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            <title>Men with Strokes Call for Help Quicker Than Women, Mayo Clinic Study Says</title>
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            <description>A Mayo Clinic study, presented at the American Stroke Conference in New Orleans in early February, says that men experiencing a stroke call for emergency help quicker than women, especially if they are married. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic Named to Fortune's &quot;100 Best Companies to Work For&quot; List</title>
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            <description>Fortune magazine named Mayo Clinic to its select list of the &quot;100 Best Companies to Work For&quot; in 2012. This is Mayo's ninth consecutive year on the magazine's annual compilation of companies that rate high with employees. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Red Tape a Major Barrier to the Use of Telemedicine, Study Shows</title>
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            <description>Administrative burdens and limits on reimbursement are among the obstacles keeping hospitals from choosing to implement potentially lifesaving telemedicine programs, according to a study published in the January/February issue of Telemedicine and e-Health and co-authored by Mayo Clinic. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic Surgeons Advance Esophagectomy Treatment</title>
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            <description>Surgeons at Mayo Clinic in Arizona have perfected a new procedure that offers a less invasive option in the treatment of esophageal cancer. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic Breaks Ground for Proton Beam Facility</title>
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            <description>Mayo Clinic broke ground today for a proton beam therapy facility at its Phoenix campus. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Scientists Develop Vaccine That Successfully Attacks Breast Cancer in Mice</title>
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            <description>Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and the University of Georgia (UGA) have developed a vaccine that dramatically reduces tumors in a mouse model that mimics 90 percent of human breast and pancreatic cancer cases - including those that are resistant to common treatments. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Research Focuses on Fight Against Multiple Myeloma</title>
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            <description>Research on the same protein that was a primary mediator of the birth defects caused by thalidomide now holds hope in the battle against multiple myeloma, says the study's senior investigator, Keith Stewart, M.B., Ch.B. of Mayo Clinic in Arizona. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Ruxolinitib Better at Reducing Myelofibrosis Symptoms, Study Shows</title>
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            <description>In a major advance in treatment, a multicenter study including Mayo Clinic found that ruxolinitib did a better job than off-label chemotherapy drugs reducing the terrible symptoms associated with myelofibrosis, including pain, enlarged spleen, anemia, fever, chills, fatigue, and weight loss. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic Implements Data-driven Model for Sustaining Service Performance</title>
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            <description>Details of a &quot;seven-prong&quot; model for improving service quality and creating value, developed by Mayo Clinic in Arizona, were published in the November/December issue of Journal of Healthcare Management. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic Hospital among top cardiovascular hospitals in U.S.</title>
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            <description>Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix has been ranked among the 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals in the country, according to the 13th annual Thomson Reuters study. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic Announces Kingman Regional Medical Center as Care Network Member</title>
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            <description>Mayo Clinic officials announced Kingman Regional Medical Center (KRMC), based in Kingman, Ariz., as a member of the newly created Mayo Clinic Care Network. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>Mayo Clinic announced the expansion of Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minn., to Arizona, creating a branch to be called Mayo Medical School - Arizona Campus. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Good News for Rural Stroke Patients: Telestroke Care is Cost-effective</title>
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            <description>In this first-of-its-kind U.S. health economic analysis, researchers have found that using two way audio-video telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that don't have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, on staff. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>A Decade Later: Mayo Celebrates Benefits of 'Pill Camera'</title>
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            <description>August marked a significant 10-year anniversary for patients with digestive problems. In August 2001, the FDA approved use of capsule endoscopy technology to examine the last frontier of the human GI tract - the small bowel. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic Baseline Concussion Testing Broadened to Include Middle School Students</title>
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            <description>Mayo Clinic announced the extension of the statewide baseline cognitive concussion testing initiative to middle school students in Arizona. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic Physician: Mistaken Fear of Measles Shot Has 'Devastating' Effect</title>
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            <description>Measels is making an alarming comeback in the United States and Europe, the result of unfounded fears about a link between the measles shot and autism that have turned some parents against childhood vaccination, says Gregory Poland, M.D., of Mayo Clinic. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>ASU Biomedical Informatics Department Opens its Doors at Mayo Clinic</title>
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            <description>Arizona State University recently relocated its Biomedical Informatics department to the Scottsdale campus of Mayo Clinic. This move is part of a formal commitment to deepen collaborative efforts between Mayo Clinic and ASU in health care, medical research and education. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic/Arizona State University Concussion Summit Focuses on High School Athletes</title>
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            <description>Coaches, athletic trainers, athletic directors, medical professionals and others concerned about protecting high school athletes from the effects of concussions will gather for the Arizona Concussion Summit sponsored by Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University on Saturday Aug. 20, at the Arizona Ballroom, Room 221, Memorial Union at ASU, 10 a.m. to noon. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>$220 Million Grant Supports Mayo-Czech Research</title>
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            <description>Mayo Clinic will receive $10 million in research funding from the European Union (EU) as part of a $220 million grant to its collaborator, the St. Anne's University Hospital in Brno, the Czech Republic, to support clinical research and education at the International Clinical Research Center (ICRC) at St. Anne's and will focus initially on cardiovascular and neurological studies. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic Extends Baseline Concussion Testing Initiative to Arizona's Youth Hockey Players</title>
