Items Tagged ‘Mayo Clinic Proceedings’
March 4, 2019
Research News Roundup-February 2019
The Mayo Clinic Research News Roundup includes brief summaries and links to research news releases from the past month. It also connects readers to related resources. Read on for more information from Mayo Clinic Research. Mayo Clinic researchers identify gene that may predict pancreatic cancer in people with Type 2 diabetes Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a […]
Tags: Alzheimer's disease, cancer, diabetes, gut health, integrative medicine, kidney stones, leprosy, Lotte Dyrbye, lymphoma, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, measles virus, microbiome
February 13, 2019
Coping with the “work of being a patient”
There’s no getting around it: being a patient is hard work. And it gets even harder for patients living with multiple chronic conditions. This “work” is made of up all the responsibilities and tasks doctors ask patients to take on in order to access and use health care and in order to successfully carry out […]
Tags: capacity coaching, Kasey Boehmer, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, minimally disruptive medicine, shared decision making
February 5, 2019
Research News Roundup-January 2019
The Mayo Clinic Research News Roundup includes brief summaries and links to research-related news releases from Mayo Clinic in the past month. It also connects readers to associated resources. Read on for more information from Mayo Clinic Research. Minnesota Partnership awards 5 collaborative research grants Diabetes, stress-induced aging and Alzheimer’s disease, immigration-related obesity, and implantable drug […]
Tags: artificial intelligence, basic science, biomarkers, cancer, cervical cancer, clinical trials, concussion, heart failure, hockey, James Kirkland, Kathy MacLaughlin, Kogod Center on Aging
January 31, 2019
New data gives clarity to allergy doctors and their patients
In a new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Mayo Clinic researchers present the first population-based evidence showing how often food allergies are diagnosed in people. The study also determined which foods are most likely to cause allergic reactions in different age groups. “There were no previous population-based estimates for food allergies in the U.S.,” […]
Tags: allergies, Avni Joshi, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, epidemiology, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, population health, research, Rochester Epidemiology Project
November 20, 2018
Addressing disparities in care, to the very end of life
Not everyone in the United States speaks English as their first language. In fact, in 2013, the U.S. Census Bureau found that one of every five residents speaks another language at home. Unfortunately, this fact leads to another – for people with limited English proficiency, disparities are common in health care. The Agency for Healthcare […]
Tags: Amelia Barwise, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, health disparities, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, research education
November 12, 2018
Research News Roundup — October 2018
Welcome to Advancing the Science. On Mayo Clinic’s medical research blog we have a wide range of research and research-education content. In addition to stories you won’t find anywhere else, we also collect content from other sources in one easy-to-access spot. The monthly Research News Roundup is one such aggregator, highlighting and linking to all […]
Tags: Ayalew Tefferi, brain cancer, breast cancer, cancer, Center for Individualized Medicine, Elizabeth Cathcart-Rake, health disparities, hematology, inflammatory bowel disease, integrative medicine, John Hawse, Julie Heimbach
October 2, 2018
Research News Roundup — September 2018
Each month, we publish Mayo Clinic’s Research News Roundup. This article includes brief summaries and links to news releases from the preceding month that discuss some of our latest medical research. It also connects readers to related resources. Read on for recent findings of Mayo Clinic Research: Mayo Clinic researchers receive Specialized Program of Research Excellence […]
Tags: aging, cancer, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, JAMA, kidney disease, Matthew Block, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, neurology, opioids, physician burnout, Research News Roundup
September 4, 2018
Research News Roundup-August 2018
The Mayo Clinic Research News Roundup includes brief summaries and links to research news releases from the past month. It also connects readers to related resources. Read on for more information from Mayo Clinic Research. Mayo Clinic researchers identify a potential new approach to treat HER2 positive breast cancer Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified an important […]
Tags: breast cancer, deep space medicine, Fergus Couch, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Michelle Freeman, Molly Jeffery, opioids, Purna Kashyap, Research News Roundup, Taro Hitosugi, weight loss, William Freeman
August 22, 2018
Shedding light on the ‘sunshine vitamin’
By Advancing the Science contributor 
Vitamin D, sometimes referred to as the ‘sunshine vitamin,’ comes up frequently in the clinical setting. Over the last few decades, we have learned that vitamin D may actually have a much broader role in human health than once thought. A deficiency in vitamin D is very common, mainly due to limited sun exposure in […]
Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Daniel Dudenkov, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Rochester Epidemiology Project
August 21, 2018
‘Gut touch?’ Mayo Clinic researchers discover important trigger for serotonin release
By Advancing the Science contributor
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have discovered an important mechanical trigger in the gut for releasing serotonin in the body. Serotonin is an important hormone and neurotransmitter in the human body, believed to help regulate digestion, appetite, mood, social behavior, sleep and other important functions. The researchers’ findings were published this week in the Proceedings of the National […]
Tags: Arthur Beyder, basic science, gastroenterology, gut health, Mayo Clinic Proceedings