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October 30th, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Laura Wuotila with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News.
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Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations
Could a robot do your job?
... And doctors, long thought immune to being automated, now face competition, including a machine that replaces an anesthesiologist in low -risk colonoscopy procedures.... Starting next year, The Mayo Clinic in Minnesota will use Watson to sort through 8,000 Mayo studies and approximately 170,000 ongoing studies worldwide to match patients to clinical trials.
Reach: USA TODAY has the highest daily circulation of any U.S. newspaper with a daily average circulation of 4.1 million, which includes print, various digital editions and other papers that use their branded content.
Previous Coverage in Sept. 11, 2014 Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Context: Mayo Clinic and IBM are using Watson, the IBM cognitive computer, to match patients more quickly with appropriate clinical trials, beginning with research studies in cancer. A proof-of-concept phase is currently underway. "In an area like cancer —where time is of the essence — the speed and accuracy that Watson offers will allow us to develop an individualized treatment plan more efficiently so we can deliver exactly the care that the patient needs," says Steven Alberts, M.D., chair of medical oncology at Mayo Clinic. More information can be found on Mayo Clinic News Network.
Public Affairs Contact: Bob Nellis
Star Tribune
Mayo scores major dementia grants
by Dan Browning
After more than a decade of work on what's been called "the most common disease no one has ever heard of" — frontotemporal dementia — Mayo Clinic has been chosen to participate in a set of federal research projects that could help unlock a broad set of related brain disorders, including Alzheimer's disease..."What is really striking is that four major grants have now been funded in [this] area, which is tens of millions of dollars [over five years]," said Dr. Brad Boeve of Mayo Clinic, one of the nation's leading FTD researchers and principal investigator for one of the new grants.
Reach: The Star Tribune Sunday circulation is 518,745 copies and weekday circulation is 300,277. The Star Tribune is the state's largest newspaper and ranks 16th nationally in circulation.
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Florida Times-Union
Mayo researchers getting funds for ALS, dementia research
by Steve Patterson
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville are getting about $6 million in new grants to study a genetic breakdown tied to both Lou Gehrig's disease and a form of dementia, clinic officials said Thursday. The work could lead to new testing and treatment approaches to the affliction based around a particular gene, called C9ORF72.
Reach: The Florida Times-Union reaches more than 120,000 daily and 173,000 readers Sunday.
KIMT, Mayo Clinic awarded grant for dementia research by DeeDee Stiepan…"We really want to eradicate these genes from the devastating effects that can occur in people who are already known to have these mutations, as well as those families who may, through obviously no fault of their own, pass it on to their children," explains Dr. Bradley Boeve, a Professor of Neurology at Mayo Clinic.
Augustine Record, Mayo researchers getting funds for ALS, dementia research by Steve Patterson. Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville are getting about $6 million in new grants to study a genetic breakdown tied to both Lou Gehrig's disease and a form of dementia, clinic officials said Thursday…The research will build on earlier work by another Mayo scientist, Leonard Petrucelli, who last year focused attention on buildups of proteins where the C9ORF72 mutation is found.
KTTC, WQOW Eau Claire, Post-Bulletin, Kansas City Star, Miami Herald, The Telegraph Ga., Post-Bulletin, Daily Journal
Context: Mayo Clinic has been awarded two grants for large, five-year projects on frontotemporal dementia (FTD), characterized by degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. While rare, it may strike people in their twenties, even in their teens. The projects are funded by the NIH's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). The grants, allocated to the research teams at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and Jacksonville, Florida, cover a wide spectrum of FTD research, to advance their studies aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from this disorder. More information on the grants can be found here and here on Mayo Clinic News Network.
Public Affairs Contacts: Duska Anastasijevic (Minnesota) and Kevin Punsky (Florida)
Star Tribune
Schafer: Mayo Clinic surgeon, scientist team up as entrepreneurs
by Lee Schafer
Rakesh Suri and Jordan Miller are the kind of entrepreneurs who are easy to cheer for. Suri is a heart surgeon at the Mayo Clinic, and Miller is a scientist who arrived in Rochester 5 ½ years ago to help with a research program into cardiac valve disease. Admittedly they are not typical business underdogs, not as top-of-the-profession staff at the renowned Mayo Clinic. What's to like is how they want to take something out of the lab to help people live longer. And starting a company seems to be the only practical way to get that done.
Reach: The Star Tribune Sunday circulation is 518,745 copies and weekday circulation is 300,277. The Star Tribune is the state's largest newspaper and ranks 16th nationally in circulation.
Context: Rakesh Suri, M.D., is a Mayo Clinic cardiac surgeon and is also affiliated with Mayo Clinic Transplant Center. Jordan Miller, PhD, is an in the Division cardiovascular surgery researcher with an academic appointment of Assistant Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Physiology. His research program focuses on three main areas: 1) understanding mechanisms contributing to aortic valve and atherosclerotic plaque calcification, 2) identification of reciprocal regulators of skeletal and cardiovascular calcification, and 3) understanding mechanisms contributing to vasomotor dysfunction in health and disease.
Public Affairs Contacts: Sharon Theimer, Traci Klein
New Yorker
Breaking Away
by David Gendelman
…They also likely thought about the advantages gained by staying with the main pack, like protection from the wind provided by the runners in front. There's also "a psychic edge," Michael Joyner, a physiologist at the Mayo Clinic, said. "People get in a rhythm. You're feeding off other people. All of the signals that the average person would describe as painful, the élite is using as a red line. They're running right on the edge. When you're with somebody else, your perception of the effort you require, your perception of fatigue, might be less. You might be able to stay in the zone longer."
Reach: The New Yorker is a weekly magazine with a circulation of more than one million readers. The magazine covers culture, art, fiction, business, politics, science and technology. It reports on current ideas and evolving issues, often with a touch of humor. Launched in 1925, it is published by Condé Nast Publications. Its mission is to report and reflect on the world at large with wit, sophistication and originality. The New Yorker's website has more than 722,000 unique visitors each month.
Context: Michael Joyner, M.D., is a Mayo Clinic anesthesiologist. Dr. Joyner and his lab team are interested in how humans respond to various forms of physical and mental stress during activities such as exercise, hypoxia, standing up and blood loss.
Public Affairs Contact: Bryan Anderson
Tags: A.L.S., ABC News, Ahwatukee Foothills News, Albert Lea Tribune, alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's Disease and eye test, Angela Lunde, Angie's Artisan Treat, Anna Stoehr, Argus Leader, Arizona Leadership Council, Arizona Republic
July 31st, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News.
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Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations
Wall Street Journal
What Makes a Superfood?
By Heidi Mitchell
Salmon has at times been touted as a cancer preventive. Many nutritionists praise the health benefits of blueberries, kale and cinnamon bark. How does a food get elevated from the grocery aisle to superfood status? One expert, Phil Hagen, a preventive-medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic's Healthy Living Program in Rochester, Minn., explains why there is more to food than a name.
