News Releases — Minnesota

2006

December 2006

• Mayo Clinic Uncovers Key Step in Repair Mechanism of DNA Double-Strand Breaks
• Mayo Clinic Collaboration Mining of Ancient Herbal Text Leads to Potential New Anti-Bacterial Drug
• President Gerald R. Ford Statement
• Mayo Clinic Announces Four January Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo Researcher Discovers Target Site for Developing Mosquito Pesticides
• Mayo Clinic Study Explores Link between Nanoparticles and Kidney Stones
• Use of Mammograms in Men is Rising, But Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Little Reason to Administer
• Mayo Clinic — Advances in Breast Imaging
• Paramedic Son Gives Fire Chief Dad Keys to Ambulance
• Mayo Clinic — Collaborating to Move Treatment Research Forward
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — Working on the Tough Cases
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — Individualizing Treatment for Multiple Myeloma Patients
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Collaborating to Find New Tools to Fight Leukemia
• Smoking Worsens Knee Osteoarthritis
• Mayo Clinic Develops Medical Device That Reduces the Need for Invasive Surgical Biopsy Procedures
• Treating Obesity Vital for Public Health, Physicians Say

November 2006

• Mayo Discovers Link between Huntington's and Abnormal Cholesterol Levels in Brain
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — What Cures Your Aches Might Prevent Cancer
• Octogenarians Are Not Too Old for Cancer Surgery
• November/December Community Calendar Advisory
• Mayo Clinic ranked first in 2006 national health care quality and accountability by University Health System Consortium
• Mayo Study Examines Link Between Rheumatoid Arthritis and Chronic Lung Diseases
• Gene Expression Profiling Not Quite Perfected in Predicting Lung Cancer Prognosis, Mayo Clinic Study says
• Mayo Clinic Research Reveals "Broken Heart Syndrome" Recurs in 1 of 10 Patients; Finds Blood Flow Abnormality in Most "Broken Heart Syndrome" Patients
• Mayo Researchers Note That Stronger Leg Muscles Can Protect Against Knee Osteoarthritis
• Mayo Clinic Study Observes Normal Aging Process Lowers Breast Cancer Risk
• Mayo Clinic Trustees Recognize New Named Professors
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Present New Information About Accelerated Aging Among People With Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Mayo Researchers Offer Evidence That People With Psoriasis Have Greater Risk for Developing Heart Disease Than General Population
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Evidence for Traumatic Cause of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Nonminority Medical Students More Satisfied Than Minority Students, Study Finds
• Mayo Clinic Tests New Drug to Help Smokers Quit
• Mayo Clinic to Host Spiritual Care Research Conference
• Heart Failure: Mayo Clinic Reveals Abnormality in Filling of the Heart is Frequent Culprit
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Prostate SPORE Grant Renewed
• Mayo Clinic Study: Intact Tonsils Triple Risk of Recurrent Strep Throat
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Use Magnetic Attraction to Improve Stents, Reduce Blood Clot Risk
• World-renown Dance Group to Perform "Ferocious Beauty: Genome" in Rochester
• Vision Loss Not Prevented by Laser Treatment of Early Macular Degeneration

October 2006

• Oral Contraceptives Increase Risk for Breast Cancer in Some Women, Meta-Analysis Finds
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — Harnessing the Measles Virus to Attack Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Announces Four November Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo Clinic to Examine Botox for the Treatment of Knee Pain
• Research Selected for 2006 American College of Gastroenterology Governor's Award
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Recommend Embryo Transfer Delay for Women at Risk of Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome, Complication of In Vitro Fertilization
• Mayo Clinic Study Suggests that a Central Nervous System Viral Infection Can Lead to Memory Deficits Late in Life
• Scalpel to Sketch
• International Cancer Scientists to Gather at Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections Oct. 25
• Reporters Struggle to Cover Comas in Newspaper Articles, Mayo Clinic Study Finds
• Popular Antiaging Supplement has no Beneficial Effects, Mayo Clinic Study Finds
• Discovery's Edge, Mayo Clinic's Online Research Magazine
• Mayo Clinic Makes Strides in Quality Improvement
• The American Legacy Foundation® and Mayo Clinic Announce Collaboration to Reduce Smoking Rates
• Community Calendar Advisory
• 71-year-old Captain Completes Solo Round-the-World Voyage
• Mayo Clinic Study Could Lead to Safer Pesticides
• Mayo Discovers Protein as Potential Tactic to Prevent Tumors
• Mayo Clinic's Nicotine Dependence Center Collaborating to Decrease Tobacco Use
• Mayo Clinic Discovers Potential Link between Celiac Disease and Cognitive Decline
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Invites All to Learn About Women's Cancers
• Artists Robert and Rebecca Bluestone to Present Woven Harmony
• Women's Heart Conference Celebrates Five Years With Most Ethnically Diverse Group
• Fitterer Twins Begin Journey Toward Separation at Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Clinic Among First for New NIH Research Award

