Minimally invasive lymph node dissection in breast cancer has advantages over...
Axillary lymph node dissection is done in conjunction with lumpectomy or mastectomy to determine if breast cancer has spread to the adjoining lymph nodes. The conventional surgical approach leaves a...
View ArticleResolving conflicts over end-of-life care: Mayo experts offer tips
It's one of the toughest questions patients and their loved ones can discuss with physicians: When is further medical treatment futile? The conversation can become even more difficult if patients or...
View ArticleThe greatest medical resource you've never heard of: Rochester epidemiology...
It's the medical resource behind discoveries that have affected patients around the globe, treasured by researchers and funded by the National Institutes of Health for nearly 50 years: the Rochester...
View ArticleResident fatigue, stress trigger motor vehicle incidents, poll finds
(Medical Xpress)āIt appears that long, arduous hours in the hospital are causing more than stress and fatigue among doctors-in-trainingāthey're crashing, or nearly crashing, their cars after work,...
View ArticleStudy finds routine tests done on patients with microscopic blood in urine...
The presence of microscopic hematuria ā blood found in urine that can't be seen by the naked eye ā does not necessarily indicate the presence of cancer, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern...
View ArticleNew hematuria risk index IDs patients at low cancer risk
(HealthDay)āA Hematuria Risk Index could identify cancer risk among patients with asymptomatic microscopic hematuria, according to a study published online Jan. 11 in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
View ArticleSkin problems, joint disorders top list of reasons people visit doctors
A new Mayo Clinic Proceedings study shows that people most often visit their health care providers because of skin issues, joint disorders and back pain. Findings may help researchers focus efforts to...
View ArticleA regular walk can cut your risk of major illness, shows research
A regular walking routine significantly reduces the risk of Metabolic Syndrome, a condition which affects one in four people in the UK and can cause heart disease, strokes and cancer.
View ArticleEEG identifies seizures in hospital patients, study finds
Electroencephalogram (EEG), which measures and records electrical activity in the brain, is a quick and efficient way of determining whether seizures are the cause of altered mental status (AMS) and...
View ArticlePhysician spouses very satisfied in relationships, study finds
It appears that the majority of spouses/partners of physicians in the United States are happy with their relationships, according to Mayo Clinic research. Of the about 900 spouses/partners of...
View ArticleNew multiple myeloma treatment guidelines personalize therapy for patients
Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center have developed new guidelines to treat recently diagnosed multiple myeloma patients who are not participating in clinical trials. The guidelines give physicians...
View ArticleElectroencephalography underused investigative tool in hospitals
A retrospective study of patients who had in-hospital electroencephalography (EEG) has established that EEG is a valuable tool that could be deployed more widely to identify treatable causes of...
View ArticleL-carnitine significantly improves patient outcomes following heart attack
L-carnitine significantly improves cardiac health in patients after a heart attack, say a multicenter team of investigators in a study published today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Their findings, based...
View ArticleMayo Clinic creates institution-wide electronic prolonged QT interval warning...
Using a one-of-a-kind computer-aided program, Mayo Clinic has developed and implemented a Mayo-wide electronic warning system to identify patients at risk of QT-related deaths from an abnormality in...
View ArticleSharing examination questions threatens trust in medical profession
Unethical behavior among physicians-in-training threatens to erode public trust and confidence in the medical profession, say two academic physicians in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings....
View ArticleExperts discuss ways to embed patient voices and values in clinical research
There is worldwide concern in the biomedical research community that enrollment in clinical trials is lagging, putting clinical research and consequent benefits to society in jeopardy. Experts explore...
View ArticleCommentary calls for greater transparency in highlighting social value of...
In a commentary published in the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, UC Davis bioethicist Mark Yarborough proposes that more information about the social value of individual research studies be made...
View ArticleNo link between anesthesia, dementia in elderly
Elderly patients who receive anesthesia are no more likely to develop long-term dementia or Alzheimer's disease than other seniors, according to new Mayo Clinic research. The study analyzed thousands...
View ArticleInterventional stroke therapy needs further study in clinical trials,...
Devices snaked into the brain artery of a patient experiencing a stroke that snatch and remove the offending clot, or pump a dissolving drug into the blockage, should primarily be used within a...
View ArticleSmoking, sugar, spirits and 'sin' taxes: Higher price would help health,...
Go ye and sin no moreāor pay for it, when it comes to junk food, smoking and consuming alcohol. That's the message from two Mayo Clinic physicians who say raising "sin" taxes on tobacco and alcoholic...
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