Mayo Clinic

not overwhelming, making them user-friendly and simple to follow. The Mayo Clinic’s website is similar to WebMD in that it is organized, although it has a different “feel”. The Mayo Clinic’s site is professional looking. Some first impressions aren’t good, for example, my first impression of the Educate Yourself website. It is extremely overwhelming, unorganized, and difficult to follow. On first glance, I would say that the Mayo Clinic’s website would be the one I would turn to for medical…

The bubonic plague is a deadly bacterial disease transmitted by fleas and rats (Mayo Clinic). It is uncommon during recent times, there are only about five thousand worldwide diagnoses a year, and about nine in the United States (Mayo Clinic). During the 14th century, this disease was behind the death of one third of Europe’s population (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica). The bubonic plague is primarily a disease of rodents and fleas, and humans only accidentally enter the usual cycle of…

it caused by multiple causes such as a malfunctioning immune system and heredity (Mayo Clinic Staff). The immune system could be a cause because it is believed that a virus or bacterium may be a trigger for Crohn’s Disease (Mayo Clinic Staff). When the immune system attempts to attack the bacteria or virus, an abnormal immune response causes the immune system to attack the cells within the digestive tract (Mayo Clinic Staff). On the other hand, it is believed to be hereditary because it is more…

hair thinning or falling out, and fainting or dizziness (Mayo Clinic). Other physical symptoms include severely restricting food or bingeing and self-induced vomiting. Abusing drugs that promote going to the restroom is also another alternative. Besides physical symptoms, there are also emotional/behavioral symptoms that accompany anorexia. Behavioral symptoms include irritability or depressed mood, denial of hunger or food (Mayo Clinic). Some things someone may watch for are things like…

"We used to think that our fate was in our stars, but now we know that, in large measure, our fate is in our genes, " - James Watson. (Rocholl, 1996) Gene Therapy is the key to unlocking our fate that is deeply hidden within our genes. As viruses get stronger and new diseases are discovered, we need one treatment that can cure all of that. Scientists hope that this treatment will be Gene Therapy. It’s a brilliant idea, however there are many risks, regulations and ethical issues involved. It’s…

The University of Mary Master of Science in Nursing – Nursing Leadership and Management Program along with the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Program of The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota collaborated to improve upon the ECMO simulation format currently used at the organization. ECMO is a medical treatment that serves as a form of life support to sustain life in those who are experiencing respiratory and/or cardiac failure. This modality of treatment is becoming more common…

About 40,000 babies each year are born with a congenital heart defect (“Congenital Heart Defect”). It also states in the article that the most common type of heart defect is the ventricular septal defect. A ventricular septal defect is a flaw in the septum; the septum is a “wall” in the lower chambers of the heart that separates the left and right side (“Ventricular Septal Defect”; “Atrioventricular Canal Defect in Children”). Parents are able to be more aware if their child acquires the defect…

In 1888, on the second story of the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum, in a cold, dark room, sat a young tortured artist (Pachko, 2015). He had just been admitted into the asylum for taking a razor and cutting off his left ear. His life was filled with self-harm, self-doubt, God, and art (Bio, 2000). His art helped him stay mentally stable, for a short amount of time (Bio, 2000). On July 27, 1890 he went out to paint the morning sky and could no longer cope with the “voices in his head” (Bio, 2000).…

Vendors, Mayo Clinic Emphasizes Security, is specifically about how contracts in healthcare between hospitals and vendors are very important for security. There needs to be a specific language used to protect the cyber security of a hospital from outside vendor’s technology. This article focuses on the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN and how they handle their contracts. This article was written as an interview of Kevin McDonald the clinical information security director at the Mayo Clinic. It…

(anterograde amnesia) or old memories (retrograde amnesia) effects only a very small percentage of the world population, but severely decreases the quality of life (“Amnesia”, “Mayo Clinic”). Amnesia comes in many forms, ranging from the dissociative to that caused by physical damage to the brain (“Amnesia”, “Mayo Clinic ”). Neurological amnesia becomes more common as people age, due to the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of neurological deterioration, although it also affects…