September 2006

• Mayo Clinic Celebrates Heritage Days, Oct. 2-6, 2006
• Mayo Clinic Announces Woven Harmony During National Arts and Humanities Month
• Mayo Clinic Announces Five October Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• All Intravascular Devices Pose Risk of Bloodstream Infection to Patients, Study Finds
• Mayo Clinic Finds What Causes Men Pain in Prostate Biopsy and Best Method to Alleviate It
• Preventive Ovary Removal Linked to Early Death in Younger Women, Mayo Clinic Discovers
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections Sept. 13
• Liver Diagnosis Breakthrough with Mayo Clinic MRI Development
• Mayo Researchers Discover HIV Dependence on a Human Protein
• Mayo Clinic Finds Effective Test to Determine Treatment for Chronic Cough
• Migraine Treatment and Prevention in Women
• Physician Burnout Associated with Increase in Perceived Medical Errors
• Mayo Clinic Discovers New Type of Sleep Apnea

August 2006

• Mayo Clinic Finds Aspirin, Other NSAIDs, May Prevent or Delay Enlarged Prostate
• Mayo Clinic Announces Three September Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Statement on Former President Ford
• Statement on Gov. Phil Bredesen
• Statement on Gov. Phil Bredesen
• Survivors of Childhood Polio Do Well Decades Later As They Age
• Mayo Clinic Discovers Mechanisms of Communication Between Cells Regulating Immunity
• Valve Disease Study Suggests New Public Health Concern, Say Mayo Clinic Researchers
• Statement on Former President Ford
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Mayo Clinic Trustees Recognize New Named Professors
• Mayo Clinic Provides New Recommendations for the Use of Bisphosphonates in the Treatment of Multiple Myeloma
• Botulinum Toxin Helps Facial Scars Heal Better, Mayo Clinic Finds
• International Collaboration Provides Strong Evidence of a Common Genetic Risk Factor for Parkinson's Disease
• Mayo Clinic Links Allergies to Parkinson's Disease
• Get Walking with the Final Heart of Summer Walking Clinic!
• Reunion for Former NICU Patients and Families
• Kathrine Switzer, First Woman to Enter and Run the Boston Marathon, to Speak at Special Event
• Assistive Devices Make Independent Living Easier
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Enhance Safety and Effectiveness of Therapeutic Virus that Fights Cancer
• Debunking Myths of Menopause

July 2006

• Mayo Clinic Announces Four August Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education Names Mark Warner, M.D., as New Dean
• Mayo Clinic Named One of Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles by the National Business Group on Health
• Men with Multiple Sclerosis Pass Disease to Offspring More Often than Women in Families with Multiple Cases of Disease, Study Finds
• Robot-Assisted, Laparoscopic Surgery for Vaginal Vault Prolapse Found to be Effective Alternative to Traditional Surgery
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections July 26
• DM&E Safety Record Gets Worse after Initial $233 Million Taxpayer Loan
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover a Genetic Cause for Atrial Fibrillation
• Mayo Clinic Study Suggests Emergence of New Most Common Form of Heart Failure
• MRIs Show Drug Treatment Slows Brain Deterioration on Road to Alzheimer's Disease
• Study Finds Decline in Concentration, Decision-Making and Problem-Solving Abilities Follows Worsening Memory as Alzheimer's Develops
• Mayo Clinic Offers New Genetic Test to Help Manage Treatment for Patients with Depression
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Weight Loss Precedes Dementia Diagnosis in Women
• Community Calendar Advisory
• As Population Ages, Intensive Care Use Has Ramifications on Health Care Costs, Mayo Clinic Study Finds
• Mayo Clinic Cardiologist Begins Service as American Heart Association President
• Mayo Clinic, Indian Health Service Form Education, Research and Clinical Practice Collaboration

