April 8, 2016
Comprehensive Training: What Hockey Players Should Know
By Dave Hansen
While fans and many athletes only focus on the season, physicians and trainers at Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine are thinking of what should happen during the off-season. Recently, Michael Stuart, M.D., Co-Director, Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine, Chief Medical and Safety Officer, USA Hockey gathered a small group of trainers and held a webinar on the […]
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March 31, 2016
The Importance of Exercise & Staying Motivated
By Dave Hansen
Recently Carmen Terzic, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of Mayo Clinic Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation joined Aliza Lifshitz, M.D., as her guest on Life and Health, Chatting with Dra. Aliza radio show. The program is heard over 270 radio stations affiliated with the Hispanic Communications Network in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The segment […]
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March 25, 2016
Mayo Clinic Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation receives three-year accreditation
By Dave Hansen
Mayo Clinic Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation received the full three-year accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities following the site visit in January. The final report was extremely positive and indicates a successful outcome. The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities surveyors observed strong multidisciplinary care delivery, extensive interdisciplinary collaboration and […]
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February 24, 2016
International Consortium for Regenerative Rehabilitation
By Dave Hansen
Click here to watch the interview. Mayo Clinic is now part of an International Consortium for Regenerative Rehabilitation. In this video interview conducted during the Fourth Annual Regenerative Rehabilitation Symposium last fall, Fabrisia Ambrosio, Ph.D., M.P.T., Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh and Carmen Terzic, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of Mayo Clinic Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation discuss […]
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February 1, 2016
Mayo Clinic Physiatrist Selected as Next ABPMR Director
By Dave Hansen
Carolyn L. Kinney, M.D., a board certified physiatrist at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona been named as the next Executive Director of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR). “Please join me in congratulating Dr. Kinney,” wrote Carmen M. Terzic, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of Mayo Clinic Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation regarding […]
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January 28, 2016
Interplay Between Exercise & Dietary Fat Modulates Myelinogenesis in the Central Nervous System
By Dave Hansen
Diet is an intrinsic aspect of everyday life and is emerging as a major regulator of brain function and plasticity. The increasing consumption of saturated fats and sugars as is typical of a Western diet is considered detrimental for CNS function; however, based on the high content of lipids in brain, how to manage consumption […]
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January 20, 2016
Gene Therapy for Cartilage Regeneration
By Dave Hansen
Christopher H. Evans, Ph.D., Director of Mayo Clinic Rehabilitation Medicine Research Center, Professor of Orthopedics and Carmen Terzic, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of Mayo Clinic Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation discuss Gene Therapy for Cartilage at the Fourth Annual Symposium on Regenerative Rehabilitation. Cartilage is unusual tissue because it’s one of the few organs in the […]
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January 14, 2016
By Dave Hansen
Nathan LeBrasseur, M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, PM&R was interviewed recently at the Fourth Annual Symposium on Regenerative Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. LeBrasseur discussed his research at the Mayo Clinic Center on Aging. He believes there are fundamental underpinnings to diseases like sarcopenia, which is the […]
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January 7, 2016
Neurotechnology to Restore Function After Spinal Cord Injury
By Dave Hansen
Peter J. Grahn, Mayo Clinic Predoctoral student, Neurobiology Disease Track and Kendall Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic, discuss Grahn’s background and research. In 2005 he suffered a cervical spinal cord injury, spurring his interest in spinal cord research. Peter joined the Mayo Neural Engineering Laboratories to assist in the effort […]
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