News Releases — Minnesota

2005

December 2005

• Vertebroplasty Improves Back Pain, Activity Level, Mayo Clinic Study Reports
• NIH Awards Mayo Clinic $5.9 Million for Parkinson's Disease Research
• "Photographs and Stories of Refugee Women: Perseverance, Dignity, Strength, Hope and Peace" Exhibit at Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Clinic Announces January Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Finds Kidney Cancer Patients are Unlikely to Respond to Potential Treatment Drug
• Mayo Clinic Brings First Broad Pharmacogenomics Test to Cancer Patients
• Mayo Clinic Co-sponsoring FDA Forum on Patient-Reported Outcome
• Mayo Clinic Reports Tamoxifen Benefit for Breast-Cancer Patients Tied to Inherited Gene
• Influenza Hotline Provides Self-Care Tips During Flu Season
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Mayo Clinic Receives $15 Million Contribution to Build an Outpatient Pediatric Center in Rochester
• Mayo Clinic Discovers Two Key Players in Cancer Prevention and How They Work
• Mayo Clinic Reports Some Chronic Leukemia Patients May Improve by Taking an Extract of Green Tea
• Mayo Clinic Finds Web Survey Will Help Pinpoint Impact on Quality of Life From Fatigue Caused by Myeloproliferative Disorders
• Mayo Clinic Rochester to Announce Significant Contribution to Pediatric Medicine
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Reports Advancements and Solutions for Quality of Life Assessments
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Hole in Heart Does Not Make Stroke Inevitable
• Diet Important to Lower Cholesterol Even When Taking Medication
• Mayo Clinic Tips for Holiday Air Travel with Infants and Toddlers
• Mayo Clinic Research Collaboration Discovers that a Protein Guides HIV Integration into Human Genome
• Mayo Clinic Dialysis — Albert Lea Now Seeing Patients
• Threat of Avian Influenza Pandemic Grows, but People can Take Precautions
• Mayo Clinic Researchers: Stroke Risk Significant in Month Following Heart Attack
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Redefining How Heart Functions
• Mayo Clinic Receives Gift for Cancer Care and Research

November 2005

• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Announces 2005 Distinguished Educator Awardees
• Young Women Who Smoke Prior to Their First Pregnancy Have a Higher Risk of Breast Cancer in Their Later Years
• Mayo Clinic Announces December Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Occupation and Education Influence Risk for Parkinson's Disease
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Molecule Allowing Cancer to Spread
• Mayo Clinic Study: People with Heart Failure at Significant Increase for Death from Stroke
• Women Less Likely to Receive Heart Device Therapy But Survive With it Longer Than Men
• Results of Exercise Test May Predict Death in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
• Mayo Clinic Receives $7 million to Advance Imaging Research, The Opus Group Supporting Medical Research
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Lead Team that Discovers Role of Immune System's Dendritic Cells in Childhood Autoimmune Disease; Provides New Strategy for Designing Better Treatments
• Mayo Clinic Opens Medical Simulation Center
• Mayo Clinic Trustees Recognize New Named Professors
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Finds Better Predictors for Outcomes after Radical Prostatectomy
• Sleep Apnea and Death Association Point to Need to Examine Treatments, Modify Devices
• Mayo School of Health Sciences Celebrates Students at All School Convocation
• Mayo Clinic Welcomes Return of Final Medical Team from Louisiana
• Pimples at Age 30 or 40? Options for Adult Acne
• Mayo Clinic Finds Chronic Cough Patients Report a Miserable Existence
• Mayo Clinic: Sinusitis is Common yet Often Overlooked Cause of Chronic Cough
• Flu Vaccination Clinic Will Continue Through Nov. 11

