Archive for January 2023

Clinical depression in older people is common. That doesn’t mean it’s normal. Late-life depression affects about 6 million Americans ages 65 and older. But only 10% get treatment. The likely reason is that older people often display symptoms of depression differently. Depression in older people is also frequently confused with the effects of multiple illnesses…

This presentation was done for Florida’s Center for Individualized Medicine Grand Rounds series on December 20th, 2022. Liewei Wang, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Pharmacology Bernard and Edith Waterman Director, Pharmacogenomics Program, Center for Individualized Medicine Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota To Learn More: To learn more about upcoming educational events, please visit: https://individualizingmedicineconference.mayo.edu/ To learn more…

Joining us today to discuss the physiological underpinnings of myocardial ischemia is Rob S. MacLeod, Ph.D., co-founder and associate director of Scientific Computing & Imaging Institute. Dr. MacLeod uses both experimental investigation and clinical approaches to improve management of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, as well as to explore the mechanisms and indicators of acute myocardial…

Joining us today to discuss the diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) by means of the ECG is Ljuba Bacharova, senior researcher in the International Laser Centre, CVTI, in Bratislava, Slovakia and instructor at Comenius University’s Medical School. Dr. Bacharova’s main focus in research has been in the evaluation of the cardiac electric field with…

Joining us today to discuss the role of non-invasive cardiac imaging in the management of coronary artery disease (CAD) is, Gosia Wamil, M.D., Ph.D. at Mayo Clinic in London, England. Dr. Wamil specializes in heart failure, cardiomyopathies, and advanced cardiac imaging. Tune in to learn more about the role of non-invasive cardiac imaging in the…

Joining us today to discuss septal reduction therapy in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is Gabor Bagameri, M.D., assistant professor of surgery in cardiovascular surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Tune in to learn more about septal myectomy in patients with HCM.  Specific topics discussed: • What are the indications for septal myectomy in patients with…

It was 100 years ago that Dr. Charles Mayo visited France and met with famed physicist Marie Curie, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize. That meeting helped to set the stage for her research collaboration with Mayo and the relationship between Mayo and France that continues today. Celebrating those past, present and future…