Mayo Clinic Find news related to research at Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic newsbureau@mayo.edu http://www.mayoclinic.org/rss/images/mc-logo.gif http://www.mayoclinic.org Newsfeed provided by mayoclinic.org. Click to visit. Find news related to research at Mayo Clinic. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news/?rss-feedid=9 en-us no Mayo Clinic and other researchers have shown that a vaccine given to newborns is at least 60 percent effective against rotavirus in Ghana. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7537.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7537.html?rss-feedid=9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:49:06 CDT As patients, their parents and physicians search for solutions to chronic pain in adolescents, there is one increasingly available option they should avoid, Mayo Clinic researchers say: medical marijuana. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7524.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7524.html?rss-feedid=9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:42:23 CDT Mayo Clinic and Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University researchers have partnered on a study showing that Peruvian physicians rarely sought to involve their patients in shared decision-making regarding medical care. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7538.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7538.html?rss-feedid=9 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:32:31 CDT Mayo Clinic has announced the first U.S. stem cell clinical trial for pediatric congenital heart disease. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7521.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7521.html?rss-feedid=9 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:37:58 CDT Newly discovered genetic variations may help predict breast cancer risk in women who receive preventive breast cancer therapy with the selective estrogen receptor modulator drugs tamoxifen and raloxifene, a Mayo Clinic-led study has found. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7519.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7519.html?rss-feedid=9 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:57:58 CDT People who have obstructive sleep apnea - when a person stops breathing for periods during sleep - have a greater risk of sudden cardiac death, according to a study published online today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7523.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7523.html?rss-feedid=9 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:31:34 CDT The painful rheumatic condition gout is often associated with the big toe, but it turns out that patients at highest risk of further flare-ups are those whose gout first involved other joints, such as a knee or elbow, Mayo Clinic has found. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7511.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7511.html?rss-feedid=9 Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:47:04 CDT Low-dose intravenous infusions of ketamine, a general anesthetic used in minor surgeries, given over a long period are an effective treatment for depression, Mayo Clinic researchers found. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7506.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7506.html?rss-feedid=9 Wed, 5 Jun 2013 09:30:50 CDT Peripheral arterial disease is a common circulation problem in which reduced blood flow can lead to complications that jeopardize the limbs, possibly even requiring amputation. Procedures known as revascularization have reduced the need for amputations 40 percent over two decades, Mayo Clinic research shows. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7485.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7485.html?rss-feedid=9 Tue, 4 Jun 2013 11:34:17 CDT Blood offers promise as a way to detect Alzheimer's disease at its earliest onset, Mayo Clinic researchers say. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7488.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7488.html?rss-feedid=9 Fri, 31 May 2013 07:53:50 CDT Devices snaked into the brain artery of a patient experiencing a stroke that either snatch and remove the offending clot or pump a dissolving drug into the blockage should primarily be used within a clinical trial setting, say a team of vascular neurologists at Mayo Clinic in Florida. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-jax/7486.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-jax/7486.html?rss-feedid=9 Fri, 31 May 2013 08:45:49 CDT Mayo Clinic researchers have used next generation genomic analysis to determine that some of the more aggressive prostate cancer tumors have similar genetic origins, which may help in predicting cancer progression. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7483.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7483.html?rss-feedid=9 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:40:32 CDT Mayo Clinic and Cancer Genetics Inc. (OTCQB: CGIX) launched OncoSpire Genomics, a joint venture with the singular goal of improving cancer care by discovering and commercializing diagnostic tests that leverage next-generation sequencing. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7478.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7478.html?rss-feedid=9 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:59:31 CDT Positively charged gold nanoparticles are usually toxic to cells, but cancer cells somehow manage to avoid nanoparticle toxicity. Mayo Clinic researchers found out why and determined how to make the nanoparticles effective against ovarian cancer cells. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7474.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7474.html?rss-feedid=9 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:54:43 CDT Regular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), an autoimmune liver disease, Mayo Clinic research shows. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7466.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7466.html?rss-feedid=9 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:43:05 CDT Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are at higher risk of melanoma, a form of skin cancer, report researchers at Mayo Clinic. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7472.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-rst/7472.html?rss-feedid=9 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:35:18 CDT Researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed a promising method to distinguish between pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis - two disorders that are difficult to tell apart. http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-jax/7469.html?rss-feedid=9 http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2013-jax/7469.html?rss-feedid=9 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:04:18 CDT