October 2005

• Harmony for Mayo presents the Fuad Mansour Music and Dance Series
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Find Math Learning Disorder is Common
• Mayo Clinic Tobacco Quitline to Provide QUITPLAN Helpline Services
• Mayo Clinic to Host Quest for Quality Conference
• Bladder Problems Increase in Men as They Age, Mayo Clinic Study Reports
• Be a Control Freak: Allergists Outline New Focus for Asthmatics
• Mayo Clinic Measures Psychological and Social Impacts of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomies
• Mayo Clinic Patients Share 'Stories of the Heart' with Health Care Providers
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Finds Possible Genetic Link to Pancreatic Cancer
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Flu Vaccinations Continue at Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Clinic Hosts International Art Exhibition That Shows Benefits of Art Therapy Lilly Oncology on Canvas Brings Cancer Awareness Through Imagery
• Mayo, Hawthorne — Joining Forces to Promote Breast Health
  New program to educate and screen underserved women in Rochester
• Mayo Clinic Finds Radical Surgery to be Best Option for Most Ovarian Cancer Patients with Cancer in the Diaphragm
• Mayo Clinic's Nicotine Dependence Center offers Group Program for Quitting Tobacco
• Cell Phone Technology Improvements Lessen Interference with Medical Equipment
• Mayo Clinic Begins Influenza Immunizations
• Minnesota's First Lady Joins Mayo Clinic's Effort to Empower Women with Heart Disease
• Mayo Clinic Research Collaboration Discovers Why Some DNA Repair Fails

September 2005

• Mayo Clinic's Heritage Days Celebrates Volunteers
• Mayo Clinic Receives $15 Million to Launch Innovative Neuroscience Research Program
• Nerve Changes from Diabetes Begin Earlier Than Previously Known
• Homecoming of Mayo Clinic Staff from Louisiana Medical Relief Mission for Hurricane Survivors
• Mayo Clinic Announces October "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Boosts Immune System
• Preventing a Pain in the Neck
• Wash Those Germs Away
• Beyond Standard Pain Relievers
• Tiffany at Mayo Clinic: A Celebration of Artistic Innovation
• Magnetic Insoles Do Not Provide Pain Relief, Mayo Clinic Study Reports
• Curbing Your Appetite
• Breaking the Teeth — Grinding Habit
• Getting the Rest You Need
• Mayo Clinic to Relocate Medical Relief Team in Louisiana Due to Threat of Hurricane Rita
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Receives SPORE Grant for Breast Cancer Research from NCI
• Mayo Clinic to Host Conference on Current Issues in Cancer Care
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Invent "Hitchhiking" Viruses as Cancer Drug Delivery System
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections Sept. 21
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Mayo Clinic Oncologist Dr. Charles Loprinzi To Receive ACCC Clinical Research Award
• Mayo Clinic Transplant Researchers Achieve Longest Survival Rate: Pig Hearts in Nonhuman Primates
• Mayo Clinic Hosts Women's Cancers 2005 — Merging Science and Care
• Art & Ability: Celebrating Artists with Disabilities" Collection at Mayo Clinic
• Research Study Provides First Whole Genome Map of Genetic Variability in Parkinson's Disease
• Obese Patients with Coronary Artery Disease can Consider Bariatric Surgery
• Mayo Clinic Staff Leave to Provide Medical Care and Supplies for Hurricane Katrina Survivors in Region West of Baton Rouge, La.
• Radiation, Chemotherapy With Liver Transplant Improves Cancer Survival
• Gold Cross Mobilizes Resources for Hurricane Katrina Relief
• Mayo Clinic to Deploy Personnel, Supplies to Area West of Baton Rouge, La., to Aid Hurricane Katrina Survivors
• Mayo Clinic Develops New Coma Measurement System
• NIH Awards Mayo Clinic $11 Million to Research Heart Disease Therapies
• Mayo Clinic Staff to Provide Medical Care, Other Services and Supplies for Hurricane Katrina Survivors
• Former Netscape CEO Named Chair of Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees
• Mayo Clinic Pledges to Donate $1 Million in Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief
• Mayo Clinic Research Shows Promise for Myeloma Patients Using a New Combination of Drugs

