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National trial to test new treatment for chronic, severe indigestion
Could medicines used for depression also treat chronic, severe indigestion? Scientists at Mayo Clinic suspect they can and, backed by funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), they are testing that premise in ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Artificial intelligence helps diagnose cardiac infections
Mayo Clinic researchers say that "teachable software" designed to mimic the human brain may help them diagnose cardiac infections without an invasive exam. Those findings are being presented today at the Interscience Conference ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 12, 2009 |
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Scientists identify 2 genes as potential therapeutic targets for multiple sclerosis
A Mayo Clinic study has found that two genes in mice were associated with good central nervous system repair in multiple sclerosis (MS). These findings give researchers new hope for developing more effective therapies for ...
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Lung cancer oncogene holds key to turning off cancer stem cells
Scientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found that the lung cancer oncogene PKCiota is necessary for the proliferation of lung cancer stem cells. These stem cells are rare and powerful master cells that manufacture ...
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Researchers find that protein believed to protect against cancer has a Mr. Hyde side
In a biological rendition of fiction's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, researchers from the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida and Harvard Medical School have found that a protein thought to protect against cancer development ...
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Minimally invasive treatment found effective for esophageal cancer
Researchers have found that early stage cancers of the esophagus can be treated as effectively by less-invasive, organ-sparing endoscopic therapy as compared to more complex surgical removal of the esophagus, according to ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Researchers find gene that contributes to two common neurological movement disorders
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida and their collaborators worldwide have discovered that a single gene promotes development of essential tremor in some patients and Parkinson's disease in others. These are ...
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Researchers find high-dose therapy for liver disease not effective
A national team of researchers led by scientists at Mayo Clinic has found that a common treatment for primary sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic liver disease, is not helpful for patients, according to a study published this ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Common blood disorder may not be linked to as many serious diseases
A symptomless blood disorder, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, known as MGUS, is not linked to as many serious diseases as previously thought. This finding may save patients from undergoing unnecessary ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Study results raise questions about vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spinal compression fractures
A new study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that relief of pain from vertebral compression fractures, as well as improvement in pain-related dysfunction, were similar in patients treated with vertebroplasty and those ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Mayo researchers find race has role in incidence, survival of rare brain tumor
The incidence of a rare and deadly tumor called primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) is two times higher in black Americans, ages 20 to 49, than in white Americans, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in ...
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Mayo researchers find anesthesia not harmful for babies during birth process
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that children exposed to anesthesia during Cesarean section are not at any higher risk for learning disabilities later in life than children not delivered by C-section. These findings are ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 27, 2009 |
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First potential pathogenic mutation for restless legs syndrome found
An international team of researchers led by scientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have found what they believe is the first mutated gene linked to restless legs syndrome, a common neurologic disorder.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Induced pluripotent stem cells repair heart, study shows
In a proof-of-concept study, Mayo Clinic investigators have demonstrated that induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be used to treat heart disease. iPS cells are stem cells converted from adult cells. In this study, the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 20, 2009 |
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Researchers find previous exercise helps stroke patients recover faster
A person who has exercised regularly prior to the onset of a stroke appears to recover more quickly, say researchers from Mayo Clinic in Florida, who led a national study.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 16, 2009 |
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