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            <description>Mayo Clinic announces the extension of the statewide high school baseline concussion testing initiative to youth hockey players in Arizona. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Milestone for Mayo Clinic: 100th Heart Transplant Performed</title>
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            <description>Mayo Clinic in Arizona has performed its 100th heart transplant since the program opened in the fall of 2005 - a significant milestone, given that Mayo Clinic is the only medical center doing adult heart transplants in Maricopa County. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic Trustees Name New Vice President and CEO in Arizona, Honor Named Professors</title>
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            <description>The Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees appointed a new vice president and chief executive officer in Arizona and recognized two recipients of Mayo Clinic named professorships at its quarterly meeting today. Wyatt Decker, M.D., has been named Mayo Clinic vice president and chief executive officer in Arizona, succeeding Victor Trastek, M.D. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Earlier Memory Loss Tied to Cardiovascular Risks &amp; Alzheimer's Gene</title>
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            <description>People who carry a gene associated with Alzheimer's disease and have cardiovascular risks experience age-related memory decline 20 to 25 years sooner than people who carry the gene without cardiovascular risk according to a 17-year Mayo Clinic-led study recently published in Neurology. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>As Valley Temps Climb, So Do Risk Factors for Patients With Diabetes</title>
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            <description>People with diabetes need to learn more about how to beat the heat in hot climates such as Arizona by taking precautions when temperatures climb and humidity levels rise, according to the Mayo Clinic. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>New Device Holds Promise of Making Blood Glucose Testing Easier for Patients with Diabetes</title>
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            <description>People with diabetes could be helped by a new type of self-monitoring blood glucose sensor being developed by Arizona State University engineers and clinicians at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Patients are Willing to Undergo Multiple Tests for New Cancer Treatments</title>
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            <description>Cancer patients are willing to undergo many tests to receive advanced experimental treatment in clinical trials, according to a new study. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>New Imaging Technology Improves Diagnosis of Small Bowel Disease</title>
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            <description>Patients with disorders of the small bowel, such as gastrointestinal bleeding, tumors, Crohn's disease and Celiac disease, are now benefitting from significant technological advancements that help physicians better diagnose and treat such conditions, according to the Mayo Clinic. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Mayo Clinic Marks Strong 2010 Financial Performance</title>
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            <description>Mayo Clinic leaders today announced that the organization finished 2010 in a strong financial position, with net operating income of $515 million, a 6.5 percent operating margin. Because Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit organization, all income is reinvested into Mayo Clinic patient care, education and research programs. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>Using available tissue samples, scientists at Mayo Clinic have developed a new method to identify eosinophilic esophagitis, a chronic condition on the rise in U.S. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>Promising news for patients with dysplastic Barrett's esophagus: A recent study found a high rate of complete eradication of the disease - and its potential for progressing - in patients who underwent a procedure called radio frequency ablation. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>Mayo Clinic is among four international transplant centers to be recognized for achieving 100 percent success rates for five or more consecutive patients implanted with the Total Artificial Heart. Patient success is defined as bridged-to-transplant or currently listed for transplant. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>Nearly half of US troops evaluated for chronic headaches following a combat tour have a history of mild head trauma, usually due to exposure to blasts. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>The Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center is joining with Arizona State University and The Project for Arizona's Future to convene business, political and health care leaders from Arizona for a conference to discuss patient-centered health care reform. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>A new, high-definition computerized tomography (CT) scanner capable of seeing internal structures in the human body as thin as a grain of sand is now in place at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and shows promise of setting the new standard for clarity in CT imaging. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>As part of a multicenter trial sponsored by Bioheart, Inc., Mayo Clinic is investigating a new cell implantation procedure that could potentially return all or part of their former vitality. Mayo is the first center in the Southwest enrolling patients in this study. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>Writing in the current issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), James J. Lee, Ph.D., of Mayo Clinic, suggests that while rare, white blood cells called eosinophils have traditionally been blamed for tissue destruction caused by asthma and other allergy related illnesses, these cells now appear to be responsible for mobilizing the body's defense system. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>&quot;Creating a Health Care System That Works for Americans&quot; will address the need for health care reform and share policy recommendations from the recent Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center National Symposium on Health Care Reform, held March 9-11 in Leesburg, Va. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>Participants gathered at the Mayo Clinic National Symposium on Health Care Reform ranked insuring all Americans; creating universal clinical information technology systems; and paying providers based on outcomes and prevention as top priorities for creating a true system of health care in the United States. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>Organ transplant programs at Mayo Clinic in Arizona are being studied by other transplant centers around the country as part of a national effort to improve transplant outcomes. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <description>Next week, Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center will convene 400 health care thought leaders in Lansdowne, Va., to create health care reform action plans based upon common principles, and prioritize a handful of policy recommendations for the private and public sectors, including the next president of the United States. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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            <title>Study explores computers to detect Alzheimer's in brain scans</title>
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            <description>Computers can be trained to detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease in MRI brain scans, according to a study from Mayo Clinic and other participating centers. The findings were published in the March 2008 issue of Brain. (Source: Mayo Clinic Arizona News)</description>
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