Monthly Archives: May 2009

What I Learned at Mayo Clinic Was Shocking

May 28th, 2009 - 6:00 am

I am not a Mayo Clinic employee, and I’ve never been a Mayo Clinic patient. But I am a heart attack survivor who last October travelled from the West Coast of Canada to Rochester to attend the annual WomenHeart Science … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic “Octogenarian Idols” Appear on Good Morning America

May 25th, 2009 - 8:23 pm

Marlow and Frances Cowan, the Iowa couple whose piano duet in the atrium of Mayo Clinic’s Gonda building has been viewed more than 2 million times since April 7, were featured this morning, May 26, on Good Morning America, live … Continue reading →

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Cindy’s Story: Finding Answers at Mayo After Nearly a Decade of Health Issues

May 22nd, 2009 - 6:00 am

After spending most of the last decade in and out of physicians’ offices looking for solutions to her medical problems, Cindy Hansen turned to the Mayo Clinic for answers. She was very tired and very ill, but her symptoms weren’t … Continue reading →

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Achieving Improved Fitness and Health at Mayo Clinic

May 19th, 2009 - 6:00 am

As Mayo Clinic employees, we are very fortunate to have a state-of-the-art fitness center on the Mayo Clinic Rochester campus. Called the Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center, it is supported by a generous gift from Dan Abraham, founder of SlimFast … Continue reading →

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Stroke Awareness: Do you know the signs?

May 18th, 2009 - 6:00 am

Despite the fact that I have been a Mayo Clinic employee for almost 19 years, and have worked for over five of those years with our comprehensive Stroke Center, I was shocked to find out that I didn’t know all … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day Gift for a Mom Who Has Everything (including Pancreatic Cancer)

May 14th, 2009 - 9:00 am

On Mother’s Day, Jeanine Peterson told the story on her blog of the special gift she gave her mom, a Mayo Clinic patient. With her mom’s permission, we share a portion of the story here:

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A Prom Promise Kept

May 9th, 2009 - 9:00 pm

As an 8-year-old girl from Michigan was headed into surgery for a heart transplant, she asked Mike Ackerman — a pediatric cardiology fellow at Mayo who was part of her care team — if she was going to live. Dr. … Continue reading →

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Anne de Bari

May 7th, 2009 - 4:00 pm

December 7, 1941 was labeled by Franklin Delano Roosevelt as a “Day of Infamy” after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  For my wife, Anne, and me the date was April 13, 2009 when we heard from our family doctor that … Continue reading →

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Celebrating the Nursing Profession

May 7th, 2009 - 6:24 am

National Nurses Week is May 6 through May 12. 2009.  The purpose of National Nurses Week is to raise awareness about the nursing profession and to help educate the public about the important role nurses play in health care.  Mayo Clinic … Continue reading →

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"Overcoming" Paralysis

May 6th, 2009 - 7:08 am

This submission came via email from P.J. Stietz, a Mayo Clinic employee: My husband and I just recently marked the sixth anniversary of the accident that paralyzed him. It was Mayo that came to his rescue, patched him up and … Continue reading →

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