Archive for July 2022

Mayo Clinic Minute – Preparing your pantry for severe weather Before severe weather strikes, it’s important to prepare with enough food and water to last through power outages. Hollee Grady, a Mayo Clinic dietician, shares which foods to have stocked and how to eat healthy during a lengthy weather event. For the safety of its…

Mayo Clinic Women’s Imaging Review Course is a postgraduate medical course that will provide practicing radiologists and radiologists-in-training with information on the imaging diagnosis and management of breast and gynecologic disease. The didactic component of the course will focus on standard practices and core knowledge of imaging interpretation, while emphasizing emerging techniques and current controversies…

Joining us today to discuss ECG in Lyme Carditis is Adrian Baranchuk, M.D., professor of medicine at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.  Specific topics discussed: • What is the role of the ECG in the diagnosis of Lyme carditis? • Once suspected, what would you suggest doing to monitor heart rate? • Any role…

Joining us today to discuss Aortic Regurgitation is Vidhu Anand, MBBS, FACC, FASE, assistant professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Specific topics discussed: • What is aortic regurgitation, how prevalent is it, and how are patients diagnosed and followed-up? • Is there role of MRI in diagnosis and follow up of these…

July is National Fibroid Awareness Month. Black women in the U.S. are up to three times more likely than white women to develop uterine fibroids. While noncancerous, fibroids can cause painful and excessive uterine bleeding, interfere with everyday life and self-image, and affect fertility. Symptoms can vary and so can the size and location of…

Haley was only 20 years old when she found out she had the BRCA1 genetic mutation. It motivated her to take control of her future based upon her family history with cancer. When she was just nine years old, her mom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She says, “It motivated me to have genetic testing…

Steve Mackin – Mercy President and CEO – We’re two organizations that have engaging technology Collaboration with Mercy and Mayo Clinic on Innovative data science that will enable patients to receive personalized, predictive and proactive medicine.