Mayo Clinic expansion project survives rough day at Capitol

A legislative committee unanimously approved plans Friday, May 17, for $400 million in state funds to support an economic development project pushed by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The agreement came one day after Rep. Ann Lenczewski, ...

The world''s first whole exome sequence of small intestine neuroendocrine tumors has been completed by researchers at Mayo Clinic. The latter is the most common cancer of the small bowel and one that responds poorly to chemotherapy. Sequence analysis revealed ...

Americans may be stunned when they realize how big a financial bite health care may take out of their retirement savings. According to the annual Wellness for Life survey of nonretired adults by Aviva USA, in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, nine out ...

A study of 5,405 American women with the Ashkenazi mutation who were treated at the Mayo Clinic during the 1990s found that 45 percent had chosen prophylactic mastectomy, like Angelina Jolie. The "faulty gene" that Angelina Jolie credited with her ...

Weight was never a concern for Stephanie Brondani, 52, of Minnetonka, Minn. Until last year, when she hit menopause. Suddenly, she noticed her midsection thickening. "I think everybody feels (like), "I-m eating the same way I always have been and ...

The incremental mortality in implantable pacemaker and defibrillator recipients who experience a device infection, compared to patients without device infection, is substantial and persists for at least three years after index hospitalization with ...

The Austin City Council will draft a letter of support for Mayo Clinic's Destination Medical Center plans after representatives from the DMC committee gave an overview of the plan to council members Monday night. Though expansion officials said it's ...

Developed in collaboration with Preventice and Mayo Clinic, the BodyGuardian allows remote monitoring of key biometrics. It uses algorithms to support remote monitoring for patients with cardiac arrhythmias and allows physicians to monitor key ...

Manny Villafana, Chairman and CEO of Kips Bay Medical, Inc. announced that on April 30, the Mayo Clinic performed its first implant of an eSVS Mesh at its Rochester, Minnesota facility. According to a release, this implant was performed as part of ...