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Ischemic colitis — Low blood flow to the colon
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Chronic back pain — A new treatment option
Breast imaging — Advances in earlier cancer detection
Coronary stents — Keeping vessels open
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Changed forever — Caring for someone with Alzheimer's disease
 
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Aortic aneurysm

When surgery makes sense

Your doctor ordered a computerized tomography (CT) scan to see if you have kidney stones. But the CT scan revealed something unexpected in your abdomen — a bulge (aneurysm) in your aorta, the main artery supplying blood to your body.
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What's new in vasculitis?

In early June 2008, Mayo Clinic hosted the 8th International Vasculitis Symposium of the Vasculitis Foundation, a biennial event. The Vasculitis Foundation is a patient organization devoted to providing support for people who have vasculitis and their families, as well as to educating patients, families and physicians. The foundation also raises money for research into vasculitis.

Vasculitis generally refers to blood vessel inflammation. It can damage blood vessel walls, disrupt blood circulation, and even be fatal (see our September 2008 edition).

Well over 400 people who have vasculitis attended the symposium. Vasculitis experts from major health care institutions across the United States were there — including physicians from Cleveland Clinic, Boston University, Johns Hopkins University, University of North Carolina and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital.

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