Category Archives: Cancer

Patient Spreads Hope Beyond Borders

February 7th, 2012 - 8:00 am

Deborah Maina is on a mission to educate women about breast cancer. Growing up in the village of Embu in Kenya, where healthcare information was not common, Maina, 43, a breast cancer survivor, is committed to bring education to her … Continue reading →

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Living with Cancer: Blessings and Hope Abound

February 3rd, 2012 - 6:00 am

A diagnosis of cancer can be devastating. For Robert Hoopes, a facilities manager from Glendale, Ariz., the diagnosis hit home – twice. In 2006, Kara, his wife of more than three decades, discovered that she had advanced colon cancer. After … Continue reading →

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The Discovery That Changes Everything

January 31st, 2012 - 11:43 am

I am a hard charging, creative, passionate person who listens to her “inner voice” as much as possible. Earlier this year, I was having multiple ear and throat infections which were not responsive to antibiotics.  After three rounds, my doctor … Continue reading →

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Three Strikes … But Not Out

December 2nd, 2011 - 2:21 pm

Personal Background My name is Alfred “Bart” Howe and I am a very lucky guy. I was born 1938 in a small oilfield town in Oklahoma. Mary and I married in 1965 and have two married sons, a grandson and … Continue reading →

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Cancer Patient Experiences Football as Healing

November 23rd, 2011 - 4:30 pm

Below is an except from a blogpost written by Karon Hanson on the Healing As A Sacred Path blog. “[He] received more rounds of chemo earlier this Fall, and when it was found the cancer was still progressing, he enrolled … Continue reading →

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International Praise for Mayo Clinic’s Nicotine Dependence Center

November 14th, 2011 - 3:30 pm

Meet Mr. Hussein Hatata, lung cancer survivor, who praises the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependency Center for helping him to quit smoking.

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My Mayo Story

October 27th, 2011 - 10:45 am

By Annemieke van der Werff At the end of March 2010, my husband and I returned from a wonderful trip through India. During the trip I had noticed a swollen lymph node in my left armpit. At first I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Ricky Rinehart: Raising Funds for Cancer Research One Mile at a Time

October 27th, 2011 - 6:00 am

As he biked 213 miles of desert between Yuma, Ariz., and Phoenix in temperatures above 90 degrees, Ricky Reinhart thought a lot about moving forward. Much the same as he did a year ago as he laid in a bed … Continue reading →

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A Family Member’s Point of View

October 21st, 2011 - 8:00 am

By Lindsay Engelstad I was not a patient at the Mayo Clinic Hospital, but my mother was. Prior to her going into the hospital, I always hear people say “Go to the Mayo Clinic it is the best place to be … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Mayo, My Survival and Passion for Softball Will Continue

October 20th, 2011 - 8:00 am

I will never forget the afternoon of January 31, 2011, when I was at my local health provider and received the devastating news that I had stage 4 throat cancer at the base of my tongue that had spread to … Continue reading →

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