June 2006

• Mayo Researchers Discover Immune System Blocker at Work in Kidney Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Pioneers New Method of Jaw Reconstruction for Oral Cancer Patients
• Blood Pressure Variability Increases Risk for Stroke Death
• Mayo Clinic Announces Five July Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Jack Brass Band to Perform on July 3
• Studies Find That "Broken Heart Syndrome" Can Result From Opioid Withdrawal, Cocaine Use
• Community Calendar Advisory
• REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Found to be Precursor of Brain-Degenerating Diseases Later in Life
• REM Sleep Behavior Disorder at Young Age Linked to Antidepressant Use
• Researchers Find Biomarker May Indicate Probable Response to Therapy for Ovarian and Gastric Cancers
• Study Concludes that Pesticide Use Increases Risk of Parkinson's in Men
• Acupuncture Relieves Symptoms of Fibromyalgia, Mayo Clinic Study Finds
• Get Walking with the Heart of Summer Walking Clinics!
• Burnout Common Among Medical Students, Mayo Clinic Study Shows; Medical School Curriculum Should Address Academic and Personal Stress Factors
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center — On the Forefront of the Fight Against Multiple Myeloma
• Results Good for HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer Patients Using Trastuzumab With Post-Chemotherapy Radiation
• Research Shows Poor Ability to Determine Which Adverse Events Are Caused By Which Drug in Cancer Treatment Trials

May 2006

• Mayo Clinic Announces Four June Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Names New Director
• Olmsted County Residents Enhance Medical Knowledge of GI Disorders
• Families, Friends and Survivors to Unite for 19th Annual Cancer Survivors Day Celebration
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Irritable Bowel Syndrome Aggregates Strongly in Families
• Mayo Clinic Studies Find Association Between Acid Reflux and Esophageal Cancer, and Possible Genetic Basis for Both Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Majority of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Could be Treated Surgically if Diagnosed Just Six Months Earlier
• Cancer Survivors Face Emotional Challenges after Successful Treatment
• Calcium Supplements — Effective or Not?
• Health Tips: Beating Bad Breath
• Help — But No Miracle Cure — For Receding Hairlines
• Shingles: Painful Return of Chickenpox Virus
• Researchers Link Two More Genes to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• Minimizing the Risk of Melanoma — The Deadliest Skin Cancer
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Mayo Clinic National Symposium on Health Care Reform Begins Sunday
• Holes in Heart Not a Common Cause of Stroke in General Population, Study Finds
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Linked to Serious Infections and Cancers
• GE Healthcare and Mayo Clinic Announce Collaboration to Develop Clinical High-Field Body MRI
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine to Host 2006 Commencement
• Mayo Clinic Finds Physical Proof of Mild Cognitive Impairment
• MayoClinic.com Recognized for Excellence in Health Information Publishing
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Coma Grossly Misrepresented in the Movies
• Mayo Clinic and University of Minnesota Graduate First Students in Collaborative Program
• Statement on Congressman Patrick Kennedy
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections May 10
• Results with Newer Bladeless LASIK Equivalent to Standard Microkeratome LASIK
• Low Estrogen Levels in Men Linked to Increased Risk for Hip Fracture
• Mayo Clinic Presentation to Feature Cultural Competency

April 2006

• The following are featured articles from the April issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
• B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma — Immune Response Capability Suppressed By Intratumoral T-Cells
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Thirteenth Annual Heart Disease and Stroke Conference
• Mayo Clinic Announces Four Harmony for Mayo Concerts in May
• Mayo Clinic Finding May Double Genetic Screening Effectiveness for Sudden Death Heart Condition
• Initial Results of the Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR) Released: Osteoporosis Drug Raloxifene Shown to be as Effective as Tamoxifen in Preventing Invasive Breast Cancer
• His Holiness The Dalai Lama Visits Mayo Clinic Rochester
• Laser Therapy Shows Long-Term Effectiveness for Melanoma of the Eye
• Shock Wave Therapy for Kidney Stones Linked to Increased Risk of Diabetes, Hypertension
• Mayo Clinic Nursing Genomics Receives Magnet Prize
• Get Healthy with the Heart of Summer Walking Clinics!
• Rebound headaches — How to stop the cycle of pain
• Skin cancer reaching epidemic status
• Put shellfish back on the "good" list
• Facing facts and fears about hearing loss
• Preventing periodontal disease
• Biofeedback — mind over body
• Ovary Removal Surgery Elevates Risk for Dementia
• Mayo Clinic Leaders Offer Health Reform Vision, Prescriptions
• Variants in Three Estrogen-Related Genes Linked to Parkinson's Disease in Women
• Mild Cognitive Impairment Prevalent in Elderly Population
• Genomics Researchers Discover Predictors for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Kasson-Mantorville Student Athletes Benefit from Comprehensive Sports Physical Exams
• Kenyon-Wanamingo Student Athletes Benefit from Comprehensive Sports Physical Exams
• Epilepsy Surgery Successful for Alleviating Seizures Over the Long Term
• Mayo Clinic to Examine Techniques to Improve Memory Loss
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Zero in on Diagnosing Sometimes Fatal Heart Rhythm Disorder
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify Cell Cue for Destroying Tumors
• Mayo Clinic Expands Understanding of p53 in Fighting Cancer