Reach: The Wall Street Journal, a US-based newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, is second in newspaper circulation in America with an average circulation of 223 million copies on week days. Its website has more than 4.3 million unique visitors each month.
Context: Phillip Hagen, M.D. is a physician in Mayo Clinic's Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine department.
Public Affairs Contacts: Ginger Plumbo, Traci Klein
Florida Times-Union
Gift from Bacardi family will help Mayo Clinic researchers in Jacksonville close in on 'the future of medicine'
by Charlie Patton
The future of medicine is regenerative medicine. That's a view shared by Thomas Gonwa, associate director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine in Jacksonville, and by Jorge and Leslie Bacardi. "Regenerative medicine will be the cutting-edge medicine of the 21st century," Gonwa says. "We think it is the most important thing happening in medicine," Leslie Bacardi said. Now the Bacardis, who live in Nassau in the Bahamas, have given what Mayo Clinic officials call "a substantial gift" to fund ongoing research and clinical trials in regenerative medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville.
Reach: The Florida Times-Union reaches more than 120,000 daily and 173,000 readers Sunday.
Additional Coverage:
Phys.org, Bacardis make gift to significantly advance Mayo Clinic's regenerative medicine research
Post-Bulletin, Mayo Clinic Florida gets regenerative medicine boost
WEJZ Fla., Bio-Medicine, Mayport Mirror Fla.
Context: Imagine a future in which a new lung is grown for a patient in need, using the patient's own cellular material, or a day when an injection of replacement cells will enable a patient to self-heal damage in the brain, nerves or other tissues. Regenerative medicine is no longer science fiction, and a substantial gift from Jorge and Leslie Bacardi of the Bahamas will significantly accelerate the research of Mayo Clinic's Center for Regenerative Medicine on the Florida campus. More information, including a video interview with Jorge Bacardi can be found on Mayo Clinic News Network.
Public Affair Contact: Kevin Punsky
Injuries come frequently despite advances in safety, sports medicine and training
…August inevitably will be filled with more cringes and crutches, even though the NFL has tried to make the game safer in recent years. The league has placed limits on padded practices and implemented more rules changes to protect players on both sides of the ball. "Despite all the advances in sports medicine, nutrition and training, we just can't prevent all injuries," said Dr. Ed Laskowski, co-director of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center in Rochester, Minnesota. "What we can do is protect them as much as possible through training and technique."
Reach: The Associated Press is a not-for-profit news cooperative, owned by its American newspaper and broadcast members. News collected by the AP is published and republished by newspaper and broadcast outlets worldwide.
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New York Times (AP), N.F.L. Teams Chase the Dream of an Injury-Free Camp
ABC News, Star Tribune, USA Today, Fox News, Yahoo! Sports, CTV News
Context: Ed Laskowski, M.D., is co-director of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center. The Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center is a global leader in sports and musculoskeletal injury prevention and rehabilitation, concussion research, diagnostic and interventional ultrasound, and surgical and nonsurgical management of sports-related injuries.
Public Affairs Contact: Bryan Anderson
Arizona Republic
Coaches, Mayo team up on head injuries
by Nathan Brown
The 2014 Arizona Pop Warner Football Clinic, headlined by Dr. David Dodick, brought coaches from all levels of Arizona Pop Warner together to discuss protocols being put in place with a partnership between the Mayo Clinic and Arizona Pop Warner for the upcoming season. Dodick, along with fellow Mayo Clinic doctors Amaal Starling and Bert Vargas, education coaches on the impact of concussions along with the new testing.
Reach: The Arizona Republic reaches 1.1 million readers every Sunday. The newspaper's website Arizona Central, averages 83 million pages views each month.
Additional Coverage: ABC 15
Context: In response to growing concerns about concussions and head injuries in youth sports,Arizona Pop Warner Football and Cheer and Mayo Clinic have announced a groundbreaking collaboration that will provide intensive medical research about the effects of sports-related injuries. As part of the program, all participants ages 10 years and older in Arizona Pop Warner's flag and tackle football programs, as well as all participants in the organization's cheerleading programs, will be required to complete a comprehensive evaluation prior to play that will provide a baseline for future testing in the event of an injury. This baseline evaluation will provide immediate data when testing young athletes after an injury, helping physicians determine the nature and extent of the injury and helping to assess a timeline for return to competition. More information can be found on Mayo Clinic News Network.
Public Affairs Contact: Jim McVeigh
Minn. musician bikes from Seattle to Boston to honor friend
He's collaborated with everyone from Eric Clapton the world-renowned Minnesota Orchestra, but a local musician is putting his career on hold to remember a lifelong friend who died of cancer.…Maurer said he hopes to inspire people to see life at 10 mph instead of 60, like Held inspired him. He also hopes that those who are inspired will donate to the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, which is where Held went for treatment.
Reach: Minneapolis-St.Paul is the 16th largest television market in the United States with 1.7 million TV homes. FOX 9 News (WFTC) is the Twin Cities Fox affiliate.
Context: George Maurer is an accomplished musician and composer (recently won a McKnight Composer Fellowship) who is on day a 48-day bike ride from Seattle to Boston (covering 48 states) in memory of his friend Carolyn Held, who passed away in 2012 from cancer. The bike ride is a fundraiser for Mayo Clinic Cancer Center where Carolyn was a patient. Carolyn made the same bike rip in 1988 to raise funds for the Boys and Girls Club of Little Falls, Minnesota. More information cane be found on George's Blog, his Facebook page and by watching a video explaining the trip.
Public Affairs Contact: Joe Dangor
Cannon Falls Beacon
Facility design a team effort
From check-in to departure, patients at Mayo Clinic Health System will notice process improvements in the new medical center that incorporate functional design which will better provide seamless care. Clinic exam and hospital suites were designed with the help of staff.
Reach: The Cannon Falls Beacon is a weekly newspaper published in Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
Additional Coverage:
Mayo Clinic Health System opens new location in Cannon Falls
Ribbon Cutting for Mayo's New Cannon Falls Facility
Mayo Clinic plans ribbon cutting for new Cannon Falls clinic
Context: I'm in awe," says Jerry Williams of Mayo Clinic Health System's new clinic and hospital. Williams was one of approximately 2,000 who toured the new medical center during a public grand opening event on Friday, July 25. Located at 32021 County 24 Boulevard, the new clinic opens on Aug. 4 and the hospital and emergency department open on Aug. 7. More information on the new clinic and hospital can be found here.
Public Affairs Contact: Asia Christensen
Tags: "sitting disease", Alan Greenway, Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology's Statistics and Data Center, AP, Apple, Arizona Pop Warner Football, Arizona Republic, Associated Press, Association of Medical Illustrators annual meeting, ASU News, BC News, Becker's Hospital Review
July 24th, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News.
