disease.

  5. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:57:58 CDTGenetic Variations May Help Identify Best Candidates for Preventive Breast Cancer Drugs

    Newly discovered genetic variations may help predict breast cancer risk in women who receive preventive breast cancer therapy with the selective estrogen receptor modulator drugs tamoxifen and raloxifene, a Mayo Clinic-led study has found.

  6. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:31:34 CDTObstructive Sleep Apnea Raises Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death, Mayo Clinic Finds

    People who have obstructive sleep apnea - when a person stops breathing for periods during sleep - have a greater risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a study published online today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

  7. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:47:04 CDTMayo Clinic: Big Toe Isn't Biggest Culprit in Gout Flare-Ups; Other Joints Tied to Higher Risk

    The painful rheumatic condition gout is often associated with the big toe, but it turns out that patients at highest risk of further flare-ups are those whose gout first involved other joints, such as a knee or elbow, Mayo Clinic has found.

  8. Wed, 5 Jun 2013 09:30:50 CDTAnesthetic for Depression? Mayo Clinic Study Finds Low-Dose Ketamine Effective

    Low-dose intravenous infusions of ketamine, a general anesthetic used in minor surgeries, given over a long period are an effective treatment for depression, Mayo Clinic researchers found.

  9. Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:34:17 CDTProcedures Saving Limbs of More Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients, Mayo Clinic Finds

    Peripheral arterial disease is a common circulation problem in which reduced blood flow can lead to complications that jeopardize the limbs, possibly even requiring amputation. Procedures known as revascularization have reduced the need for amputations 40 percent over two decades, Mayo Clinic research shows.

  10. Fri, 31 May 2013 07:53:50 CDTNew Mayo Clinic Approach Could Lead to Blood Test to Diagnose Alzheimer's in Earliest Stage

    Blood offers promise as a way to detect Alzheimer's disease at its earliest onset, Mayo Clinic researchers say.