Read more Mayo Clinic stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14954/mayo-clinic.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:11:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71539/mayo-clinic-turns-away-medicare-medicaid-patients.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Mayo Clinic, which has gotten plaudits from the White House for its low spending on Medicare and Medicaid patients, is turning some of those patients away. The clinic will stop accepting Medicaid patients from Nebraska or Montana at its main Rochester, Minnesota, campus, and will no longer offer primary...http://www.newser.com/story/71539/mayo-clinic-turns-away-medicare-medicaid-patients.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 7:44:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67355/to-cure-health-care-see-this-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTo fix health care, we need a commander like Gen. David Petraeus: “a professional who can break through the political chaff and describe a strategy for reform that can unite the country,” writes David Ignatius in the Washington Post . He nominates Mayo Clinic CEO Dr. Denis Cortese, who’s already doing...http://www.newser.com/story/67355/to-cure-health-care-see-this-doctor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 10:25:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64545/johns-hopkins-tops-hospital-rankings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohns Hopkins has been named America’s best hospital for the 19th year in a row, the Baltimore Sun reports. The closely followed US News & World Report rankings placed Hopkins first in rheumatology, urology, and ear, nose and throat; it was second in neurology and neurosurgery, geriatrics, gynecology, ophthalmology, and...http://www.newser.com/story/64545/johns-hopkins-tops-hospital-rankings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 11:08:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64091/celiac-disease-diagnoses-skyrocket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe number of Americans diagnosed with celiac disease has quadrupled since the 1950s, and the condition "is emerging as a substantial public health concern," Mayo Clinic researchers warn. People who had the gluten-intolerance disease and didn’t know it were four times more likely to have died during the past few...http://www.newser.com/story/64091/celiac-disease-diagnoses-skyrocket.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Jul 2009 13:53:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62374/new-prostate-cancer-drug-amazes-researchers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe total recovery of two patients suffering inoperable prostate cancer under a new treatment has amazed researchers at the Mayo Clinic, the Minnesota Post reports. The men, who suffered from a highly aggressive and deadly form of the disease, were found to be cancer-free after treatment with an experimental drug...http://www.newser.com/story/62374/new-prostate-cancer-drug-amazes-researchers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 20 Jun 2009 4:21:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57276/heart-pills-curb-risk-of-prostate-cancer-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMen taking cholesterol drugs to avert heart attacks may also be protecting themselves against prostate cancer and impotency, Bloomberg reports. A 15-year study by the Mayo Clinic tracked 2,440 white Minnesotans and found that those who took statins lowered their cancer risk threefold. The findings are challenged by another...http://www.newser.com/story/57276/heart-pills-curb-risk-of-prostate-cancer-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 7:16:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49371/sepsis-strikes-kills-quickly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe quick and seemingly inexplicable death of 20-year-old Brazilian model Mariana Bridi da Costa brought the dangers of sepsis—the body's inflammatory reaction to an infection—into focus, CNN reports. It can start with something as simple as a skin wound or, as in da Costa's case, a urinary tract...http://www.newser.com/story/49371/sepsis-strikes-kills-quickly.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 Jan 2009 8:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48638/dieting-skip-the-pricey-pills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow that Americans have had access to the first over-the-counter weight-loss drug for 18 months, we've become a lean, mean nation, right? Not so much, writes Debra Sherman for Reuters. It's true that Alli—$60 for a 30-day supply—gives users slightly better results, but they're probably not worth the...http://www.newser.com/story/48638/dieting-skip-the-pricey-pills.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 18:25:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35293/scientists-grow-blood-from-stem-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagScientists have manufactured human blood in a laboratory using embryonic stem cells, reports the Los Angeles Times. The project represents a major technical breakthrough in the controversial area of stem cell research. Researchers made significant quantities of several blood types, but still have a number of hurdles ahead before producing...http://www.newser.com/story/35293/scientists-grow-blood-from-stem-cells.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 Aug 2008 8:00:00 CDT