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Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations
Why Mayo Clinic's CEO wants to serve 200 million patients—and how he plans to do it
Question: I've read that before you joined the Mayo Clinic—and this was decades ago—one of your first encounters with the organization was when a physician was supposed to visit your hospital for a commemorative dinner…and he missed it. Can you talk a little bit about that? John Noseworthy: It was one of the two or three most pivotal moments in my life. You're right, he missed his flight—and it was because he was with a patient. I was very young and I remember thinking, "who is this man who is so humble that he would put the needs of the patient ahead of his receiving a distinguished recognition." And then I wondered what organization could retain and keep a person like that. It was Mayo Clinic.
Reach: The Advisory Board Company is a global research, technology, and consulting firm partnering with more than 165,000 leaders in more than 4,100 organizations across health care and higher education.
Context: John Noseworthy, M.D. is Mayo Clinic President and CEO.
Public Affairs Contact: Karl Oestreich
Wall Street Journal
Why Seven Hours of Sleep Might Be Better Than Eight
by Sumathi Reddy
…Other experts caution against studies showing ill effects from too much sleep. Illness may cause someone to sleep or spend more time in bed, these experts say. And studies based on people reporting their own sleep patterns may be inaccurate. "The problem with these studies is that they give you good information about association but not causation," said Timothy Morgenthaler, president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, which represents sleep doctors and researchers, and a professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic Center for Sleep Medicine.
Reach: The Wall Street Journal, a US-based newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, is second in newspaper circulation in America with an average circulation of 223 million copies on week days. Its website has more than 4.3 million unique visitors each month.
Context: Timothy Morgenthaler, M.D., Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, is also affiliated with the Mayo Clinic Center for Sleep Medicine. Mayo Clinic doctors trained in sleep disorders evaluate and treat adults and children. The Center for Sleep Medicine is one of the largest sleep medicine facilities in the United States. Staff in the center treats about 6,500 new people who have sleep disorders each year. The Center for Sleep Medicine is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Public Affairs Contacts: Alyson Gonzalez, Traci Klein
Star Tribune
Mayo links abnormal protein in brain to Alzheimer's
by Mary Lynn Smith
…"Alzheimer's disease symptoms have been typically thought to be produced by plaques and tangles," said Dr. Ronald Petersen, director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's disease Research Center. "Now these folks have documented that there's a third element that contributes to Alzheimer's symptoms." The protein, known as TDP-43, is normally found in the brain. But what Mayo researchers found is that when it becomes abnormal — chemically different and bunched up — a patient is more likely to show symptoms of Alzheimer's, explained Dr. Keith Josephs, who headed the research team's four-year study.
Reach: The Star Tribune Sunday circulation is 518,745 copies and weekday circulation is 300,277. The Star Tribune is the state's largest newspaper and ranks 16th nationally in circulation.
Related Coverage:
Post-Bulletin, Mayo Clinic-led study on Alzheimer's grabs worldwide attention
MPR, Alzheimer's research at Mayo may open new possibilities to investigate
KTTC, Protein discovery may be key to Alzheimer's cure
WCCO, Albuquerque Journal, MinnPost
Previous Coverage in July 17, 2014 Mayo Clinic in the News Highlights
Context: Since the time of Dr. Alois Alzheimer himself, two proteins (beta-amyloid (Aβ) and tau) have become tantamount to Alzheimer's disease (AD). But a Mayo Clinic study challenges the perception that these are the only important proteins accounting for the clinical features of the devastating disease. In a large clinico-imaging pathological study, Mayo Clinic researchers demonstrated that a third protein (TDP-43) plays a major role in AD pathology. In fact, people whose brain was TDP positive were 10 times more likely to be cognitively impaired at death compared to those who didn't have the protein, showing that TDP-43 has the potential to overpower what has been termed resilient brain aging. The study was published in the journal Acta Neuropathologica. "We wanted to determine whether the TDP-43 protein has any independent effect on the clinical and neuroimaging features typically ascribed to AD and we found that TDP-43 had a strong effect on cognition, memory loss and medial temporal atrophy in AD," says Mayo Clinic neurologist Keith Josephs, M.D., the study's lead investigator and author. "In the early stages of the disease when AD pathology was less severe, the presence of TDP-43 was strongly associated with cognitive impairment. Consequently, TDP-43 appears to play an important role in the cognitive and neuroimaging characteristics that have been linked to AD." More information on the study, including a video interview with Dr. Josephs, can be found on Mayo Clinic News Network.
Public Affairs Contact: Duska Anastasijevic
Star Tribune
Mayo sees big future for personalized medicine
by Jim Spencer
Medical treatment will become more genetically specific to individuals as the 21st century progresses, the Mayo Clinic's director of laboratory medicine told a congressional subcommittee Wednesday. Dr. Frank Cockerill said that Mayo, one of the world's leaders in specialized diagnostics, develops 150 tests per year in an attempt to become more precise in treating patients. The Rochester-based clinic is moving toward tests that will let doctors tailor treatments that are unique to individuals, Cockerill told participants at a 21st Century Cures roundtable sponsored by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on health. For instance, instead of using standard dosages, Cockerill said Mayo's labs try to tranform scientific discoveries into "valid tests" that allow doctors to apply "specific genetic findings in a patient."
Reach: The Star Tribune Sunday circulation is 518,745 copies and weekday circulation is 300,277. The Star Tribune is the state's largest newspaper and ranks 16th nationally in circulation.
Context: Frank Cockerill, M.D. is chair of the Mayo Clinic Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology. Mayo Clinic's Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (DLMP) in Rochester is one of the largest clinical laboratories in the world. It is composed of more than 3,200 people working in numerous specialty laboratories performing more than 20 million tests a year. Mayo Medical Laboratories (MML) is a reference laboratory specializing in esoteric laboratory testing for health care organizations throughout the United States and around the world. MML's mission is to support the local delivery of laboratory services through the provision of exceptional reference laboratory services and by providing support services that facilitate and augment community integration efforts.
Public Affairs Contact: Sharon Theimer
Our view: Community can help keep Mayo Clinic at top of rankings
What's most impressive about Mayo Clinic's No. 1 ranking as the best hospital in the country by U.S. News & World Report magazine were the consistent high marks in several categories of evaluation. The report gave Mayo No. 1 or No. 2 rankings in 11 of the 12 specialties based on reputation, services and volumes, safety and clinical outcomes.
Reach: The Post-Bulletin has a weekend readership of nearly 45,000 people and daily readership of more than 41,000 people. The newspaper serves Rochester, Minn., and southeast Minnesota.
Related Coverage:
Post-Bulletin, Pulse on Health: It's the personal care behind being No. 1 that counts
MedPage Today, Top-Ranked Hospitals Sing Own Praises
CSPAN, General Speeches: Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minnesota, 3rd District
Previous Coverage in July 17, 2014 Mayo Clinic in the News Highlights
Context: Mayo Clinic has achieved the highest honor in U.S. News and World Report's ranking of top hospitals. Mayo Clinic earned more number one rankings than any other provider, ranking number one or number two in 11 of the 12 specialties based on reputation, services and volumes, safety and clinical outcomes. "We have a deep commitment to delivering high-value health care that best meets patients' needs. We owe our success to truly dedicated staff that provide a seamless patient experience and the care that each individual needs," says John Noseworthy, M.D., Mayo Clinic president and CEO. More information, including a video interview with Dr. Noseworthy, can be found on Mayo Clinic News Network.
