Category Archives: Women’s Health

To Test or Not to Test – Genetics, That Is

May 17th, 2013 - 11:45 am

So I wonder if anyone else spent part of Tuesday, May 14, 2013, pondering what they would do. Would they take the test to learn if they were at increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer? What if it came back positive? … Continue reading →

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Girl Scout Dr. Sharonne Hayes Receives Award

May 13th, 2013 - 8:18 am

Dr. Sharonne Hayes, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, in April was named one of the Girl Scout River Valleys 2013 Women of Distinction. When Dr. Hayes began working at Mayo Clinic, she became keenly aware that women in medicine, and particularly … Continue reading →

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He Said, She Said: How One Couple Battled Colon Cancer Together

March 21st, 2013 - 10:37 am

Sue Willingham remembers the May 2010 day well. She was getting ready to take her two children to school. But before leaving the house, she did what any mom might – use the restroom. But then she noticed she’d lightly … Continue reading →

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An Unexpected Miracle from Down the Hallway

February 19th, 2013 - 2:57 pm

Sometimes miracles happen when you least expect them. No one believes that more than Fleming Island, Florida resident Shirley Thompson, whose tale of how she received two new lungs while in a medically induced coma at Mayo Clinic hospital in … Continue reading →

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#TheDonna Series: 4 Divas and a Dude

February 15th, 2013 - 10:15 am

The sixth annual 26.2 with Donna: The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer is less than two days away and many of the 10,000-plus participants are anything but seasoned athletes. Take Karol Rajos, a Mayo Clinic employee, who wanted to … Continue reading →

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#TheDonna Series: For Mothers and Others

February 5th, 2013 - 4:16 pm

While one would expect members of Mayo Clinic’s department of neurology to support community events, you’d probably assume it would be related to things like Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s or Lou Gerhig’s disease (also known as ALS). But breast cancer? Indeed. … Continue reading →

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#TheDonna Series: Running for Aunt Donna

January 24th, 2013 - 3:11 pm

Thousands are preparing to lace up their sneakers for the sixth annual 26.2 with Donna: The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer on Sunday, February 17, 2013, and in doing so, supporting ongoing research (PDF) at Mayo Clinic related to breast … Continue reading →

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Surgery at Mayo puts softball pitcher back in the game

November 30th, 2012 - 8:00 am

When a dedicated softball pitcher needed help getting a handle on her game, Mayo Clinic surgeons stepped up to the plate. Continue reading →

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Breast Cancer Hits Home Three Times in One Year

October 10th, 2012 - 10:16 am

A mother and her three daughters – all diagnosed with breast cancer. Kathleen O’Brien shares her family’s history battling a disease which eventually took her mother’s life and now has struck three more times. Kathleen and her sisters, Angel and Brenda,  … Continue reading →

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Mayo’s first mother-daughter physician duo hopes they’re first of many

October 8th, 2012 - 11:26 am

While they have a number of father-son counterparts, Dietlind Wahner-Roedler, M.D., General Internal Medicine, and her daughter, Andrea Wahner Hendrickson, M.D., Medical Oncology, are Mayo Clinic’s first mother-daughter physician duo. “I think it shows the moving trend of more women … Continue reading →

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