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  2. Mayo Clinic Cancer Center - Wikipedia

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    The Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is one of the oldest NCI-designated cancer centers in the United States, having first been designated in 1973. [3] The main location of the Mayo Clinic is in Rochester, MN. Campuses in Arizona and Florida opened later and became part of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center in 2003. [4] [5]

  3. Health impact of asbestos - Wikipedia

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    The first known U.S. workers' compensation claim for asbestos disease was in 1927. In 1930, the first reported autopsy of a person with asbestosis was conducted in the United States and later presented by a doctor at the Mayo Clinic, although in this case the exposure involved mining activities somewhere in South America. [40]

  4. Environmental impact of concrete - Wikipedia

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    Concrete dust released by building demolition and natural disasters can be a major source of dangerous air pollution. The presence of some substances in concrete, including useful and unwanted additives, can cause health concerns due to toxicity and (usually naturally occurring) radioactivity . [ 4 ]

  5. Alkali–silica reaction - Wikipedia

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    The alkali–silica reaction (ASR), also commonly known as concrete cancer, [3] is a deleterious internal swelling reaction that occurs over time in concrete between the highly alkaline cement paste and the reactive amorphous (i.e., non-crystalline) silica found in many common aggregates, given sufficient moisture.

  6. Mayo Clinic - Wikipedia

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    Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit hospital system with campuses in Rochester, Minnesota; Scottsdale and Phoenix, Arizona; and Jacksonville, Florida. [22] [23] Mayo Clinic employs 76,000 people, including more than 7,300 physicians and clinical residents and over 66,000 allied health staff, as of 2022. [5]

  7. 5 cancer types where screenings save the most lives - AOL

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    "For people wanting to act on this information, I suggest they talk to their health care providers about what steps they may want to take to help prevent and screen for cancer." The study had some ...

  8. Mayo Clinic's Chief Information Officer Cris Ross retires - AOL

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    Dec. 10—ROCHESTER — Cris Ross, Mayo Clinic's high-profile information technology chief who managed the $1.5 billion Epic System medical records transition, retired in November. Ross had served ...

  9. Concrete cancer - Wikipedia

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    Concrete cancer may refer to: Rebar corrosion and spalling of the concrete cover above rebar caused by the rust expansion and accelerated by chloride attack and pitting corrosion of the steel reinforcements.