Public Affairs Contact: Rebecca Eisenman
Tags: "sitting disease", A.L.S., ABC News, ABC15, advisory board, Ahwatukee Foothills News, Aitkin Age, Albuquerque Journal, alzheimer's disease, Am.com, AP, Apple
May 15th, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News.
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Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations
NY Times
AGING AMERICA: Exercise as the Fountain of Youth
…Exercise may be the closest thing we have to a fountain of youth, one of the best ways to age happy and well. "The mantra now is, exercise is a drug" — able, like some medications
are, to prevent and treat a host of age-related ailments, said Dr. Andrea Cheville, a Mayo Clinic expert on exercise in the elderly.
Reach: The New York Times has a daily circulation of more than 735,000. Its website receives more than 16.2 million unique visitors each month.
Additional coverage: Star Tribune (AP), KAAL, ABC News, Huffington Post Canada, Monterey Herald, Ottawa Citizen
Context: Andrea Cheville, M.D., Mayo Clinic Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, is an expert on exercise in the elderly.
Public Affairs Contact: Sharon Theimer
On the Road with Jason Davis: Mayo Clinic Celebrates 150 Years
KSTP's Jason Davis goes on the road to Arizona, Florida and Minnesota for his feature on Mayo Clinic. This was Davis's last report for his On the Road series before retiring at the end of May 2014 after nearly four decades with KSTP. This year, one of Minnesota's best known institutions celebrates its 150th anniversary. It was in 1864 that Dr. William Worral Mayo started his small clinic in Rochester, and just how that small practice grew into a world-renowned facility is a fascinating story. Jason Davis went on the road to learn about the past, present and future of Mayo Clinic.
Reach: KSTP-TV, Channel 5, is an ABC affiliate serving the Twin Cities area, central Minnesota and western Wisconsin, the 15th largest market in the U.S.
Additional Mayo Clinic 150th Anniversary and history of Mayo coverage:
KTTC, Mayo Clinic celebrates 150 years by Courtney Sturgeon
KARE11, Recovering Brokaw hosts Mayo's 150th anniversary
KTTC, The early beginnings of the Mayo Clinic ; Mid-century advancements, Recent history
KTTC, Dr. John Noseworthy reflects on 150 years of Mayo Clinic success
MPR, Mayo's mark: 5 innovations that changed health care
Post-Bulletin, Jordanian king touched many in Rochester
Post-Bulletin, Descendants of Dr. W.W. Mayo visit family home
Post-Bulletin, Massive medical team focused 'millimeter by millimeter' to separate twins
Post-Bulletin, 150th anniversary: Mayo Clinic helped U.S., allies win World War II
Post-Bulletin, Oddchester: 150 years in less than three hours
Greenhouse Grower, Mayo Clinic Will Promote Coreopsis 'Electric Avenue' As Its Flower Of Hope
Perishable News, Mayo Clinic Chooses Yellow Coreopsis As Its 'Flower Of Hope'
WCCO, Star Tribune, Big News Network, WCCO AM, Coon Rapids Herald, Post-Bulletin, Post-Bulletin, Post-Bulletin
Context: On July 1, 1907, Dr. Henry Plummer and Mabel Root, Dr. Plummer's assistant, inaugurated Mayo's system of patient registration and medical record keeping. The single-unit record was central to the new system. It brought together all of a patient's records -- clinical visits, hospital stays, laboratory tests and notes -- in a single file that traveled with the patient and was stored in a central repository. This simple system quickly became the standard for medical record keeping around the world. This year marks 150 years of continuous service to patients, and Mayo Clinic is launching a yearlong recognition that will honor a legacy of medical accomplishments and a model for the future of health care. Dr. Mayo's sons, Drs. William and Charles Mayo, joined the practice in the late 1880's and, with their father, created Mayo Clinic's medical hallmark: The integrated care model that focuses a team of experts on one patient at a time and puts patients' needs first. More information can be found on Mayo Clinic News Network.
Public Affairs Contacts: Rebecca Eisenman, Kelley Luckstein
Mayo Clinic announces campaign to raise $3 billion
by Mary McGuire
Mayo Clinic is looking to the future in a big way as it launches a campaign to raise $3 billion. It's all part of the "You are ... the campaign for Mayo Clinic" being announced Thursday. The goal of the campaign is to raise $3 billion by the end of 2017 to strengthen patient care, research and education at Mayo.
Additional coverage: KTTC, Becker's Hospital Review, KROC-AM
Context: To accelerate the pace of research, solve unmet needs of patients and improve the quality of health care, Mayo Clinic today announced a philanthropic campaign to raise $3 billion by Dec. 31, 2017, strengthening Mayo's strategic priorities in patient care, research and education. "Reliable funding is the biggest barrier to advance medical breakthroughs that can benefit patients suffering from diseases," says John Noseworthy, M.D., Mayo Clinic president and CEO. "Traditional funding sources, such as federal grants, cannot cover the cost of discovering cutting-edge science and implementing those solutions in clinical practice." More information can be found on the Mayo Clinic News Newtwork and campaign website.
Public Affairs Contact: Karl Oestreich
Star Tribune
Mayo Clinic trial: Massive blast of measles vaccine wipes out cancer
by Dan Browning
Stacy Erholtz was out of conventional treatment options for blood cancer last June when she underwent an experimental trial at the Mayo Clinic that injected her with enough measles vaccine to inoculate 10 million people. The 50-year-old Pequot Lakes mother is now part of medical history…But the experiment provides the "proof of concept" that a single, massive dose of intravenous viral therapy can kill cancer by overwhelming its natural defenses, according to Dr. Stephen Russell, a professor of molecular medicine who spearheaded the research at Mayo.
Reach: The Star Tribune Sunday circulation is 518,745 copies and weekday circulation is 300,277. The Star Tribune is the state's largest newspaper and ranks 16th nationally in circulation.
Additional coverage:
KARE11, Minn. woman's cancer in remission thanks to measles
Washington Post, Woman's cancer killed by measles virus in unprecedented trial
MPR, How the Mayo Clinic handles potential patients in clinical trials
USA TODAY, Massive dose of measles vaccine clears woman's cancer
WGN-TV, Mayo Clinic: Woman's cancer cured with huge dose of measles vaccine
International Business Times UK, Mayo Clinic Landmark Trial: Measles Vaccine Wipes out Cancer in Patient
Daily Beast, Measles Vaccine Killed Patient's Cancer
Mashable, Measles Vaccine Wipes Out Cancer in Groundbreaking Test
UPI.com, Massive dose of measles vaccine knocks out woman's cancer
azcentral.com, Measles vaccine cures woman's cancer in study
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Context: In a proof of principle clinical trial, Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated that virotherapy — destroying cancer with a virus that infects and kills cancer cells but spares normal tissues — can be effective against the deadly cancer multiple myeloma. The findings appear in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Two patients in the study received a single intravenous dose of an engineered measles virus (MV-NIS) that is selectively toxic to myeloma plasma cells. Both patients responded, showing reduction of both bone marrow cancer and myeloma protein. One patient, a 49-year-old woman, experienced complete remission of myeloma and has been clear of the disease for over six months. More information can be found on Mayo Clinic News Network.
