Amenities
August 4, 2014
In a moment … a poem, and a vision of hope
Sometimes the only way to respond to a thing of beauty is to pour your thoughts out onto the page. And that’s what Mayo Clinic patient Jerry O’Donnell, of Waterloo, Iowa, did after being moved, perhaps even changed, by experiencing the beauty of music in the atrium of the Gonda Building on Mayo’s Rochester campus. […]
Tags: Cancer, Gonda Building, Piano
August 7, 2013
Florida Double Lung Transplant Recipients ‘Pay it Forward’
When Richard Oppelt of Melbourne, Fla., became the first lung-transplant program patient at Mayo Clinic in Florida in June 2001, he never thought that 12 years later he’d be helping someone else with the same situation deal with his recovery. But that’s exactly what Oppelt did in Dec. 2012 when he heard John McGill, a friend of […]
Tags: 3790, 5314, 5324, 5334, Florida, Gabriel House of Care, lung transplant, MayoClinicFL, pulmonary, Transplant
October 11, 2012
Blood Donations Help Keep Young Man Alive
By MakalaArce 
“I am a brain tumor survivor who spent 10 weeks at the wonderful Mayo Clinic. During this time, I had many bleeding complications. The doctors had to give me blood products on multiple occasions. Simply put, without those blood donations, I would not be alive today. Since my return home (Kansas), the Red Cross has […]
Tags: 1234, 5335, Blood, Blood Donation, Blood Donor Center, brain tumor, Doug Frye, Red Cross
April 9, 2012
Empathize Like A Doctor, Design Like An Entrepreneur
By MakalaArce
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 inter-disciplinary product teams that include designers, strategists, health care professionals, technology partners, and most importantly […]
Tags: Adam Dole, design, doctor, empathize, enterpreneur, James Oliver Senior
July 25, 2011
If you play sports, do you get regular screenings done?
By MakalaArce
We need your help to find out how Mayo Clinic can best meet your health care needs at Mall of America®. We want to hear from you: If you play sports, do you get regular screenings done? Please add your response as a comment. We appreciate your ideas, and we look forward to seeing you […]
July 19, 2011
What would help you to eat healthier?
By MakalaArce
We need your help to find out how Mayo Clinic can best meet your health care needs at Mall of America®. We want to hear from you: What would help you to eat healthier? Please add your response as a comment. We appreciate your ideas, and we look forward to seeing you at the Mall! Visit www.mayoclinic.org/moa […]
July 13, 2011
What kind of sports are you interested in?
By MakalaArce
We need your help to find out how Mayo Clinic can best meet your health care needs at Mall of America®. We want to hear from you: What kind of sports are you interested in? Please add your response as a comment. We appreciate your ideas, and we look forward to seeing you at the Mall! […]
July 7, 2011
In the heat of summer, what are your biggest concerns about skin health?
By MakalaArce
We need your help to find out how Mayo Clinic can best meet your health care needs at Mall of America®. We want to hear from you: In the heat of summer, what are your biggest concerns about skin health? Please add your response as a comment. We appreciate your ideas, and we look forward […]
June 30, 2011
If something “runs in your family”, what do you do?
By MakalaArce
We need your help to find out how Mayo Clinic can best meet your health care needs at Mall of America®. We want to hear from you: If something “runs in your family”, what do you do? Please add your response as a comment. We appreciate your ideas, and we look forward to seeing you at […]
June 28, 2011
What kinds of tools would you like to see to help you track your health/wellness?
By MakalaArce
We need your help to find out how Mayo Clinic can best meet your health care needs at Mall of America®. We want to hear from you: What kinds of tools would you like to see to help you track your health/wellness? Please add your response as a comment. We appreciate your ideas, and we look […]