Items Tagged ‘clinical research’
September 25, 2020
Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 9/25/2020
COVID-19 still is holding a spot in the headlines, and probably will for at least the next year or so. But more and more there is re-emerging interest in other health care research. In this post, you’ll find Mayo Clinic Research and research experts cited on Alzheimer’s, opioids, artificial intelligence and physician burnout, seafood and […]
Tags: Andrew Badley, artificial intelligence, big data, bile duct cancer, Bobbie Gostout, brain, cancer, cardiology, cardiovascular disease, cholangiocarcinoma, clinical research, clinical trials
September 11, 2020
Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 9/11/2020
In case you missed them – or you just weren’t looking, this blog post includes a host of stories, from across the nation and around the world, that discuss Mayo Clinic research or cite Mayo researchers. Read on for excerpts and links to stories on what we know about herbs and supplements for anxiety, proposed […]
Tags: Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, autoimmune disorder, Bhanu Kolla, Brent Bauer, cancer screening, celiac disease, clinical research, clinical trials, concussion, COVID-19, dementia
September 4, 2020
Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 9/4/2020
A wide range of topics were covered by news media over the last week, citing Mayo Clinic Research or including Mayo researchers’ perspectives. Below are excerpts from some of these articles, as well as links to the full stories online. Read on for news about gluten-free cosmetics, daylight savings time, advances in understanding in Alzheimer’s […]
Tags: ALS, Alzheimer's disease, amnesia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Andrea Boon, Andrea Tooley, artificial intelligence, Barry Borlaug, cancer, cardiology, Carrie Thompson, clinical research
August 24, 2020
Second Language Learning Linked to Brain Surgery Recovery
By Advancing the Science contributor 
By Lynda De Widt Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida report differences in clinical outcomes between “late bilingual” and monolingual glioblastoma patients undergoing awake brain surgery for tumor removal — information that could help guide surgeons in the operating room. Their findings, published in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology, suggest that bilingual patients who have learned […]
Tags: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Anthony Ritaccio, awake craniotomy, brain tumor, clinical research, David Sabsevitz, Erik Middlebrooks, Kaisorn Chaichana, Mark Jentoft, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, neurology, neurosurgery
August 14, 2020
Mayo Clinic Research in the news 8/14/2020
While much of the news around health care research is COVID-19 related, Mayo Clinic researchers are hard at work across the entire spectrum of health and health care delivery. Our multidisciplinary research teams are seeking ways to improve outcomes, lower costs and enhance the experience of patients, providers and caregivers. Read on for snippets of […]
Tags: aging, Andrew Badley, antibodies, breast cancer, chemotherapy, Clifford Jack Jr., clinical research, clinical trials, COVID-19, Devon Rubin, Eugenia Trushina, Grzegorz Nowakowski
June 10, 2020
Faculty members, fellow named 2020 Kern Scholars
The Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery is pleased to welcome four new scholars to the Kern Health Care Delivery Scholars Program. The Kern Scholars Program helps develop a workforce of highly motivated, exceptionally trained clinicians who have the research skills needed to assess existing health care delivery […]
Tags: Aaron Leppin, Aaron Spaulding, Alanna Chamberlain, Ann Rusk, Barbara Barry, bladder cancer, Brian Pickering, cardiovascular medicine, Cassie Kennedy, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Che Ngufor, Christi Patten
February 13, 2020
Embracing clinical research with ‘both feet and hands’
Adrian Vella, M.D., says medical careers run like a hereditary condition in his family. “My father is a physician, my brother is a surgeon, and there are lots of medical people on my mother’s side as well.” So it was almost inevitable that, from an early age, he thought about becoming a physician as well. […]
Tags: Adrian Vella, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, clinical research, clinical trials, diabetes, endocrinology, Henry Schultz, K Sreekumaran Nair, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Michael Jensen, Robert Rizza
January 30, 2020
A breakthrough in distinguishing benign adrenal tumors from cancerous ones
By Advancing the Science contributor
By Christoph Bahn Approximately 80 million CT scans are performed in the United States every year. Adrenal tumors are found incidentally in about 5% of these scans. Most of these tumors will turn out to be benign, but a small fraction will be adrenal cortical carcinoma, a type of cancer with high mortality and frequent recurrence; even for […]
Tags: adrenal tumors, biomarkers, biopsy, cancer, clinical research, CT, endocrine cancer, endocrinology, epidemiology, hormones, Irina Bancos, Mayo Clinic Laboratories
December 16, 2019
New Integrated Clinical Studies Unit
By Advancing the Science contributor
It’s described by physicians and researchers as one of the most advanced clinical research units in the southeastern U.S. The new Frank and Marisa Martire Family Integrated Clinical Studies Unit (ICSU) recently opened at Mayo Clinic in Florida. The 12-bed unit, housed on the second floor of the Dorothy J. and Harry T. Mangurian Building, […]
Tags: biomedical research, cancer, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Center for Individualized Medicine, Charles Burger, clinical research, clinical trials, James Foran, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Tushar Patel
August 28, 2019
Grant supplement opens doors for future cancer researchers in Native American communities
By Advancing the Science contributor
By Lydia Hansen, Public Affairs undergraduate intern In the summer of 2014, Corinna Sabaque moved over 1,000 miles from her home in the Four Corners area in New Mexico to Rochester, Minn. to complete a 10-week internship in breast cancer research at Mayo Clinic. “Coming to Minnesota was hard,” Sabaque says. “I didn’t know anybody. […]
Tags: cancer, clinical research, Gloria Petersen, health disparities, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute, Native American, research education, Wesley Petersen