Author Archives: makalajohnson

Heart Patients Use iPad

May 11th, 2012 - 11:40 am

A new iPad app uses Mayo Clinic patient education to help patients learn about recovery after heart surgery. The app offers patients a wide range of content, including videos, available at the touch of a fingertip. Mayo Clinic Patient Randy … Continue reading →

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Just Keep Trying: Kids and Positive Airway Pressure Therapy

May 8th, 2012 - 8:00 am

The Patient Education video titled Just Keep Trying: Kids and Positive Airway Pressure Therapy (PAP) helps kids understand how important it is to use PAP.  Several kids share their experience about getting used to the therapy machine and that it … Continue reading →

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Mayo International Health Program Testimony – Experience in Bangladesh

April 30th, 2012 - 12:07 pm

Spouses, Drs. Niles and Rachel Batdorf, traveled to Malumghat, Bangladesh to broaden their education and to meet, learn, and work with people from another culture.  This was made possible through the Mayo International Health Program within the Mayo School of … Continue reading →

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Mayo Clinic Young Volunteers

April 18th, 2012 - 8:00 am

We like being part of the Mayo Clinic Young Volunteers Program because Mayo Clinic is a world-class health care institution and being part of something that has such a large impact on medicine and research is really cool! We started … Continue reading →

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Empathize Like A Doctor, Design Like An Entrepreneur

April 9th, 2012 - 2:17 pm

WRITTEN BY: James Oliver Senior and Adam Dole “The health care industry is a slow-moving dinosaur, but health-related apps often fail to take into account any understanding of medicine. How can we bridge that gap?… …At Mayo Clinic, we work on … Continue reading →

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Never Give Up On Your Health – Sniffing out a Discovery

March 28th, 2012 - 10:28 am

My name is Katie Little and I am 28 years old.   I have experienced many nasal problems throughout my life, including two nose fractures and, over the last 10 years, have experienced significant difficulty breathing at night.  I tried a … Continue reading →

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Joey’s Hope – Part 4 of 4

March 27th, 2012 - 8:37 am

Previously: “Joey’s Hope – Part 1 of 4“, “Joey’s Hope – Part 2 of 4“, and “Joey’s Hope – Part 3 of 4” …Because this was an exciting brand new medication the local news station interviewed Joel several times throughout … Continue reading →

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Joey’s Hope – Part 3 of 4

March 26th, 2012 - 8:08 am

Previously: “Joey’s Hope – Part 1 of 4” and “Joey’s Hope – Part 2 of 4” …Within the next twelve short months Joel, Kimberly, and their daughter made FIVE additional trips to the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester. Joel had a … Continue reading →

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Joey’s Hope – Part 2 of 4

March 23rd, 2012 - 9:19 am

Previously: “Joey’s Hope – Part 1 of 4” …Joel was gone to surgery and then to recovery on Friday from about 6:30 a.m. until 4 or 5 p.m. He was moved to the ninth floor of the Mary Brigh building … Continue reading →

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Joey’s Hope – Part 1 of 4

March 22nd, 2012 - 8:41 am

To be told he had melanoma cancer totally shocked Joel Saunders and his family who live in Fort Wayne, Indiana. An auto technician (window installer), Joel was always extremely healthy and rarely called in sick to work. He has been … Continue reading →

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