Mayo Clinic Florida News Mayo Clinic Find news related to Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. Mayo Clinic newsbureau@mayo.edu http://www.mayoclinic.org/rss/images/mc-logo.gif Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.org Newsfeed provided by mayoclinic.org. Click to visit. Find news related to Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news/?rss-feedid=5 en-us no Using new approach, Mayo Clinic researchers find level of gene alters risk of Alzheimer's disease Using sophisticated techniques that scan the genomes of patients, researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found that a gene appears to either help protect against development of Alzheimer's disease, or promote the disorder depending on the level of gene in the brain. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5703.html?rss-feedid=5 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5703.html?rss-feedid=5 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:29:59 CDT MRI Finds Tumors in Second Breast of Women Diagnosed with Cancer in One Breast, Mayo Clinic Researchers Say Postmenopausal women, including those over 70 years old, who have been newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast have higher cancer detection rates when the other breast is scanned for tumors with MRI, compared to premenopausal women, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5687.html?rss-feedid=5 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5687.html?rss-feedid=5 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 13:27:51 CDT Mayo Clinic Designated Top Epilepsy Treatment Center Mayo Clinic has been designated a comprehensive epilepsy treatment center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC). http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5683.html?rss-feedid=5 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5683.html?rss-feedid=5 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 10:37:32 CDT Michael J. Fox Foundation awards Mayo Clinic researcher grant to advance Parkinson's disease research For his work contributing to a potential new treatment approach for Parkinson's disease, the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson's Research has awarded a $500,000 grant to a neuroscientist at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5681.html?rss-feedid=5 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5681.html?rss-feedid=5 Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:09:34 CDT Blacks much less likely to know they have heart condition or to use treatment for it, says Mayo Clinic researcher A large nationwide study that includes neurologists from Mayo Clinic has found that blacks are substantially less likely than whites to know that they have atrial fibrillation or to use warfarin, the most common treatment for the condition. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5672.html?rss-feedid=5 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5672.html?rss-feedid=5 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:53:25 CDT Mayo Clinic researchers find oncogene is important in pancreatic cancer growth and spread Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found that PKC-iota (PKCi), an oncogene important in colon and lung cancers, is over-produced in pancreatic cancer and is linked to poor patient survival. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5663.html?rss-feedid=5 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5663.html?rss-feedid=5 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:04:12 CDT ALS care at Mayo Clinic named Center of Excellence — the first in Florida A specialized center that treats a common neuromuscular disease, located within the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida, has for the 5th year been given the highest certification possible by the national ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) Association. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5622.html?rss-feedid=5 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2010-jax/5622.html?rss-feedid=5 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:41:36 CDT