News Releases — Florida

2002

December 2002

• RITA Foundation makes contribution to breast cancer research, treatment at Mayo Clinic
• "Exposure to Light" photography exhibit at Mayo Clinic's Leek Gallery

November 2002

• Photodynamic therapy for Barrett's esophagus appears successful for a group of Mayo Clinic patients
• Mayo physicians use new patient-friendly test for reflux disease
• Mayo Foundation Trustees Announce Two New Named Professors
• Study concludes no difference between ionized bracelet and placebo for musculoskeletal pain relief
• World renowned pediatric urologist dies in Cyprus

October 2002

• Transplant reunion is an evening of remembrance

September 2002

• Two area blood and marrow transplant programs form single program
• Mayo Clinic hosting workshop: Response to incidents involving radiation

August 2002

• Healthy older volunteers needed for Alzheimer's disease study
• Pain relief procedure for spinal compression fractures can correct widow's hump deformity as well
• Capsule endoscopy goes where few endoscopes have gone before
• Mayo surgeons use new procedure to salvage limbs

July 2002

• Contrast enhanced CT lets doctors look at abnormal coronary arteries
• Mayo Clinic board chair named

June 2002

• Suspended arm of Herceptin clinical trial reopened
• Mayo Clinic surgeons use new minimally-invasive procedure to treat varicose veins
• Hand-assisted laparoscopic kidney removal as effective as standard procedure
• African-Americans with APOE gene variant also at risk for Alzheimer's

May 2002

• Important colorectal cancer clinical trial continues

April 2002

• Statement regarding the Rev. Billy Graham's recovery from sinus surgery
• The Rev. Billy Graham to have outpatient sinus surgery at Mayo Clinic
• St. Luke's Hospital discharges first heart/lung transplant recipient

March 2002

• Cancer treatment group extends primary member status to clinic

February 2002

• Mayo Clinic cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program opens

January 2002

• Renowned Alzheimer's researcher, author David Snowdon, speaking at Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Clinic receives Jacksonville's first research grant from state's tobacco settlement