Smokeless Tobacco Users Wanted for Research
Mayo ClinicMayo Clinic researchers are looking for people who use snuff or chewing tobacco to test the effectiveness of an experimental program aimed at helping smokeless tobacco users quit.
Mayo Clinic researchers are looking for people who use snuff or chewing tobacco to test the effectiveness of an experimental program aimed at helping smokeless tobacco users quit.
A recent Mayo Clinic study has found that nearly one out of four people at higher risk for heart valve infection who have parts of their body pierced suffer from infection as a result of the piercing.
Early diagnosis of glaucoma is important in preserving eyesight, a new Mayo Clinic study confirms. The study showed that if a person had eye damage from glaucoma at the time of their diagnosis, there was a 54 percent chance of becoming legally blind in at least one eye over a 20-year period despite treatment, and a 22 percent chance of becoming legally blind in both eyes.
Mayo Clinic HealthQuest announced today that its new online program has begun service and will provide employees at companies throughout the U.S., with a daily updated health information resource.
It's happening in all sizes of businesses -- the workplace is becoming an important venue for employees to obtain information about how to stay healthy. That trend comes in part because companies are looking for ways to control healthcare costs by teaching good health habits.
A Mayo Clinic study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine finds electron-beam computed tomography, a type of CAT scan, quickly detects coronary artery calcification in emergency room patients with chest pain. If the scan shows no calcification, the patient is at low risk of having a heart attack.
Mayo Clinic HealthQuest has formed a multi-company consortium to study, validate and quantify the effectiveness of online corporate wellness programs.
Numbers alone aren't enough to tell you whether your weight is healthy, according to a new service on Mayo Clinic Health Oasis.
Credibility of the source is the most important factor when organizations select and distribute wellness materials to their employees, a survey conducted by Mayo Clinic HealthQuest reveals.
A Mayo Clinic study to be published in the Jan. 14, New England Journal of Medicine finds that prophylactic mastectomy, surgery that removes the breasts as a preventive measure, reduces the risk of breast cancer by approximately 90 percent for women at moderate to high risk for the disease.
Some people seem able to eat whatever they want and not gain weight. The reason, says a Mayo Clinic study in the January 8 issue of Science, is that they burn hundreds of extra calories in the activities of daily living when they overeat.
News conference with authors of study published in this week's issue of Science (news release sent out previously): Some people seem able to eat whatever they want and not gain weight. The reason, says a Mayo Clinic study in the January 8 issue of Science, is that they burn hundreds of extra calories in the activities of daily living when they overeat.
Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is one of nine medical centers nationwide who participated in a multicenter study leading to a new drug therapy now available for patients with carcinoid syndrome. The new drug therapy, a long-acting formulation of octreotide acetate, recently received Food and Drug Administration approval.
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a plant substance in green tea that is a potent killer of prostate cancer cells.
Hotter water in hot tubs poses increased health risks from fainting, Mayo Clinic researchers report.
Exercise is important in building strong bones to combat osteoporosis. But a new Mayo Clinic study accentuates that the kind of exercise is critical and that even the right kind, if done too intensely, may not confer any benefit.
An international study spearheaded at Mayo Clinic has identified new information that will assist physicians in better caring for patients who have unruptured brain aneurysms, a condition that will affect five percent of people in North America and Europe (10-15 million Americans) in their lifetime.
Mayo Clinic cochlear implant team provides advanced technology to hearing-impaired patients.
A recent Mayo Clinic study found that when teachers and physicians work together to provide teachers with the tools and support to deal with students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the classroom situation improves for the teachers, the students with ADHD, and the other students.
Mayo Clinic researchers have determined that the drug midodrine can safely raise the blood pressure of patients suffering from a disorder that causes blood pressure to plunge when a patient stands up.
Mayo Clinic announced the establishment of a major transplantation biology research program to be headed by one of the world's most renowned transplantation scientists. Jeffrey Platt, M.D., has joined Mayo Clinic to head the new Transplantation Biology Research Group. The program is part of Mayo Clinic's recently announced initiative in basic and clinical research into the burgeoning field of xenotransplantation.
Mayo Clinic researchers report finding low levels of a potentially harmful contaminant in off-the-shelf samples of a popular dietary supplement, 5-Hydroxy-L-Trypotophan. The contaminant, called "peak-x", was linked to symptoms suffered by a family exposed to 5-HTP in 1991.
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis, www.mayohealth.org, has added more free services for people who use the Internet to find answers to their questions about health and medicine. Along with this expansion, the site also has been redesigned. One new feature called "Headline Watch" will cover the weekÃs news-making medical stories.
