Monthly Archives: September 2009

Keeping Kids in Sports

September 29th, 2009 - 7:55 pm

In many high schools across the country there’s a growing concern about kids dropping out of sports. Some say it’s because pressure to win is just too much. Others say kids are simply burning out. A psychologist at Mayo Clinic has … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Medical Edge Video, Pediatrics | Tagged Athletes, High School Athletics, Mayo Clinic, Psychiatry/Psychology, Sports Psychology | Leave a comment

Protected: Medical Edge Previews – October 2009

September 29th, 2009 - 3:37 pm

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Breast Cancer Marathon

September 18th, 2009 - 1:14 pm

Marathons, 10-K’s, bike rides and telethons. Events to raise money for diseases like cancer seem to happen all the time. Many of these fund raisers really do make a difference in the race to find a cure. More on how … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Cancer, Medical Edge Video, Women's Health | Leave a comment

ACL Injury Prevention

September 18th, 2009 - 1:02 pm

This story is all too common on the soccer field and basketball court. A high school athlete jumps to get the ball, lands and blows out a knee. And most of that time those athletes are girls. Girls are four … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Bones & Muscles, Medical Edge Video, Pediatrics | Tagged ACL, Knee Injury, Mayo Clinic, Medical Edge, Prevention, Sports Medicine | Leave a comment

Bone Marrow Transplant

September 4th, 2009 - 7:09 pm

Over the last decade, medicine has seen great advances in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Many people with the disease are living longer and many are cured. That’s thanks to cancer research and people who are willing to make … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Cancer, Medical Edge Video | Tagged Bone Marrow Transplant, Cancer, Mayo Clinic, Medical Edge | Leave a comment

Mayo Clinic Proceedings Dr. Gordon DeWald Interview September 2009

September 4th, 2009 - 6:33 pm

Dr. Gordon DeWald, professor emeritus in laboratory medicine and laboratory genetics at Mayo Clinic, provides an overview of his study published in the September 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings on the use of FISH (Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization) to … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Dr. DeWald, Fish, Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Pancreatic Cancer | Leave a comment

Disease Associations With MGUS–Mayo Clinic study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings

September 4th, 2009 - 6:20 pm

Dr. S. Vincent Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic hematologist, discusses the first systematic study to determine association of Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) with all diseases in 17,398 patients, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Here is a link to the article: … Continue reading →

By Joel Streed | Posted in All Audio, Men's Health, Women's Health | Tagged Dr. Rajkumar, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, MGUS, Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undertermined Significance. | Comments (2)

Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Dr. Barbara Yawn Shingles Interview September 2009

September 4th, 2009 - 5:56 pm

Dr. Barbara Yawn, Director of Research at Olmsted Medical Center, provides an overview of her study on Health Care Utilization and the Cost Burden of Herpes Zoster, published in the September 2009 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The full text … Continue reading →