Mayo Clinic Finds Social Media Valuable Tool to Recruit Study Participants for Rare Diseases

ROCHESTER, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mayo Clinic has identified a new benefit of social media and online networking: a novel way to study rare diseases. Through patient-run websites dedicated to heart conditions and women’s heart health, a team of cardiologists led by Sharonne Hayes, M.D., is reaching out to survivors of spontaneous coronary artery dissection, also known as SCAD, a poorly understood heart condition that affects just a few thousand Americans every year.

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