2007

Clinical Update
Volume 23, number 4, 2007

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Clinical Update is a quarterly publication for physicians that highlights trends in the practice of medicine at Mayo Clinic.

Inside this issue

A New Form of Robotic Surgery, A Less Invasive Alternative for Management of Tonsillar Cancer
Cancer of the tonsil or base of the tongue is now one of the most common oral cancers; it develops in an estimated 1 in 30,000 persons each year, and the incidence of this cancer is rising.
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A Practical Approach to the Treatment of Subclinical Hypothyroidism
Subclinical hypothyroidism occurs when the serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level rises above the upper limit of normal (ULN) despite a normal serum free thyroxine (FT4) concentration.
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A 2-Day Pain Rehabilitation Program Focuses on Functional Restoration
Managing a patient with chronic pain is difficult and one of the most frequently encountered frustrations of primary care medicine. As these patients exhaust management options, they seek more time with their physicians and become increasingly dissatisfied, placing physicians at risk of "burn out."
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Evaluating and Managing Pelvic Pain While Preserving Fertility
Approximately 10% to 15% of all premenopausal women and 25% to 35% of infertile women experience pelvic pain and menstrual irregularities caused by endometriosis.
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Mayo Clinic Briefings - Study of Aortic Distensibility as Means of Predicting Aneurysm Rupture Accepting Enrollees
Cardiac imaging researchers at Mayo Clinic Rochester are accepting enrollees for a 2-year study of aortic distensibility.
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Mayo Clinic Briefings - Relatives of Parkinson Disease Patients Face Increased Risk of Cognitive Impairment or Dementia
First-degree relatives of patients with Parkinson disease face greater risk of developing cognitive impairment or dementia than people who have no first-degree relatives (brother, sister, mother, father, son, or daughter) with Parkinson disease, according to a new study by Mayo Clinic investigators.
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