Colleen Wilson clearly remembers when she decided to become a blood donor. Conversing with her surgical colleagues at Mayo Clinic one day, they pondered: "What…

When Su Spafford began working at Mayo Clinic in 1987, she was asked if she would consider becoming a blood donor. Su embraced the idea,…

Smaller incisions, less pain and faster recovery are just a few reasons minimally invasive heart surgery can be a good option for patients with heart…

After studying the use of the Cytosponge to sample cells in the esophagus for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), Mayo Clinic is now offering this test in…

People may be curious, confused or critical of what seem to be changing messages related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and…

  https://youtu.be/CqSrk4inPNo This week, I want to highlight an inspriational story of a Mayo Clinic Arizona patient living with Mild Cognitive Impairment. I have not…

The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ that sits just beneath the liver, on the right side of the abdomen. Slender tubes that carry bile…

Music is Good Medicine: On behalf of the African Descendants MERG in MN and the Lavins Center for Humanities in Medicine, please enjoy this performance…

Apart and Together Story by: Jamie Vue | Eau Claire, WI Countdown to Better Days By October of 2020, I was five months pregnant, and…

Sharing this "Daily Pause" from the Center for the Art of Medicine at the U of MN featuring St. Paul, MN artist Seitu Jones.  Mr.…

Cardiac amyloidosis is irreversible thickening of the heart muscle that typically presents as a form of congestive heart failure. It is overlooked often because the…

The Healing Ingredient Story by: Jim Alf Eau Claire, WI I have admitted my wife into a memory care facility. Getting ready, packing, marking, the…