Gallstones or Undissolved Pills? Study Finds That Most Pills Will Show Up on X-rays Radiation for Brain Tumors Does Not Cause Cognitive Decline Molecular Techniques Identify Dangerous Invasive Strep Bacteria
Mayo Clinic today announced that it will publish a series of soft-cover books about specific medical conditions.
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis (www.mayohealth.org) provides important advice about keeping healthy this summer season.
Power lawn mowers can turn lawn debris into dangerous missiles. In the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Mayo Clinic surgeons report on a case of a 4-year-old Iowa boy who was "shot" through the abdomen by a piece of metal propelled by a power lawn mower.
Calcium supplements reduce bone loss in elderly women, although only modestly, and can help prevent osteoporosis in women who don't already have the condition, reports a Mayo Clinic study.
Mayo Clinic Health O@sis (www.mayohealth.org) has won the 1998 international Webby Award for best Internet health site and has been named a finalist in the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) Awards.
The people who need to stop smoking the most are the least likely to stop says a new Mayo Clinic study of heart patients. Mayo researchers looked at the smoking patterns of more than 5,400 patients who had angioplasties (heart vessel clearing procedures) at Mayo Clinic over a 16-year period.
Cholesterol can be downright confusing. While itÃs common knowledge that you should watch your cholesterol, people often are unsure why and what to do about it.
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have discovered a family of genes linked to neurological damage in a laboratory model of multiple sclerosis (MS). The discovery of these genes represents a significant step forward in understanding the mechanisms by which immune cells cause damage in MS and potential new strategies for treatment.
News Briefs from Mayo Clinic; 1) Endoscopic surgery for adrenal tumors is better for patients 2) Simple test predicts survival in heart failure 3) Study finds good ice hockey goalies have high heart rates and share feelings
WomenÃs health issues frequently made headlines in 1997 ó from mammograms and pap smears to diet pills and hormone replacement therapy.
Mayo Clinic News Briefs: 1) Pacemaker-like Procedure Helps Painful Nerve Problems; 2) Outcome Study Documents the Effectiveness of Breast Reduction; 3) Artificial Sphincter Helps People with Urinary Incontinence; 4) Telemedicine Useful for Speech Disorders
A study of more than 600 smokers found that use of an antidepressant drug called bupropion was a significant aid in helping subjects stop smoking. The study also found that the drug lessened the problem of weight gain among some study participants.
1) Smoking cessation is one of the most cost-effective medical treatments, reports a Mayo study, 2) Mayo sports medicine researchers report how a training device helps keep the ankle more stable in response to a sudden inversion -- the cause of most ankle sprains, 3) Is multiple sclerosis caused by an infectious agent in the environment? 4) Mayo researchers report that testing a minute sample of fluid from just beneath the surface of the skin measures glucose levels in diabetics as accurately as the standard finger-stick method.
1) How to control heartburn; 2) Many solutions are available for stress urinary incontinence; 3) Later-age pregnancy means greater risks and greater benefits.
1) A two-drug combination significantly reduced infections and disease among a group of liver transplant patients. 2) Rapamycin is a new drug that holds great promise for fight organ rejection in transplant patients and tumors in cancer patients. 3) Headaches are usually not serious. But they can be ominous signs of major problems.
Mayo Clinic is coordinating a new, multi-center study that will use advanced imaging techniques to determine whether taking appetite suppressants including fenfluramine-phentermine (fen-phen), dexfenfluramine (Redux) and/or other appetite suppressants is associated with the development of valvular heart disease. Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, which markets the appetite suppressants Pondimin (fenfluramine) and Redux, will fund this study.
An exciting medical advance is allowing ulcer sufferers to breathe a sigh of relief. Until now, biopsy of the stomach lining has been the only certain way to diagnose an active infection which is believed to be a primary cause of peptic ulcer disease. Today the Meretek UBT Breath Test for H. pylori with Pranactin diagnostic drug provides a safe, painless, accurate and cost-effective way of determining the presence of infection.
Preoperative testing is not necessary for healthy surgical patients, reports a Mayo study published in the June issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Medical care costs of people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) are two to three times higher than those of people without arthritis. Longer needles are needed to ensure that immunizations are effective in many people, say Mayo vaccine researchers. Several studies have shown that many patients' ulcerative colitis is improved by treatment with nicotine delivered via patch.
News Briefs: 1- Risk of Dementia Higher in Adult Diabetics; 2- Surgery for Severe Constipation Highly Effective; 3- The Challenges of doing Physical Exams in Space; 4- Angioplasty, Stenting are Preferred Methods to Open Clogged Arteries
1) Mayo gastroenterologists have begun testing a drug called urso (ursodeoxycholate) in treatment of colon cancer. 2) Sometimes women with heart disease need therapy different from men. 3) In 1990 Mayo set up a special hospital unit to help wean people on ventilators, an effort which has produced excellent results.