Items Tagged ‘Jacksonville’
May 18, 2009
Stroke Awareness: Do you know the signs?
By CSMMayo 
Despite the fact that I have been a Mayo Clinic employee for almost 19 years, and have worked for over five of those years with our comprehensive Stroke Center, I was shocked to find out that I didn’t know all the signs and symptoms of stroke! It’s not just slurred speech or drooping of the […]
Tags: Florida, Jacksonville, stroke, stroke center, stroke symptoms, stroke team
March 3, 2009
Olympic Runner Part of Mayo’s Marathon History
More than 6,000 people came to Mayo Clinic’s campus in Florida on Feb. 15 to help find a cure for breast cancer. Runners and walkers from every state and 15 countries participated in the second annual 26.2 with Donna – The National Marathon to Fight Breast Cancer.
Tags: brazil, breast cancer, Cancer, Jacksonville, marathon, Perez, puerto rico
February 18, 2009
Surgical Precision: It’s Magnetic
By CSMMayo
Sometimes the doors just aren’t big enough. That was the case with this 6-ton magnet that was installed in a second-floor procedure room of Mayo Clinic’s hospital in Jacksonville. The new intra-operative magnetic resonance imaging (IMRI) system allows neurosurgeons to use real-time imaging as they operate on brain tumors. This gives them a more sensitive […]
Tags: Florida, IMRI, intraoperative MRI, Jacksonville, magnetic resonance imaging, Surgery
February 17, 2009
Researchers Test for Alzheimer’s Risk
By CSMMayo
Mayo Clinic investigators have found that measuring blood levels of amyloid, an insoluble protein, can help predict who is at risk for developing mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease. The finding is another step in developing a simple blood test that, coupled with known risk factors, could someday identify people at risk for Alzheimer’s. “By […]
Tags: Alzheimer's blood test, Alzheimer's disease, amyloid, Graff-Radford, Jacksonville, Memory Disorder Clinic, mild cognitive impairment