Public Affairs Contact: Bob Nellis
Tags: 11 Alive Atlanta, 3-D printing, 3D printers, Abbigail Carlsen, ABC 15 Arizona, ABC.es (Spain), ABC15, Access Atlanta, Advanced Primary Stroke Center at Mayo Clinic in Florida, aerobic activity, aging, American Academy of Neurology
February 14th, 2014
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights
Mayo Clinic in the News is a weekly highlights summary of major media coverage. If you would like to be added to the weekly distribution list, send a note to Emily Blahnik with this subject line: SUBSCRIBE to Mayo Clinic in the News.
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Karl Oestreich, manager enterprise media relations
USA Today
A cat bite can turn into a hospital stay, study says
by Mary Bowerman
A cat bite on the hand can turn into a hospital stay, according to a new study. A recent Mayo Clinic study shows that one out of three people who sought treatment for a cat bite to the hand were hospitalized. Published in February in the Journal of Hand Surgery the study looked at 193 patients who received treatment for a cat bite on the hand from January 2009 through 2011. Two thirds of those hospitalized during the study required surgery to flush out the infection in the wounds and middle-aged women were the most common bite victims.
Reach: USA TODAY has the highest daily circulation of any U.S. newspaper with a daily average circulation of 2.9 million, which includes print and various digital editions.
Additional Cat Bite Study Coverage:
NY Times
Beware of a Cat's Bite
by Nicholas Bakalar
…In a three-year retrospective study published in the February issue of The Journal of Hand Surgery, researchers reviewed records of 193 people who came to Mayo Clinic Hospital with cat bites to the hand…"Redness, swelling, increasing pain, difficulty in moving the hand and drainage from the wound are all signs that there may be an infection and that treatment should be sought," said the senior author of the study, Dr. Brian T. Carlsen, a hand surgeon at the Mayo Clinic.
FOX News, Cat bites can lead to serious severe infections, hospitalization, Research published in the Journal of Hand Surgery, found that one out of three people who sought treatment for a cat bite on the hand were hospitalized, reported USA Today…"The bites lead to serious infections that can require multiple hospitalizations, antibiotics and sometimes surgery," study researcher Dr. Brian Carlsen, an orthopedic surgeon at Mayo Clinic, told USA Today.
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Context: Dogs aren't the only pets who sometimes bite the hands that feed them. Cats do too, and when they strike a hand, they can inject bacteria deep into joints and tissue, perfect breeding grounds for infection.Cat bites to the hand are so dangerous, 1 in 3 patients with such wounds had to be hospitalized, a Mayo Clinic study covering three years showed. Two-third of those hospitalized needed surgery. Middle-aged women were the most common bite victims, according to the research, published in the Journal of Hand Surgery. More information can be found here on Mayo Clinic News Network.
Public Affairs Contact: Sharon Theimer
Star Tribune
UnitedHealth-Mayo venture Optum Labs adds partners
by Jackie Crosby
An ambitious health care research initiative launched last year between Optum and the Mayo Clinic has landed seven new partners with interests in public health, pharmaceuticals and the biosciences. The addition of groups that include pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the University of Minnesota Nursing School is a sign that newly formed Optum Labs, based in Cambridge, Mass., is working to swiftly assemble the pieces for what it describes as an open center for research and innovation.
Reach: The Star Tribune Sunday circulation is 518,745 copies and weekday circulation is 300,277. The Star Tribune is the state's largest newspaper and ranks 16th nationally in circulation.
Additional coverage: Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, Calgary Herald
Context: Optum Labs, the collaborative research and innovation center founded by Optum and Mayo Clinic, announced this week the addition of seven new charter partners committed to improving the quality and value of patient care. The announcement follows the recent addition of AARP as Founding Consumer Advocate Organization of the collaborative. John Noseworthy, M.D., Mayo Clinic president and CEO, offers his perspective on the announcement in Mayo's the Future of Health Care blog.
Public Affairs Contact: Josh Derr
Star Tribune
Sports fuel orthopedics boom, provide Mayo entry downtown
by Jeremy Olson
…Minnesota has seen some $66 million in capital projects related to orthopedic care between 2008 and 2012. And it is why the Mayo Clinic – after years of flirting with a medical presence in the Twin Cities – broke through last week with the announcement of a downtown Minneapolis sports medicine center in league with the Minnesota Timberwolves. "The growth is being driven by a more active population that happens to be in competitive sports or fitness activities," said Dr. Michael Stuart, co-director of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center who is in Sochi now as a team doctor for USA Hockey. "I have a 65-year-old patient who plays 120 softball games a year."
Reach: The Star Tribune Sunday circulation is 518,745 copies and weekday circulation is 300,277. The Star Tribune is the state's largest newspaper and ranks 16th nationally in circulation.
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Context: Mayo Clinic and the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx announced in early February a partnership which extends the Mayo Model of Care for patients in sports medicine to the Twin Cities. The collaboration includes: 1) the opening of a Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center at 600 Hennepin, 2) designating Mayo as the preferred medical provider for the teams, and 3) utilizing the teams' international reach to educate the public about numerous health and wellness topics.
Mayo Clinic News Network: Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Timberwolves & Lynx Announce Collaboration
Public Affairs Contact: Bryan Anderson
Duluth News Tribune
Director hopes to hit home run with documentary about Chisholm doctor
By John Lundy
Twenty-five years after the movie "Field of Dreams" gave birth to the ethereal character "Moonlight" Graham, another film is being made about the real Dr. Archibald Graham, a short-lived baseball player and longtime Chisholm doctor. This film, a documentary, will explore the long relationship between Graham and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. We found out that he had come down here to the Mayo Clinic from Chisholm approximately 90 times," said Mark Flaherty, a film producer and director who works for the clinic.
Reach: The Duluth News Tribune has a daily circulation of more than 26,800 and a Sunday circulation of more than 39,400. Its website receives more than 116,500 visitors each month.
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Duluth News Tribune, Filmmaker seeks help, The Mayo Clinic is looking for help from Chisholm-area residents with its documentary on Doc Graham. Mark Flaherty, the film's producer and director, is looking for photos, films, letters and other mementos associated with Graham. He will scan and immediately return photos and letters; films will be copied and returned.