March 2006

• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Two Genes Predict Outcome for Breast Cancer Patients
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Cancer Cells May Move Via Wave Stimulation
• His Holiness The Dalai Lama to Visit Mayo Clinic Rochester
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Reports Successful Match Day Results
• Mayo Clinic Humanities in Medicine Presentation to Feature Hands for Humanity Humanitarian Activities
• New Mayo Study Shows Higher Prevalence of MGUS, A Pre-Cancerous Blood Disorder, than Previously Suspected
• Mayo Clinic to Host Inaugural National Symposium on Health Care Reform in May
• Researchers Find Better Prostate Cancer Indicators
• Mayo Clinic to Participate in a Nationwide Study Examining an Investigational Treatment for Heart Disease
• Mayo Clinic Announces Three April Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Posts Solid Performance in 2005
• Ground Broken for Mayo Clinic Opus Imaging Research Building
• Mayo Clinic to Host Inaugural National Symposium on Health Care Reform in May
• The New Medicine: What Do We Want from Medicine in the 21st Century?
• Mayo Clinic Rochester to break ground for Opus Imaging Research Building
• Newspaper Coverage of Neurologic Conditions Incorrect 20 Percent of the Time, Study Shows
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Mayo Clinic "Classroom of the Future" Video Available
• Mayo Clinic Obesity Researchers Test "Classroom of the Future"
• Mayo Medial School Students to Participate in Match Day on March 16
• Mayo Collaboration Discovery in How Cell Sorting Works
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Say Bariatric Surgery May Reduce Risk of Heart Disease
• Study Finds Patients Agree on Ideal Physician Behaviors
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Does Not Increase Risk of Hearing Loss, Mayo Clinic Study Finds
• Top Ten Contact Dermatitis Allergens Identified in Mayo Clinic Study

February 2006

• Study Suggests MPA is Effective Treatment for Hot Flashes
• Mayo Clinic Announces March Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• North Central Cancer Treatment Group — Finding Ways to Make Treatment Easier
• Mayo Clinic Researchers: Use of Simple, Noninvasive Test May Help Show Heart Disease Risk in Adults with No Symptoms
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Medicine Goes to the Movies: A Film Series Featuring Classic Movies with Medical Themes
• St. Cloud Hospital's Residency Program to Change Affiliation
• Study Finds Some People in Pain Unlikely to Seek Treatment
• Mayo Clinic to Study the Effectiveness of Self-Help Therapy in Reducing Social Phobia
• Colon Cancer Free Zone — Coming Soon to Rochester
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Challenge Sepsis Theory
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Link between High Levels of HtrA1 Protein and Preeclampsia, a Complication of Pregnancy
• Mayo Clinic, First Lady Mary Pawlenty Join to Celebrate National Wear Red Day

January 2006

• Mayo Clinic Research Collaboration Shows Infant Transplant Patients Resist Infections that Kill Adult AIDS Patients
• Mayo Clinic Announces February Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Headache, Sleep Problems Connected in Children
• Experts to Address Use of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials at Joint Mayo-FDA Forum
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Tips for Women (and Men) in Search of a Good Night's Sleep
• Mayo Clinic to Examine Vision Therapy in Children with Convergence Insufficiency
• Mayo Clinic Collaboration Discovers Protein Amplifies DNA Injury Signals
• Discovery's Edge, Mayo Clinic's Online Research Magazine
• Vertebroplasty Heals Fractures But May Cause Others, Mayo Clinic Study Finds
• Mayo Collaboration Identifies Gene in Childhood Kidney Disease
• Statement on FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For®" in America
• Mayo Clinic Finds Aggressive Surgery Best Option for Advanced-Stage Ovarian Cancer Patients
• Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir to Perform Concert on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Medicine Goes to the Movies: A Film Series Featuring Classic Movies with Medical Themes
• Mayo Clinic Reports New Option for Patients With Metastatic Melanoma