Items Tagged ‘orthopedics’
August 2, 2021 · Leave a Comment
Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 8/2/2021
By Advancing the Science contributor 
Readers can try a bit of a scavenger hunt this week. All these news stories feature Mayo Clinic research or research expertise. Physicians and scientists are quoted from across Mayo Clinic and throughout Mayo Clinic Health System. Obesity, diabetes, IBD, sports medicine, infectious diseases, population health and a dozen other topics are covered. Washington Post, […]
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Tags: AFib, anxiety, artificial intelligence, atrial fibrillation, colorectal cancer, COVID-19, electronic health record, epilepsy, genetics, Gregory Poland, hereditary diseases, hypertension
July 19, 2021 · Leave a Comment
Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 7/19/2021
By Advancing the Science contributor
Mayo research and faculty expertise were cited on topics such as the health benefits of a pet, narcolepsy, the benefits of second opinions for patient outcomes, hiccups, COVID-19 modeling and a variety of other healthcare concerns. Star Tribune, Competing models at start of pandemic hurt public’s trust … Mayo leaders in spring 2020 reached out […]
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Tags: Abinash Virk, aging, Alzheimer's disease, Andrew Badley, Andrew Jagim, anemia, animal model, antiplatelet, anxiety, artificial intelligence, bioethics, biomedical ethics
April 26, 2021 · Leave a Comment
Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 4/26/2021
Catch up on some of the news about Mayo Clinic’s research and faculty experts. Among the topics covered are artificial intelligence, women’s sexual health, genetic implications for several conditions, and COVID-19. AI caught a hidden problem in one patient’s heart. Can it work for others? STAT 4/26/2021 … Specifically, the algorithm, created by physicians at […]
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Tags: AFib, amyloidosis, antiplatelet, artificial intelligence, atrial fibrillation, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Charanjit Rihal, colorectal cancer, COVID-19, Dawn Marie Davis, dermatology, Donald Hensrud
January 21, 2021 · Leave a Comment
Pioneering living donor cartilage transplants
Mayo Clinic is poised to establish what is believed to be the first-ever living cartilage donor bank to provide a new regenerative option for healing common knee injuries. That donor bank will lay the foundation for living donor musculoskeletal tissue transplants — a first at Mayo Clinic and possibly in the world — to help […]
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Tags: Aaron Krych, cartilage, Center for Regenerative Medicine, Daniel Saris, knee replacement, living donor, Mario Hevesi, orthopedics
January 18, 2021 · Leave a Comment
Mayo Clinic Research in the news — 1/18/2021
Mayo Clinic’s broad expertise is cited in research findings and commentary regarding midlife exercise benefits, autism markers in birth mothers, health care access, hospital star rating systems, high fiber for depression and several other topics including the ever-present COVID-19. Oncology Influencers Explain Do’s and Don’t’s of Social Media OncologyLive, 1/12/2021 … S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD, […]
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Tags: Aaron Krych, Adam Schwartz, Alzheimer's disease, artificial intelligence, brain, breast cancer, C. diff, cerebral palsy, clinical trials, collaboration, colorectal cancer, COVID-19
April 22, 2020 · Leave a Comment
Kendall Koens’ life is a dramatic reversal from what it was in 2006. Late stage cancer left him in a coma and on a ventilator fighting for survival. Aggressive chemotherapy was saving his life but slowly and silently destroying his hips joints. The financial planner from Rochester, Minnesota, faced crippling pain typical of someone more […]
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Tags: arthritis, bone disease, cancer, Center for Regenerative Medicine, chemotherapy, hip replacement, orthopedics, osteonecrosis, Rafael Sierra
October 24, 2019 · Leave a Comment
New research shows spinal stimulation may work better than medication for long-term pain reduction
In a recent study, a team of Mayo Clinic researchers examined the effectiveness of spinal stimulation for pain control, compared to medical therapy or multiple surgeries for patients with long-term spine or limb pain. They found spinal stimulation was significantly more likely to reduce pain than medication for patients with intractable pain. Their findings were […]
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Tags: Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Evidence-based Practice Center, M. Hassan Murad, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, opioids, orthopedics, pain management, spinal cord stimulation, Tim Lamer
October 18, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Mayo colleagues design adjustable fracture nail to improve patient outcomes
By Advancing the Science contributor
By Sandy Shortridge Prompted by a health care innovation competition at Mayo Clinic’s Jacksonville, Florida, campus, two innovators recently joined forces and developed a new tool designed to reduce pain and shorten recovery time for patients with long bone fractures. The idea for their adjustable fracture nail started when Christine Mehner, M.D., a predoctoral Ph.D. […]
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Tags: Christine Mehner, medical innovation, orthopedics, Toni Turnbull
September 12, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Behind the scenes–Mayo Clinic Research
Everything health care has to offer for patients is the result of research and education related to that research. At Mayo Clinic, research drives everything we do, resulting in evidence-based treatments and continuous improvements in the way patients, caregivers and others experience health care. At Mayo Clinic we share information about our programs and projects […]
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Tags: biomedical ethics, CAR-T, cardiology, cellular therapy, clinical trials, dialysis, Ian Lanza, Januario Castro, kidney disease, medical research, metabolism, neurology
August 1, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Research News Roundup–July 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. Racism influences medical students’ decision on practicing in minority or underserved communities, study says A longitudinal study of […]
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Tags: autoimmune disorder, biomedical research, cancer, cardiology, Christopher Camp, clinical trials, education, HLHS, Lotte Dyrbye, medical innovation, neuroimmunology, orthopedic surgery