Transgender people experience significant health care discrimination. Mayo Clinic offers integrated medical and psychosocial interventions to help optimize quality of life for this marginalized and vulnerable population.

Evolving technologies have led to more-aggressive endoscopic approaches to gastrointestinal polyp and early cancer resection

Research shows that for patients age 75 or older who take anticoagulant medication, the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding is three to five times higher when they take the newer anticoagulant medications dabigatran or rivaroxaban than when they take warfarin.

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Mayo Clinic Hospital Medicine: Managing Complex Patients 2015
Nov. 4-7, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz.
This program addresses initial steps to manage patients on novel oral anticoagulants with bleeding complications, tests for evaluating syncope that occurs in the hospital, indications for blood cell transfusion in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

4th Annual ECG and Heart Rhythm: A Case-Based Approach 2015
Dec. 3-6, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Focus includes general ECG understanding and guidelines on congestive heart failure management. Review identification of common ECG patterns, benefits of and barriers to appropriate use of new oral anticoagulant therapies, and new strategies for treatment of atrial fibrillation.

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Visual Memory & Recall in Sports-Related Concussion
Using a tachistoscope created with an iPad app, Mayo researchers identify concussed players by testing memory and recall of plays. Jeffrey R. Bennett, O.D., discusses the varying incidences of concussions experienced by football players in high school, college and the NFL.

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