Items Tagged ‘Mayo Clinic in Florida’
March 19, 2019
Right Diagnosis Leads to Relief From Autoimmune Encephalitis
By In the Loop 
Staff in Mayo Clinic’s Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology are researching how the immune system can target the nervous system, and more importantly for patients, how to treat it.
Tags: autoimmune encephalitis, Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology, Dr. Jason Siegel, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
January 31, 2019
Medical Director of Native American Programs Was ‘Meant to be a Healer’
By In the Loop
Dr. Judith Kaur has spent her career improving the lives and health of American Indians, especially when it comes to the early detection and treatment of cancer.
Tags: Dr Judith Kaur, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Native American Programs
January 29, 2019
ALS Research Turns Personal for Patient, Researcher
By In the Loop
As a researcher in neuroscience, Mayo Clinic’s Tania Gendron, Ph.D., doesn’t typically see patients, so she was excited for the opportunity to meet with a patient who was interested in her ALS research.
Tags: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Discovery's Edge, Dr. (Kevin) Boylan, Dr. Leonard Petrucelli, Dr. Tania Gendron, Mayo Clinic in Florida
January 3, 2019
After ‘Shallow Water Blackout,’ Therapeutic Hypothermia Brings Clay Meers Back
By In the Loop
Clay Meers was in Florida for flight training when he passed out underwater. After exhausting nearly every treatment available, his Mayo care team tried therapeutic hypothermia — and saved Clay’s life.
Tags: Dr. Beth Grieninger, Emergency Department, Mayo Clinic in Florida, therapeutic hypothermia
November 6, 2018
‘Almost Like You Won the Lottery’: CAR-T Cell Therapy Gives Cancer Patients New Hope
By In the Loop
Treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma had been successful for Tanis Milicevic, who was in remission for years. But when her cancer returned, she turned to Mayo and a new, individualized cell-based therapy.
Tags: CAR-T Cell therapy, Dr. Mohamed Kharfan Dabaja, Mayo Clinic in Florida
October 23, 2018
Research Program Lighting a SPARK for the Sciences in Florida High Schoolers
By In the Loop
Science-minded high school students in Florida are getting real-world experience as researchers thanks to a new program offered by Mayo Clinic’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Tags: Dr. Abba Zubair, Dr. Dev Mukhopadhyay, Krishnendu Pal, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Ph.D., Science Program for the Advancement of Research Knowledge
October 18, 2018
They Won’t be Derailed — Mayo Team Bikes to Advance MS Research
By In the Loop
For more than two decades, staff from Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus have become Team Mayo at the annual two-day cycling event, Bike MS. The ride raises funds for people affected by multiple sclerosis.
Tags: Mayo Clinic in Florida, multiple sclerosis, Sarah Knowles, Sherry Mahoney
October 11, 2018
Doctors Dance, Paint and Create Their Way to Better Care
By In the Loop
It’s not unusual for doctors at Mayo Clinic to get together and discuss shared interests. For one group of residents who gather monthly, the goal is improved mental health through art therapy.
Tags: Dr. Laura Vallow, Dr. Tasneem Kaleem, Humanities in Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Radiation Oncology
September 25, 2018
Another Transplant Games, More Medals for Curtis Higgons
By In the Loop
In just five years since a double lung transplant at Mayo Clinic, Curtis Higgons has gone from not knowing “what having good lungs felt like” to winning medals in two swimming events.
Tags: Cystic Fibrosis, Lung Transplant, Mayo Clinic in Florida
September 18, 2018
Lab Director Dad Will Run to Raise Funds for Diabetes Research
By In the Loop
When Mayo Clinic scientists Jonathan and Paula Hoyne learned their 7-year-old son had type 1 diabetes, they began learning anything they could about the disease, including how they could help others.
Tags: artificial pancreas, Dr. Jonathan Hoyne, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Type 1 diabetes