August 2005

• Women: Know Your Heart Disease Risk
• Preventive Antibiotics Avert Problems
• Calories Count for Weight Management
• Mayo Clinic Announces September Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Study: Don't Stop Taking Aspirin Before Heart Surgery
• NIH Awards Mayo $3.8 Million to Research New Risk Markers of Heart Attack, Stroke
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Acupuncture Relieves Symptoms of Fibromyalgia
• Mayo Researchers Discover Key Step in Immune System Development
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Measuring C-Reactive Protein is Early Indicator of Stiffened Arteries
• Mayo Clinic Trustees Recognize New Named Professors
• Mayo Scientists Identify Target for Antibody Defining Severe Form of Multiple Sclerosis
• Mayo Researchers Explore Reasons for Complications with Kidney Failure Patients
• Community Calendar Advisory
• Recovering Alcoholic Smokers Can Quit Second Addiction
• Mayo Clinic to Treat Uterine Fibroid Tumors With New Outpatient Treatment
• New Mayo Clinic Study Demonstrates Patients' Multiple Sclerosis Lesion Type Dictates Effective Treatment
• Mayo Clinic Says Open Nephron-Sparing Surgery Remains the "Gold Standard"
• Skin Cancers Growing in Young People - A Case for Prevention
• "Illness and Healing: The Art of Robert Pope" Collection at Mayo Clinic
• Surgery Gives Fresh Start to Patients with Thickened Hearts
• Many Discharged Patients Do Not Know Diagnoses, Medications, Side Effects

July 2005

• Older Americans With New-Onset Diabetes Have High Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Collaboration Invents "Virus in Stealth" to Help Kill Cancer Cells
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Use Ultrasound to Describe Subtle Heart Muscle Motions
• Chronic Sinus Infection Thought to be Tissue Issue, Mayo Clinic Scientists Show It's Snot
• New Women's Health Clinic Puts Spotlight on Female Sexual Health
• Mayo Clinic Receives $12.6 Million from NIH to Research Pharmacogenomics
• Mayo Clinic Announces August "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Discovery's Edge Launches Summer Issue
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections July 27
• Benign Breast Disease an Important Breast Cancer Risk Factor
• Community Calendar Advisory
• MMSI Selects New Pharmacy Claim Process
• Mayo Investigator Awarded $4.5 Million from NIH for Transplant Research
• Parkinson's Medication Appears to Trigger Excessive Gambling
• Mayo Clinic to Host Women's Mental Health Conference
• 2005 Ozmun Lecture in Management
• Genomics Researchers Discover Protein Deficit That Causes Drug Toxicity
• Panic Attacks — Scary But Treatable
• Exercise Program and Special Weighted Back Support Improve Balance, Decrease Risk of Falls in Older Women
• Mayo Clinic Named One of Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles by the National Business Group

June 2005

• Gates, Others Tap Mayo Computer Modeler to Research Malaria
• Mayo Clinic Finds Kidney Disease Associated with "Benign" Prostate Obstruction
• Mayo Clinic Announces July "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Contaminants in Commercial CRP Preparations
• Mayo Clinic to Host Twelfth Annual Brain Injury Conference
• Mayo Clinic Explains How DNA Bends to Activate Genes
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Invites You to Include These Educational Programs and Support Group Meetings on Your Community Calendars
• Mayo Collaboration: Discovery Blocks Breast Cancer Growth, Stimulates Immunity
• Mayo Clinic to Host Second Action on Obesity Summit
• Mayo Clinic Case Series Illuminates Connection Between Welding, Brain Damage
• New Mayo Clinic Rochester Board of Governors Chair is Selected
• Video Clips (QuickTime) and sound files (MP3) — Injured Austin Hockey Player Discharged From Mayo Clinic Rehabilitation Unit
• Injured Austin Hockey Player Discharged From Mayo Clinic Rehabilitation Unit