Context: Most people are at least familiar with the name "Moonlight" Graham as a character in the book Shoeless Joe and the film "Field of Dreams," but fewer people know that "Moonlight" Graham was an actual person, not a fictional character. And long-time residents of the Chisholm, Minn., area who remember Dr. Archibald Graham as their beloved hometown doctor will have an opportunity to provide photos, film and other information as part of an upcoming documentary film on this remarkable man. Find out more information on Mayo Clinic News Network: Mayo Clinic Seeks Input For Film About 'Doc' Graham.
Public Affairs Contact: Karl Oestreich
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December 13th, 2013
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Dementia: Five priorities for research
by James Gallagher
Dementia is described as a "global disaster waiting to happen" and the biggest health and care problem of a generation. Someone is diagnosed with the disease every four seconds and cases are expected to soar from 44 million now to 135 million by 2050…Dr. Ronald Petersen, the director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Centre at the Mayo Clinic, US, told the BBC: "That's horrific when you think about the billions invested in the disease. "There are 44 million people with Alzheimer's and we have to treat them as well [as find a cure]".
Reach: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcasting company. Its main responsibility is to provide impartial public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. The BBC is headquartered in London.
Context: Ron Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., is the Cora Kanow Professor of Alzheimer's Disease Research at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Petersen is regularly sought out by reporters as a leading expert in his medical field. Dr. Petersen chairs the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care and Services.
Public Affairs Contact: Duska Anastasijevic
Additional Coverage:
Bloomberg (AP), UK says cure or drug for dementia possible by 2025; The Times UK, G8 leadership promise to end the tragedy of dementia; Star Tribune, KSAZ Phoenix, KAAL, Huffington Post, Times Colonist
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Mayo using big data, digitized know-how to improve care and extend its reach
by Merrill Goozner
Dr. John Noseworthy has been president and CEO of the Mayo Clinic since 2009. Along with its flagship facilities in Rochester, Minn., Mayo has other hospitals in Minnesota as well as Arizona, Florida and Georgia. In an interview with Merrill Goozner, editor of Modern Healthcare, Noseworthy talks about the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on the system, Mayo's partnership arrangements with other provider organizations, and how it hopes to employ "big data" to improve healthcare outcomes. The following is an edited excerpt.
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Mayo Clinic President and CEO Dr. John Noseworthy explains why the system chose a subscription model to strike clinical affiliations with providers around the country, its big-data deal with Optum Health, and the role the institution plays in its Minnesota home.
Reach: Modern Healthcare, published by Crain Communications, is a healthcare news weekly that provides hospital executives with healthcare business news. The magazine specifically covers healthcare policy, Medicare/Medicaid, and healthcare from a business perspective. It also publishes a daily e-newsletter titled Modern Healthcare's Daily Dose. The weekly publication has a circulation of more than 70,000 and its online site receives more than 29,700 unique visitors each month.
Context: John Noseworthy, M.D. is Mayo Clinic President and CEO.
Public Affairs Contacts: Chris Gade, Karl Oestreich
Wall Street Journal
A Restaurant Chairman Whittles His Waist
by Jen Murphy
Levy Restaurants Chairman Larry Levy Fitness Secrets…The Pros and Cons of a Beach Workout, Exercising on the sand offers challenges—and a few possible pitfalls. The benefit of a beach workout is that it is kinder on the joints because "sand is shock absorbing," says Ed Laskowski, co-director of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center in Rochester, Minn. "If you do jumping jacks, you diffuse the force when you come down," he says, but you need to use more energy to jump up again from a soft surface. The uneven sand also offers a balance challenge, causing you to use more stabilizing muscles, he says.
Reach: The Wall Street Journal, a US-based newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, is second in newspaper circulation in America with an average circulation of 223 million copies on week days. Its website has more than 4.3 million unique visitors each month.
Context: Ed Laskowski, M.D., is co-director of the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center The Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center is a global leader in sports and musculoskeletal injury prevention and rehabilitation, concussion research, diagnostic and interventional ultrasound, and surgical and nonsurgical management of sports-related injuries.
Public Affairs Contact: Bryan Anderson
Twin Cities Business
John Noseworthy, President and CEO, Mayo Clinic
Since becoming its president in 2009, Noseworthy has led the Mayo Clinic through the recession and implemented several growth initiatives, in part by engaging, energizing, and being transparent with employees. among other things, we examine the Destination Medical Center initiative, which could change the face of Rochester for good.
Reach: Twin Cities Business is a monthly business magazine with a circulation of more than 30,000 and more than 74,000 readers. The magazine also posts daily business news on its website.
Context: John Noseworthy, M.D. is Mayo Clinic President and CEO.
Public Affairs Contact: Karl Oestreich
Pioneer Press
Giving a very special gift to a stranger: new kidneys
by Christopher Snowbeck
Phil Fischer's wife likes to joke that at least her husband's kidney gets to go out dancing every once in a while. About two years ago, Fischer joined the small but growing number of people who've donated a kidney to a stranger in need. "I think it did something good for somebody else in the world," said Fischer, 58, a pediatrician at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Of his motivation, he simply said: "It was something I was supposed to do, so I did it."
Reach: The St. Paul Pioneer Press has a daily circulation of 208,280 and its Sunday newspaper circulation is 284,507. Its TwinCities.com website had approximately 20.4 million page views (March 2013). Mobile page views on smartphones and tablet computers totaled more than 11.4 million in March 2013.
Additional coverage: Morning Sun Mich., The Reporter Pa.
Context: Phil Fischer, M.D., is a pediatrician with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center.
Public Affairs Contacts: Ginger Plumbo, Kelley Luckstein
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Advances That Regrow Babies' Hearts
by Ron Winslow
Pediatric surgeons are developing a new strategy to tackle one of cardiology's most challenging congenital defects: babies born with only one heart ventricle. The doctors are enlisting the body's own regenerative powers in an effort to grow the missing ventricle or strengthen the remaining one…In the Mayo Clinic study, the focus isn't on salvaging the left ventricle, but on helping the right one serve as the main pumping chamber. Umbilical-cord blood cells are harvested at birth and processed to separate out stem cells, which are then frozen…The theory is that this "would stimulate more heart cells to grow or regenerate and make the existing cells stronger," says Harold Burkhart, a pediatric heart surgeon at the clinic. "The hope is it would delay the need for a transplant or the onset of a decrease in function of the single ventricle."
Circulation: The Wall Street Journal, a US-based newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, is tops in newspaper circulation in America with an average circulation of 2 million copies on weekdays.
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New Treatments Give Hope to Babies With Heart Defects
Pediatric surgeons at two of the country's top hospitals are developing new treatments that could dramatically improve the survival rates of babies born with congenital heart defects. WSJ's Ron Winslow and Mayo Clinic physician Tim Nelson explain on Lunch Break.
Context: Mayo Clinic announced the first U.S. stem cell clinical trial in June 2013 for pediatric congenital heart disease. The trial aims to determine how stem cells from autologous umbilical cord blood can help children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a rare defect in which the left side of the heart is critically underdeveloped. The trial will test the safety and feasibility of delivering a personalized cell-based therapy into the heart of 10 infants affected by HLHS. Harold Burkhart, M.D. is a pediatric cardiovascular surgeon with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center. Timothy Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Todd and Karen Wanek Family Program for HLHS in Mayo Clinic's Center for Regenerative Medicine.
