News Releases — Minnesota

2003

December 2003

• Genomics Research: New Genetic "Hit List" May Underlie Susceptibility to Sudden Cardiac Death
• Mayo Clinic Center for Humanities in Medicine Hosts Hunger Awareness Presentation
• Mayo Clinic Announces January "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Clinic to Provide Transplant Services for CIGNA HealthCare Members
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Drug Combination for Benign Enlarged Prostate Clearly Superior to Reduce Symptoms, Keep Men From Catheterization and the OR
• Mayo Clinic Receives $10 Million from Philanthropists to Accelerate Alzheimer's Disease Research
• Drug Combination for Benign Enlarged Prostate Clearly Superior to Reduce Symptoms, Keep Men From Catheterization and the OR
• Mayo Clinic Develops New Technology To Improve Diagnosis of Arm and Hand Injuries and Disease
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome's Possible Genetic Link Studied by Mayo Clinic Researchers
• High Blood-Sugar Levels Indicate Greater Chance of Death For Critically Ill Patients
• Study Finds New FOLFOX 4 Treatment Helps Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Live Significantly Longer, With Fewer Chemotherapy Side Effects
• Mayo Clinic announces annual contributions to Ronald McDonald House, Gift of Life Transplant House and Hope Lodge
• Mayo Clinic Announces Annual Contribution to Ronald McDonald House, Gift of Life Transplant House and Hope Lodge

November 2003

• Mayo Clinic Announces December "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Announces $400,000 Commitment to Rochester Area Family Y
• Mayo Clinic Trustees Honor New Named Professors
• Mayo Clinic Heart Specialists Begin Seeing Patients in Dubai
• High Saturated Fat, Starch Avoidance Weight Loss Diet Offers Good Preliminary Results Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study Indicates Further Research Needed With More Patients
• Mayo Hospice Program Hosts Speaker, Susan Carter, to Address Impact of Grief During the Holidays
• Discovery Health Channel Series Offers Glimpse Behind the Walls of Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Genetic Syndrome Linked to Inherited Birth Disorder

October 2003

• Parkinson's Disease To Be Targeted By Novel RNA Interference Drug Development
• National Health Care Leaders Speak at Mayo Clinic Nursing Education Conference
• Lung Cancer Screening Motivates Smokers To Quit
• Mayo Clinic Announces November "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Second Annual Fuad Mansour Lecture Nov. 1
  Interactive workshops on mentoring and intergenerational diversity to be held at Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover How Key Cancer Protein Works; May Open Door For Controlling Abnormal Cell Growth in Breast Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Seeks Women with Noncyclical Breast Pain for Research Study
• Mayo Clinic to Study Families with Incidence of Pancreatic Cancer
• University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic Announce Next Steps in Biotechnology Partnership
• Mayo Clinic to Conduct Large Mammography Study
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Weight is Not a Factor Among Women Using Fertility Technologies to Become Pregnant
• Press Conference Will Report Significant Clinical Findings for Treatment of Breast Cancer
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - New Treatment Significantly Improves Long-Term Outlook for Breast Cancer Survivors
• New Treatment Significantly Improves Long-Term Outlook for Breast Cancer Survivors
• An Online Screening Test Can Help You Decide If It's Just the Blues You're Feeling Or Depression
• Mayo Hospice Program Sponsoring Lecture to Help Families Cope With Grief
• Mayo Clinic Now Uses Mayo Clinic College of Medicine to Refer to its Research and Education Programs
• Mayo Clinic Now Uses Mayo Clinic College of Medicine to Refer to its Research and Education Programs

September 2003

• Mayo Clinic Announces October "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Sponsors Presentation of "The Gift" to Explore Genomics and Medical Ethics
• Researchers Identify Novel Treatment for Polycystic Kidney Disease in Animals
• Patients, Public Invited to Educational Programs on How to Make Sense of Health Insurance Issues
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Invites Women, Public to Special Breast Cancer Programs at Mall of America
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Devise New Treatment for People Who Experience Dizziness Upon Suddenly Rising From a Prone Position
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Mayo Clinic Researchers Devise New Treatment for People Who Experience Dizziness Upon Suddenly Rising From a Prone Position
• Panel of Leading Neurologists Pronounce Best Treatment for Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• High Blood Pressure, Fatty Deposits Are "Bit Players" in Bulging Arteries
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Increase in Forearm Fractures Among Adolescents
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Mayo Clinic Study Finds Increase in Forearm Fractures Among Adolescents
• Humana's ChoiceCare Network opens access to services at Mayo Clinic
• Immanuel St. JosephÕs, Mankato Clinic Sponsor Heart Forum Saturday
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections Sept. 17
• Mayo Clinic to Present Play About First Woman Physician
• Mayo Clinic Study Shows Melatonin Helps Alleviate Violent Sleep Disorder Symptoms
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Melatonin Can Help Violent Sleep Disorder
• Mayo Clinic Study Reveals New Fathers Struggle With Obsessional Thoughts Too
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Mayo Clinic Study Reveals New Fathers Struggle With Obsessional Thoughts Too