May 2005

• Mayo Clinic Announces June "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Proceedings Studies Identify Risk Factors for Developing Blood Clots Before and After Surgery
• Mayo Clinic Creates "Office of the Future"
• Transplanting Kidneys Which Have Stones Poses Little Risk to Organ's Viability
• New National Effort Seeks a More Rational Organ Allocation System for Kidney Transplants
• Mayo Clinic, Mayo Health System to Sign Agreement on Billing for Uninsured
• Mayo Clinic Trustees Honor New Named Professors
• Mayo Researchers Seek Methods to Make New Cancer Therapies Available More Quickly
• Mayo Researchers to Announce New Findings about Promising Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treatment
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Develop New Treatment for Incurable Recurring Form of Adult Brain Cancer
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine to Hold 2005 Commencement Ceremony; NIH Director to Deliver Commencement Address
• Mayo Clinic Researcher Team Discovers Biomarker That May Improve Quality of Life During Treatment for Colorectal Cancer
• Mayo Researchers to Announce New Findings about Promising Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treatment
• Mayo Researchers Discover How Cells Transport Vital Proteins
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Report on Effectiveness of Treatments for Hot Flashes
• Still Have to Swab Those Tonsils, Mayo Clinic Study Finds
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Use Pharmacogenetic Test Prior to Chemotherapy to Reduce Toxic Side Effects, Determine Best Dose of Three-Drug Treatment for Various Cancers
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections May 18
• Hyperhidrosis and its Treatment Becoming Better Understood
• Pain Medications — Know Your Options
• Mayo Clinic Study Determines Surgery is Best Remedy for Hammer Hand
• Mayo Clinic Celebrates 50 Years of Heart Surgery
• Green Laser Pointer Can Cause Eye Damage
• Arm Lift Surgery Generally Safe, Minor Risks Need to Be Considered, Mayo Clinic Study Finds
• Mayo Clinic First to Use Pharmacogenomics to Treat Inherited Kidney Disorder of Children
• Therapy to Overcome Fears Helps Children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Genetic Glitch in the Heart's Electrical System That Leads to Drowning

April 2005

• Mayo Clinic Creative Renewal Series to Focus on Visual Journaling
• Mayo Clinic to Host Twelfth Annual Heart Disease and Stroke Conference
• Mayo Clinic Announces May "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Researchers Discover Parasite's Actions
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) Reports Significant Clinical Findings for Treatment of Breast Cancer: Trastuzumab Combined with Chemotherapy Improves Disease-Free Survival
• Cancer Survivors and Their Families Invited to National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration on Sunday, June 5, 2005
• Major Colorectal Cancer Screening Study Enters Last Phase of Recruitment
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections April 20
• Pessimism and Depression Increase Dementia Risk
• Anxious and Pessimistic Personalities Linked to Parkinson's Disease Later in Life
• Ovary Removal Elevates Risk for Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonism
• Delay in Alzheimer's Disease Onset Seen for First Time
• Older Children Can Be Effectively Treated for Lazy Eye
• Mayo Clinic Teams Up With 'Hollywood Quits' to Reduce Tobacco Use in Entertainment Industry
• Muscle DNA Damage Initiates Physical Aging
• Mayo Clinic Hosts Bike Helmet Sale and Fitting Event on April 11
• Cryoablation Treatment Helps Diminish Pain of Bone Cancer
• Mayo Clinic Study Shows Advanced Prostate Cancer Previously Considered Inoperable May Be Operable, Curable

March 2005

• Mayo Clinic Center for Humanities in Medicine Presents "Music, Healing and the Brain"
• Mayo Clinic Creative Renewal Series to Focus on Relieving Tension
• Mayo Clinic Announces April "Harmony for Mayo" Concerts
• Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., hosts the Mayo Clinic Alumni Association 64th Meeting
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Reports Successful Match Day Results
• Cardiac Deaths Peak in Sleep Hours for Patients with Sleep Apnea
• Mayo Clinic Tobacco Quitline Launched to Help United States Coast Guard Tobacco Users
• Mayo Clinic Discovers "New Pathway" Against Pancreatic Cancer
• Choral Arts Ensemble to Perform Free Evening Concert at Saint Marys Hospital Chapel
• Mayo Clinic to Examine the Causes of Brain Aging
• Mayo Medical School Students to Participate in "Match Day" on March 17
• Reducing Hostility in Young Coronary Artery Disease Patients is Important Piece of Rehabilitation, Suggests Mayo Clinic Proceedings Study
• Short-Term Effects of Spit Tobacco Suggest Long-Term Health Risks
• Mayo Clinic 2004 Financial Highlights
• Mayo Clinic Posts Strong Financial Results in 2004
• Mayo Clinic Develops First Genomic-Based Test to Predict Stroke from Ruptured Brain Aneurysm
• Inflammation Elevates Risk of Cardiac Death in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
• Kinder, Gentler Tonsillectomy Now Offered at Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Clinic Study Sets Threshold for Valve Repair Surgery
• Exercise Tolerance is Good Screening Test for Chest Pain Patients