News Release: Mayo Clinic First in U.S. to Test Stem Cells for Cardiac Regeneration in Pediatric Congenital Heart Patients
Public Affairs Contact: Traci Klein
Minneapolis/ St. Paul Business Journal
Mayo Clinic adds health system in N.D.'s Bakken region to care network by Katharine Grayson
The Mayo Clinic will add North Dakota-based Trinity Health to its Mayo Clinic Care Network, the health system announced Wednesday. Trinity operates hospitals in Minot, N.D., as well as skilled-nursing and long-term care facilities. It has more than 2,700 employers and about $617 million in annual revenue.
Circulation: The Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal is published by American City Business Journals which owns more than 40 other local business newspapers.
Additional Coverage: Charlotte Observer, KMOT ND, KQCD ND, Bradenton Herald, Star Tribune, Minot Daily News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Phys.org
Context: In a move designed to strengthen the delivery and quality of health care in northwest North Dakota, Mayo Clinic welcomed Trinity Health as the newest member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network July 24, 2013. As a member of the network, Trinity Health's physicians and other providers will have direct access to Mayo Clinic experts and clinical resources.
News Release: Trinity Health Joins Mayo Clinic Care Network
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Public Affairs Contact: Bryan Anderson
Pioneer Press, (AP)
Big names populate Mayo expansion board
by Brian Bakst
Gov. Mark Dayton and the Mayo Clinic turned Tuesday to heavy hitters in business and politics to run a new governing authority that will oversee the medical facility's ambitious Destination Medical Center expansion in Rochester, which is billed as the state's largest-ever economic development project. Dayton made four picks to the eight-member board: his chief of staff Tina Smith, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, former Wells Fargo and Co. executive James Campbell and Rani Engineering president Susan Rani. Meanwhile, Mayo has designated ex-Medtronic chief executive Bill George as its representative on the panel.
Reach: The Associated Press is a not-for-profit news cooperative, owned by its American newspaper and broadcast members. News collected by the AP is published and republished by newspaper and broadcast outlets worldwide.
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Context: Mayo Clinic announced July 23, 2013 that Bill George, a member of the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees and former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic, has accepted the appointment to be Mayo Clinic's representative on the Destination Medical Center Corporation (DMCC) Board. Gov. Mark Dayton also named four appoiuntments to the board.
News Release: Bill George Named Mayo Clinic Representative to Destination Medical Center Corporation Board
News Release: Governor Dayton Makes Appointments to Destination Medical Center Board
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Public Affairs Contact: Karl Oestreich
MedPage Today
Docs Point to Others to Cut Health Costs
by David Pittman
Physicians feel that other major players in healthcare -- lawyers, insurance companies, hospitals, drug companies, and patients -- bear greater responsibility for reducing healthcare costs than doctors do, a survey found. Furthermore, doctors are hesitant to back substantial financing reforms such as eliminating fee-for-service, but they support reducing unnecessary treatments, Jon Tilburt, MD, MPH, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and colleagues found.
Reach: MedPageToday.com is a news service for physicians that provides a clinical perspective on the breaking medical news that their patients are reading. MedPage Today has more than 419,000 unique visitors and 1.2 million page views each month.
Additional Coverage: Pioneer Press, FOX News, Washington Post, Cardiology News, Kaiser Health News, LA Times, Columbus CEO, Toronto Telegraph, HealthDay, Fresno Bee, LiveScience, Medscape, ModernMedicine, HealthLeaders, PhysBizTech, DOTmed
Context: A new study of attitudes about health care costs reveals that an overwhelming majority of U.S. physicians feel a responsibility to address costs, but prioritize their obligations to patients' best interests over cost concerns. Results of the random survey of 2,500 U.S. physicians are published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). "Physicians feel stuck in a difficult position," says lead author Jon Tilburt, M.D., Mayo Clinic's Biomedical Ethics Program and Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery. "Despite their sense of responsibility to address health care costs, physicians consistently express a commitment to the best interests of patients even when it is expensive. Given this finding, we recommend that cost-containment strategies aimed at physician behavior should focus on innovations that not only promote savings but also preserve physicians' commitment to individual patients."
News Release: Mayo Clinic-led Study Finds that US Physicians Put Patients' Best Interests Above Concerns About Health Care Costs
Public Affairs Contact: Shelly Plutowski
The Daily Circuit: Government ponders move to stub out menthol cigarettes
"Menthol makes a deadly product more palatable" and should be banned from cigarettes, says a Mayo Clinic doctor who works on nicotine addiction. Dr. Richard Hurt told The Daily Circuit on Tuesday that the addition of chemicals like menthol to cigarettes "makes it easier to start and harder to stop." Hurt's comments followed the release of federal Food and Drug Administration survey that found menthol cigarettes are a bigger threat to public health than other cigarettes. The finding was contained in a review released this morning.
Reach: Minnesota Public Radio operates 43 stations and serves virtually all of Minnesota and parts of the surrounding states. MPR has more than 100,000 members and more than 900,000 listeners each week, which is the largest audience of any regional public radio network.
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Context: Dr. Richard Hurt is director of Mayo Clinic's Nicotine Dependence Center and a leading expert on tobacco-related issues. As a former smoker, he once smoked three packs a day. Dr. Hurt had his last cigarette on Nov. 22, 1975.
Public Affairs Contact: Kelley Luckstein
Phoenix Business Journal
Arizona bioscience leaders stress need for more collaboration, industry awareness
by Erin Roman
Arizona's bioscience leaders said Wednesday there is a lack of understanding about their industry, but huge growth potential and value to investors in the Phoenix area…The panel consisted of Sayare, A. Keith Stewart, the dean for research at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona; Jack Jewett, president of the Flinn Foundation; and Joan Koerber-Walker, president and CEO of the Arizona BioIndustry Association.
Reach: The Phoenix Business Journal is one of 61 newspapers published by American City Business Journals.
Context: Keith Stewart, M.B., Ch.B. is dean for research and conducts translational research in multiple myeloma at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.
Public Affairs Contact: Julie Janovsky-Mason
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One of the morning presentations was given by Dr. Melissa Alsina from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Alsina presented a Phase 2 study of panobinostat in combination with Velcade (bortezomib) and dexamethasone (Decadron)… The panobinostat trial results were reviewed by Dr. Asher Chanan-Khan of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, in a presentation that also took place during this morning's session.
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In my Twitterstream every day I see some gorgeous photos you have taken around the world. Sometimes it feels such a waste to see them fly by in an instant.
The idea came to put some of your favourite pics you have taken where you live and to put them together with a Twitter Singup. Can I say a huge thank you to all the singers who brighten the day as always. And for those of you that sent photos can I thank you so much for the wonderful sights you have given. Makes me want to explore every corner of the globe.
