July 14, 2016
New App Takes the Itch Out of Buying Skin Care Products
By In the Loop
Christina Boland is not a paid spokesperson for SkinSafe but she certainly sounds like one. “It’s been a godsend for me,” Christina says of the online skin care database and iOS mobile app created by Mayo Clinic dermatologist James Yiannias, M.D. SkinSafe matches consumers with skin care products they can use without risk of an […]
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Tags: Apps, Mayo Clinic Ventures, Skin Allergies
May 28, 2015
Wondering What to Do Between Appointments? Ask Some Seventh-Graders, Or Try Their App
By In the Loop
What can we do before that late-afternoon appointment? Where should we go for dinner? Does anything happen in Rochester, Minnesota, after 5 p.m.? These are questions often asked (we’re guessing) by folks who come to Mayo Clinic from out of town. Lucky for them, three seventh-graders from Kasson-Mantorville Middle School (west of Rochester) have a […]
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Tags: Apps, Community Spirit, Rochester Campus
March 12, 2015
Typhoid, Tuberculosis, Dengue, Oh My! – New App Targets Travel Health
By In the Loop
Mayo employees seem to be constantly dreaming up new and innovative ways to help improve the health care landscape for our patients and, really, the world. Fortunately, Mayo has programs like Mayo Clinic Ventures and Mayo’s Employee Entrepreneurship Program to help make it all happen. Two recent beneficiaries of those services are Mayo’s Rizwan Sohail, […]
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Tags: Apps, Dr. Rizwan Sohail, Rashid Fehmi, Travel Medicine