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Top highlights include: Stanford developed wireless sensors for health, new breast cancer guidelines, telerehab, and discussions around the effectiveness of zinc for the common cold.
Top highlights include: old drugs might be the next antibiotic, effective treatments for Ebola, and the impact of anxiety for dementia patients.
Top highlights include: measles can harm a child’s defense against infections, new procedures to delay menopause, and doctors training for climate-related topics.
Shotgun metagenomic sequencing is a revolutionary new way to detect infectious organisms. Based on a recent study at Mayo, the tool has already shown great promise in identifying the causes of prosthetic joint infections, which have been challenging to identify.
Mayo Clinic startup company Vineti developed first-of-its-kind software package tracking for cell therapies. Vineti’s groundbreaking product captured a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award in the field of health.
Top highlights include: advances in A.I. in health care, 30th annual best hospital rankings, and more.
Mayo Clinic in Rochester again has been ranked the nation’s best hospital in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019–2020 “Best Hospitals” rankings.
Top highlights include: why you should stop taking aspirin every day, Mayo Clinic’s next maestro, and ways to avoid heat stroke and exhaustion during higher temperatures.
Top highlights include: healthy lifestyle may reduce risk for dementia, Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency, and a promising new migraine medication.
Top highlights include: loss of sleep could lead to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, Amazon’s Alexa to deliver medical advice in the UK, and scientists studying brains of altruistic kidney donors.
If your organization refers outpatient testing to Mayo Clinic Laboratories (MCL) for molecular pathology tests, the performing laboratory will be required to bill Medicare directly for tests that meet specific requirements. This new exception to the laboratory Date of Service (DOS) policy will not apply to advanced laboratory diagnostic tests (ADLTs) or molecular pathology tests performed on a specimen collected from a hospital inpatient.
Top highlights include: common drugs have a higher dementia risk and Mayo study shows vitamin deficiencies may be the only sign of celiac disease.
Top highlights include: a new study shows the long-term impacts of heart disease on the brain, low drug prices can make them less available, and a Mayo Clinic study shows a link between sleep apnea and accelerated aging.