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Groovy idea, nice one Paul:)Yes our world is magnificent!Port Elizabeth and South Africa pics to follow.
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The Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee approved a bill July 15 that would provide $500 million less for defense IT than President Barack Obama's budget requested.
A bill summary provided by the subcommittee justified the lower figure -- which it said was 3 percent below the president's request -- by saying, "trimming IT funding will help prioritize and better target non-cybersecurity IT investments in an era of fiscal constraint."
(The administration's original fiscal 2015 budget request for DOD IT was $35.3 billion, and updated Exhibit 53 numbers put the figure at $30.3 billion -- levels at which $500 million would represent a roughly 1.5 percent cut. At press time, Senate committee staff had not responded to FCW requests for clarification on how appropriators defined "IT funding" for DOD in their numbers.)
The Senate's Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2015 would appropriate about $549 billion for fiscal 2015, nearly the same total requested by Obama for base spending and overseas military operations. The House passed its defense appropriations bill June 20.
The Senate version would allocate R&D money for a variety of defense programs, including $15 million to boost STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education for military children from preschool through the 12th grade.
On security clearances, the Senate appropriations bill encourages the secretary of Defense to "consider measures to streamline data sharing for continuous personnel security evaluations and threat analysis," according to the summary.
The bill also would put $75 million toward the Rapid Innovation Fund, which helps small businesses develop advanced national security technologies.
Speaking with reporters after the markup, Chairman Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) said he was confident of broader congressional support for the bill.
"I think there's a sense of a relief. After living through sequestration, I think many of the members [of Congress] have been conditioned to some hard-earned choices, and I think our bill tried to strike a balance" between fiscal restraint and security, he said.
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Neighborhood notes: Shenandoah
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Laurel Hill Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): 465-3202 days, 465-3628 evenings.
St. Paul Lutheran Church: Judy Grubb, 465-3379.
Strasburg Presbyterian Church: 465-3920 or Amos Orndorff, 465-8154.
Strasburg United Methodist Church: Junior Mumaw, 465-3699.
Museum schedule
Sunday: morning, Gloria Stickley; afternoon, Harold and Jean Updyke. Monday: morning, Sam Hitchings; afternoon, Sue Foster. Tuesday: morning, Bobbie Hatcher; afternoon, Ann McElyea and Louella Pangle. Wednesday: morning, Wayne Barringer; afternoon, Glenna Loving. Thursday: morning, Ruth Dryer and Ruth Ashcraft; afternoon, Gloria Church and Betty Sue Howard. Friday: morning, Howard and Mary Paige; afternoon, Scott and Eunice Terndrup. Saturday: morning, Mary Lou Soby; afternoon, Tim Taylor family.
College news
The following Strasburg residents have been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Virginia Tech:
Jordan Armel, David Hupp, Brian Maddox, Ashley Mills and Joshua Sine.
Jeannette Racey of Strasburg received a master of business administration degree from Shepherd University on May 16.
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St. Peter Lutheran Church: Andrew Orndorff, 436-9221, 436-3767.
Round Hill Church of the Brethren: Robert Orndorff, 436-3376 or 465-3890.
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Antioch Church of the Brethren: Carolyn Sherman, 459-3452.
Emanuel Lutheran Church: 459-3837.
Mt. Calvary United Church of Christ: Bill Ryman, 436-9247 or 459-3643.
St. Luke Lutheran Church: 459-5459.
St. Paul's United Church of Christ: 459-3643.
Woodstock United Methodist Church: 11 a.m., Bill Decker, 459-1928.
School news
The Shenandoah County Sheriff's Office, Public Schools and Department of Social Services are collecting school supplies.
Needed are: 24-count crayons, glue sticks, scissors, No. 2 pencils, glue, 1-inch binders, pink erasers, spiral notebooks, highlighters, colored pencils, wide-rule loose-leaf paper, red ink pens, folders, pencil boxes, backpacks and pens.
Items may be left at a school bus at the Woodstock Wal-Mart on July 18 and Aug. 15 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Military news
Air Force Airman Justin C. Kebhart graduated with honors from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base at San Antonio, Texas.
The son of Anthony and Tabitha Kebhart of Woodstock, he is a 2005 graduate of Central High School.
College news
The following Woodstock residents have been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Virginia Tech:
George Bowers, Kathleen Cooper, Alexander Funk, Nicholas Funk, Dana Gochenour, Jon Hammersley, Jack Jarrett, Jaclyn Mather, Jordan Neal, Laura Neff, Alfred Price and Cory Runyon.
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St. John's United Methodist Church: 984-4464.
Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church: Mike Wymer, 984-4538.
Union Forge United Methodist Church: 459-4442 or 459-3021.
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Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church: 984-9776.
College news
Bradley Fauber, William French and Kaitlin Smoot, all of Maurertown, have been named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Virginia Tech.
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March was very warm but was the month of March warmer than April? The answer is YES!!! For the first time of record keeping here in Buffalo the month of March was, on average, warmer than the month of April. The average temperature in Buffalo in March was 47.4 and the average temperature in April was 45.2. This data is courtesy of the NRCC. The Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) is located in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University.
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Unfortunately, there is no "Services/Default Mailer/Send Selection" service. As it is, this only works with Mail.app, an app I pounded my head against all through OS X beta and 10.0, then finally gave up on. It would be nice if Apple, while offering us their own Mail.app, made the system-wide hooks more responsive to our own choices.
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Each application provides its own Service.
I'm guessing that you want to pester MS to add some useful Services to Outlook, or something. (Good luck with that. :p )
I know that Carbon apps can finally use Services, can they also provide them?
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Apple posted sample code when they seeded Jaguar that showed how to embed Cocoa-in-Carbon and Carbon-in-Cocoa, so it's likely possible. Admittedly, I haven't touched Carbon since I dumped OS 9, so I could be wrong :).
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> Mail.app, an app I pounded my head against all through OS X beta and 10.0, then finally gave up on.
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Via Skype, former inmate sues Valley Street jail guards
A Canadian deported from the United States after serving a prison term, he has been appearing in Hillsborough County Superior Court via the audio-video link Skype to sue three correction officers from the Valley Street Jail over his pre-trail confinement seven years ago.
After various rulings, the case has boiled down to three defendants — Vincent Williams, now a lieutenant at the jail; Todd Gordon, now a sergeant, and Nicholas Granville, who is now a Derry police officer.
At the time, he told the corrections officers he would sue them and started hitting himself in the head, said Sgt. Ryan Levierge.
Earlier Tuesday, Thompson's public defender testified that when he visited him in May, his client had bruises on his face and scratched eye glasses.
Gordon Fuller said toilet flushes would drown out much of the sound from the cells.
Three separate trials are being held involving the defendants. In May, a jury ruled in favor of the defendants over Juan Marquez. A trial is expected later this summer involving claims brought by Christopher Robinson.
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- KSC administration
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