Updated: 2010-11-22 17:19:03
Journalists: For links to web-video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. A new Mayo Clinic study found that children with low-grade brain tumors (gliomas) who undergo aggressive surgery to completely remove the tumor have an increased chance of overall survival. If complete removal is not possible, adding radiation therapy to a less complete surgery [...]
Updated: 2010-11-16 21:15:08
Testing for 11 specific genetic variations in hundreds of people with no history of heart disease provided information that led to revision of their estimated heart attack risk, say Mayo Clinic researchers. In a study presented today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in Chicago, the researchers say that using a genetic score like [...]
Updated: 2010-11-15 17:00:35
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Updated: 2010-11-15 07:30:29
Journalists: For links to web-video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. Plaque in a heart artery looks threatening, but cardiologists know that many of these buildups will not erupt, dislodge and block a vessel, causing a heart attack that can be fatal. Some will, however, and the challenge is to figure out [...]
Updated: 2010-11-14 20:00:52
A small Mayo Clinic study has found that morbidly obese heart failure patients who undergo bariatric surgery gain long-lasting and meaningful improvements in disease symptoms and quality of life. The results were presented today at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2010 in Chicago. “This tells us that bariatric surgery may become part of the [...]
Updated: 2010-11-04 20:54:40
Journalists: For links to web-video and audio files, see the bottom of this post. The National Cancer Institute released initial results of the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST), a randomized national trial including more than 53,000 current and former heavy smokers ages 55 to 74. The trial compared the effectiveness of two lung cancer [...]
Updated: 2010-11-03 21:34:29
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have found a significant difference in cancer progression and death in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) patients who had sufficient vitamin D levels in their blood compared to those who didn’t. In the Mayo Clinic study, published online in the journal Blood, the researchers found that patients with insufficient levels of vitamin [...]