February 2005

• Mayo Clinic Announces March Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Mayo Clinic Researcher Calls for Improved Newborn Screening Minnesota Method Accurate, Cost-Effective
• HIV Patients May Be at Risk of Heart Problems When Taking Protease Inhibitor Drugs
• Mayo Clinic to Host Nursing Research Conference
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections Feb. 23
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Obese Kidney Donors Face Few Increased Risks
• New Drug Treatment for Macular Degeneration Now Available
• Separating Chromosomes Improves Genetic Test Results
• Mayo Clinic To Open New Office for Heart Patients in Dubai
• Mayo Clinic Identifies Key Cellular Process in Prostate and Other Cancers — New Target for Better Treatments
• Introducing — Discovery's Edge Mayo Clinic's online research magazine
• Mayo Clinic Study Finds Induction at 32 Weeks a Possible Course of Action for Expectant Moms with Prolonged Premature Membrane Rupture
• Women Successfully Treated to Prevent Preterm Labor at Low Risk for Recurrent Episode
• Mayo Clinic Liver Transplant Program Survival Rates Exceed National Averages
• Public Invited to a Free Family-Friendly Cancer Prevention Health Fair
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Have Double the Risk of Heart Failure
• Mayo Clinic Finds Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at Higher Risk for Unrecognized Heart Disease and Cardiac Sudden Death
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Create 'Obedient Virus'; First Step to Use Measles Virus Against Cancer
• Balancing Care Decisions for Gravely Ill Patients

January 2005

• Mayo Clinic Announces February Harmony for Mayo Concerts
• Creative Renewal Series
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover Genetic Variant that May Explain Why Women Develop Multiple Sclerosis More than Men
• Mayo Clinic Discovers a Key to "Low Metabolism" — and Major Factor in Obesity
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Identify New Form of Muscular Dystrophy in Adults
• Over 30 Area High Schools Represented in Mayo Clinic's "Celebration of Research"
• Medicine Goes to the Movies
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Discover New Kind of Heart Failure Gene
• New Method to Fix Cleft Palate Shows Promise in Mayo Clinic Lab Study
• Mayo Clinic Study Recommends Broadening Treatment to Battle Recurrence of Endometrial Cancer
• Gov. Pawlenty, Biotech Panel Headline RAEDI Annual Meeting Jan. 18
• Governor Pawlenty, Biotech Panel Headline RAEDI Annual Meeting January 18
• Mayo Clinic Will Provide Free Car Seat Inspections Jan. 19
• Photo Documentary Exhibit and Presentation at Mayo Clinic to Feature the Mexican Immigrant Experience
• Mayo Clinic Researchers Report Success in New Molecular Breast Imaging Technique
• University of North Dakota to Hold Special Commencement Ceremony at Mayo Clinic
• Statement on FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For®" in America
• Mayo Clinic Medical Oncologist Awarded Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Professor of Survivorship
• Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Names Keith Lindor, M.D. as the New Dean of Mayo Medical School
• Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir to Perform Concert on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Mayo Clinic Discovery on Nature of Rheumatoid Arthritis Lung Disease May Offer Patients Therapy Where None Now Exists
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Receives SPORE Grant for Brain Cancer Research from NCI
• Mayo Clinic Study Suggests No Link between Autism and Immunizations