August 2003

• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Invites Women To Learn about Cancers that Affect Them
• New Mayo Clinic Approach to Kidney Transplants Means More Patients Can Be Successfully Transplanted, Easing Donor Shortage
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover That Donor Kidney Protects Itself In New Body; Process of "Accommodation" Is Not All In the Immune System
• Mayo Clinic Announces September "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Clinic to Host Clinical Genomics Course
• Mayo Clinic Proceedings Releases West Nile Virus Manuscript Early to Aid Clinicians, Public
• Mayo Clinic Trustees Honor New Named Professors
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds People Over 40 Need Frequent Exercise to Prevent or Treat Type 2 Diabetes
• Study Calls For Major Reforms in Marketing of Ephedra
• Art and Music as Components of Emotional Healing in Cancer Care
• Mayo Clinic to Host Clinical Research Conference
• M.D./Ph.D. Program Receives Prestigious Medical Scientist Training Program Designation

July 2003

• MEDIA ADVISORY
• Mayo Clinic Announces August "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• People Dealing With Cancer Invited to a Weekend of Renewal at the Hilltop Retreat
• Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center Celebrates 15 Years of Service
• Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study Supports Shorter Waiting Period For the Resumption of Driving Privileges After a Seizure
• Meet Minnesota Timberwolves Mascot, Crunch, at Mayo Clinic Blood Bank
• Mayo Clinic to Host Mental Health Nursing and Genomics Conference
• Local Artist Signing Carillon CDs
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car-Seat Inspections July 16
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - International Study Helps Patients and Their Doctors Know What to Do When an Unruptured Brain Aneurysm is Discovered
• International Study Helps Patients and Their Doctors Know What to Do When an Unruptured Brain Aneurysm is Discovered
• Media Advisory: Mayo Clinic to Study Golf 'yips" Under Tournament Conditions July 21-22
• Mayo Clinic to Study Bupropion to Help Spit-Tobacco Users Quit

June 2003

• Mayo Clinic Announces July "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Rapid Defibrillation in Cardiac Arrest Leads to Near-Normal Life Span, Quality of Life
• Rapid Defibrillation in Cardiac Arrest Leads to Near-Normal Life Span, Quality of Life
• Mayo Clinic Physician Available to Discuss Report on Heart Problems and Smallpox Vaccination in June 25 JAMA
• MEDIA ADVISORY Mayo Clinic to Host Tenth Annual Brain Injury Conference
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover New Immune System Molecule That Can Help or Harm Health
• NetJets¨ Collaborates with Mayo Clinic to Provide Medical Services for Worldwide Travelers
• Mayo Clinic Finds Key Digestive Role for "The Silent Killer"
• Mayo Graduate School for biomedical research names new dean
• Mayo Clinic Links Early Heart Artery Abnormality to Increased Stroke Risk
• 2003 Lecture in Management
• PCOS Increases Risk of Heart Disease in Women
• Mayo Clinic Seeks Women with Cyclical Breast Pain for Research Study
• Paclitaxel, Carboplatin and Trastuzumab Better Tolerated by HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients When Administered Weekly
• Study Conclusively Shows Patients With Advanced Colorectal Cancer Live Longer and Have Fewer Severe Side Effects on New Drug Treatment
• Survey Finds That Majority of Women Are Satisfied With Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Surgery to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer

May 2003

• "Norman Rockwell and Medicine" Collection at Mayo Clinic
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Sleep Disorder Linked to Common, Serious Heart Rhythm Problem
• Sleep Disorder Linked to Common, Serious Heart Rhythm Problem
• Mayo Clinic Announces June "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Medical School and Mayo Graduate School 2003 Commencement Ceremony Held
• Mayo Clinic Women's Cancer Program Will Lead National Research Study to Search for Molecular Predictors of Breast Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Significant Link Between Head Injury and Parkinson's Disease
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Significant Link Between Head Injury and Parkinson's Disease
• Mayo Clinic Trustees Honor New Named Professor
• Mayo Medical School and Mayo Graduate School to Hold 2003 Commencement Ceremony
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Protective Gene Mutation in Some HIV-Infected Patients; May Explain How HIV Progresses to AIDS
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Protective Gene Mutation in Some HIV-Infected Patients; May Explain How HIV Progresses to AIDS
• Mayo Clinic Ophthalmologist Available to Discuss Findings of Natl Eye Institute on Amt of Eye Patch Wear Needed for Lazy Eye
• Reduced Daily Eye Patching Effectively Treats Childhood's Most Common Eye Disorder
• Mayo Clinic to Provide Transplant Services for Humana Members
• Dr. Peter Harris Awarded International Prize for Research Advancement
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car-Seat Inspections May 7

