Mayo Clinic App Update Includes Touch ID, Passbook, and Radiology Images
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- Written by Bryan Anderson
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Rochester, Minnesota - Mayo Clinic announced today the update of the Mayo Clinic app, available as a free download from Apple’s App Store. Mayo’s flagship mobile app now includes access to radiology images and Touch ID, and is compatible with Apple’s Passbook.
Tests help determine safe flu vaccine for patient with allergies
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- Written by James Li, M.D., Ph.D.
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Rochester, Minnesota - There are influenza vaccines available that do not contain thimerosal. Before you get the vaccine again, make an appointment to see a doctor who specializes in allergies. That specialist can do tests to check your allergies and help you find an influenza vaccine that is safe for you.
Exercise and illness: Work out with a cold?
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- Written by Edward R. Laskowski, M.D.
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Scottsdale, Arizona - Mild to moderate physical activity is usually OK if you have a garden-variety cold and no fever. Exercise may even help you feel better by opening your nasal passages and temporarily relieving nasal congestion.
Study finds experience of pain relies on multiple brain pathways, not just one
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Boulder, Colorado - People’s mindsets can affect their experience of pain. For example, a soldier in battle or an athlete in competition may report that an injury did not feel especially painful in the heat of the moment. But until now it has been unclear how this phenomenon works in the brain.
DASH diet: Healthy eating to lower your blood pressure
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Scottsdale, Arizona - DASH stands for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. The DASH diet is a lifelong approach to healthy eating that's designed to help treat or prevent high blood pressure (hypertension). The DASH diet encourages you to reduce the sodium in your diet and eat a variety of foods rich in nutrients that help lower blood pressure, such as potassium, calcium and magnesium.
Novel Imaging Technique Improves Prostate Cancer Detection
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- Written by Scott LaFee
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San Diego, California - In 2014, prostate cancer was the leading cause of newly diagnosed cancers in men and the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Writing in the January 6, 2015 issue of the journal Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Disease, a team of scientists and physicians from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with counterparts at University of California, Los Angeles, describe a novel imaging technique that measurably improves upon current prostate imaging – and may have significant implications for how patients with prostate cancer are ultimately treated.
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