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Standing at the forefront of Mayo Clinic’s genomics advancements, Yan Asmann, Ph.D., and Aaron Mansfield, M.D. are working to tailor the diagnosis and treatment of certain cancers to a person’s unique genomic makeup. As a bioinformatician, Dr. Asmann […]
More than 53 million Americans provide unpaid caregiving to family members in their home. This difficult responsibility challenges caregivers with life and death decisions they are sometimes unprepared to make. Local nonprofit ElderSource has spent […]
August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month. It’s a time of celebrating organ donation and educating people about transplantation by encouraging donor registration and promoting healthy living. Dr. Shennen Mao, a Mayo Clinic transplant surgeon, says having a […]
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. The five main strains of the hepatitis virus are referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. While they all cause liver disease, they differ in geographic prevalence, […]
NNPA NEWSWIRE — via BlackPressUSA – By Patti LaBelle – “The more attention I pay to my health, the better I feel. Exercise and I are not friends, but I started becoming more active – […]
In a pilot study of 165 people, Mayo Clinic researchers looked at the effectiveness of two different approaches to weight loss: a standard lifestyle intervention and individualized therapy. The standard lifestyle intervention included a reduced […]
Early detection and regular breast cancer screenings are key to reducing death from breast cancer. Mammograms remain the best tool available and have been shown to reduce deaths from breast cancer. Age recommendations for when women should start yearly […]
Screening guidelines for various cancers change as experts learn more about those diseases. Sometimes changes are made to decrease over-testing. In other cases, screening becomes available at younger ages or updated frequencies. Regardless, cancer screening […]
Clinical trials advance medicine, but the National Institutes of Health says that more than half of studies are unable to recruit or retain the necessary research participants, which can exacerbate health disparities. However, in recent years, digital technologies […]
At Jacksonville’s 27th Semi-Annual Senior Expo inside the Prime Osborn Center UF research teams CaRE2 and PACT (Preventing Alzheimer’s through Cognitive Training) joined forces to disseminate both cancer health and Alzheimer’s research information. Both groups […]
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