Contact tracing is a used to slow community spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19. Contact tracing is the process of finding and reaching out to…

There are many tools for good health. Some are well-documented and include physical activity, sleep, connection to others and healthy nutrition.  We also often receive…

An intensive care unit (ICU) is a special unit in a hospital where patients who are very ill can be under constant supervision by their health…

  Written by Meera Shah, M.B., Ch.B., a Mayo Clinic endocrinologist It is estimated that approximately 30 percent of women of childbearing age in the…

There are two types of tests for COVID-19, and it is important to understand the difference. The first type, a diagnostic test, is used to…

Rochester nurse Genaida Benson, "Piano Nurse", works in Non-Vascular Radiology and has been regularly sharing her beautiful talent with Rochester staff through a private employee…

  For a long time, celiac disease was thought to be primarily a disease of childhood. But evidence from recent decades indicates a high prevalence…

While social distancing, many of us face a common problem: our home environments are becoming too familiar. Remember when the living room couch felt like…

Coming from a family of science and math Ph.D’s, Elizabeth Stephens, M.D., Ph.D, didn’t initially aspire to becoming a doctor. However, during her sophomore year…

Emergency medicine is a specialty that prides itself on a mantra: anyone, anything, anytime. The COVID-19 pandemic has put emergency health care providers and first responders…

  In December 2019, an outbreak of a new infectious disease occurred in China. The virus has been named "SARS-CoV-2" and the disease it causes…

Did you know 100% of the hospital gift shop profits at Saint Marys Campus and Methodist Campus are distributed in a myriad of ways to…