April 2003

• Mayo Clinic Hosts Bike-Helmet Sale and Fitting Event on May 5
• Getting to the Heart of the Matter: 10th Annual Heart Disease and Stroke Conference for Health Professionals
• Mayo Clinic Announces May "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Patients Who Have Multiple Potential Causes For Fainting Have a Higher Risk of Death Than Patients With a Single Cause
• 2002 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Part of Proteomics Seminar at Mayo Clinic
• Mayo School of Health Sciences to Host Inaugural Alumni Meeting
• Cancer Survivors and Their Families Invited to National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration on Sunday, June 1
• Guthrie Theater to Visit Rochester
• Governor Announces Historic Partnership Between University Of Minnesota And Mayo Clinic
• Glossary of Terms
• Mayo Clinic Financially Sound but Faces Economic Challenges
• Mayo Clinic Examines Women's Health and Neurologic Disease
• Volunteers Sought for Study of Stop-Smoking Program
• Antioxidant Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) Significantly Improves Symptoms of Diabetic Neuropathy
• Mayo Clinic Study Shows Thalidomide May Effectively Delay the Progression of Early Stage Multiple Myeloma, a Fatal Cancer of the Bone Marrow, in Some Patients
• Mayo Clinic Hosts Spring 2003 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia-Education Series for Patients, Families, Friends and the Public

March 2003

• Mayo Medical School celebrates residency match success
• Mayo Clinic Announces April "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo First to Launch New Enzyme-Based Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Test
• Mayo School of Health Sciences alumni to gather in April
• Mayo Clinic Study Establishes 'New Paradigm' for Coronary Artery Disease
• MEDIA ADVISORY "Complexity Science in Practice: Understanding and Acting to Improve Health and Healthcare" Held March 21
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify Differing Risk Factors Contributing to Parkinson's Disease in Men and Women
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Teach RNA to Act as Decoy Inside Living Cell to Prevent Disease Activation
• Mayo Clinic Office of Women's Health to Host Women's Health Event on Saturday, April 12
• MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo Medical School Celebrates "Match Day" March 20
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Total Hip Replacement Among Patients Age 90 and Older Provides Better Quality of Life for Years After
• Robert Waller, M.D., President Emeritus of Mayo Clinic, Named to Health Care Hall of Fame
• People Living With Cancer Are Invited to a Weekend of Renewal at the Hilltop Retreat
• Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study Finds Little Variance in Survival Rates of Patients With Eating Disorder
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Antiviral Therapy Found to Prevent Blindness, Other Serious Effects for Patients with Eye Shingles
• Antiviral Therapy Found to Prevent Blindness, Other Serious Effects for Patients with Eye Shingles
• Mayo Clinic Proves New Heart Muscle Cells Can Come From Bone Marrow
• Study Suggests an Aspirin a Day Can Reduce Recurrence of Colorectal Polyps
• MayoClinic.com Offers Women Help for a Healthy Heart
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Among First in the World to Discover Possible Early Gene Involved in the Development of Cancer
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) - Most Golf 'Yippers' Perceive Symptoms as Physical, Not Psychological
• Green Tea Is Not an Effective Anticancer Treatment for Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer
• Most Golf 'Yippers' Perceive Symptoms as Physical, Not Psychological

February 2003

• Mayo Clinic Announces March "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• CT HELPS RADIOLOGISTS DETECT LUNG CANCER EARLIER
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds CT Detects Smaller, Earlier-Stage Lung Cancer . . . But Also Many Benign Lung Tumors
• Through the Roof — Mayo Clinic Proteomics Research Center Cuts Hole in Lab Roof to Install World's Highest Strength Magnet in New Mass Spectrometer for Medical Research
• Mayo Clinic to Study a New Treatment for People with Heart Failure
• Mayo Clinic Announces New Board of Trustees Members, Officers and Executive Committee Members
• Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra to Give Special Concert in Honor of "Harmony for Mayo's" Five-Year Anniversary
• Mayo Clinic Hosts 12th Annual Nursing Research Conference
• People With Food Allergies Should Not Only Be Careful About What They Eat, But Whom They Kiss, Says Mayo Clinic Report
• Cancer Survivor, Author and Rochester Native Dr. Geoffrey Kurland Will Speak at Mayo Clinic on Feb. 27
• Mayo Clinic Study Shows Loss of Mental, Functional Abilities Not a Foregone Conclusion for Those in Their 90s
• Sleep Breathing Disorder May be a Cause, Rather Than Just an Effect, of Heart Failure
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections by Appointment on Feb. 12
• Degree Program in Respiratory Care Announced
• Area Students to Attend "Celebration of Research"
• Program - Celebration of Research

January 2003

• February Marks Fifth Anniversary for "Harmony for Mayo" Music Series
• Mayo Clinic Research Shows Abnormal Number of Chromosomes is One Step in Cancer Development
• Women Heart Patients Face Obstacles to Diagnosis, Recovery
• Pergolide and Heart Valve Problems: Could there be a Link?
• Thalidomide Therapy for Multiple Myeloma Patients may Lengthen Survival, Mayo Clinic Researchers Report
• Brain Booster ... Mayo Clinic Research in Mice Finds New Role for Interleukin-6: May Lead to Drugs That Prevent Brain Injury From Diseases, Aging
• Mayo Clinic Study Shows One in Four have Precursor to Heart Failure
• Mayo Clinic to Study a New Drug to Help People Stop Smoking
• Author of The Sisters' Story to Appear at Mayo Clinic Gift Shop for Book Signing
• Mayo Clinic Announces January "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts