July 3, 2017
Saving Dave Boyett’s Foot With the Help of a Pressure Chamber
By SharingMayoClinic 
After a series of accidents led to increasingly serious foot wounds and infections, Dave Boyett was told he might have to have his right foot amputed. Staff at Mayo Clinic’s Hyperbaric and Altitude Medicine Program in Rochester, however, helped change that.
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Tags: diabetes, Dr. Daniel Ryssman, Dr. Paul Claus, Hyberbaric Oxygen Therapy, Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing, Vascular Ulcer and Wound Healing Clinic
October 19, 2016
Unique Treatment Option Cures Cushing Syndrome for Jessie Brown
By SharingMayoClinic 
Retired elementary school teacher Jessie Brown takes time to enjoy the pleasures of daily life. She goes for long walks with her dogs, King Solomon and Baby Ruth. She spends time with her children and grandchildren who live near the farm where she and her husband, Tom, make their home in rural Marshall, Arkansas. She […]
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Tags: Cryoablation, Cushing Syndrome, Dr. Patrick Eiken, Dr. Robert Shen, Endocrinology
July 20, 2016
Unique Form of Genetic Testing Uncovers the Reason for Years of Mysterious Symptoms
By SharingMayoClinic 
When she was a teenager, Sharon Mills started having excruciating pain after eating. Medical tests found abnormalities with her liver but no reason for the irregularities or pain. She continued to experience the troubling symptoms for decades. As an adult, Sharon moved to different parts of the country several times. With each move, she visited […]
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Tags: Consultative and Diagnostic Medicine, Dr. Floyd Willis, Dr. Paldeep Atwal, Family Medicine, Florida, Metabolomics
May 8, 2015
Tracking Down an Elusive Answer
By Hoyt Finnamore 
Plagued by persistent symptoms with no definitive cause, Scott Borden turned to Mayo Clinic to help solve a baffling medical condition that was interfering with his life.
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Tags: Adrenal Gland Disorder, Dr. William Young Jr., Endocrinology
October 30, 2014
Patient Attributes Health to Excellent Care, A Generous Donor, and a Terrible Spider Bite
By Hoyt Finnamore 
You never know how an experience – even a negative experience – can shape the rest of your life. Decades ago, when Jane Applen-Anderson came to Mayo Clinic Hospital, Methodist Campus, in Rochester with her leg swollen to three times its usual size, she wasn’t thinking about what good could come out of it. She […]
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Tags: Brown Recluse, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant, type 1 diabetes
May 8, 2014
A Healthy Assist for a Special Delivery
By Hoyt Finnamore 
JoAnna Goebel refused to let diabetes stop her from welcoming a healthy baby into the world When soon-to-be moms find out they are pregnant, many are eager to share the happy news with loved ones. When JoAnna Goebel learned she was expecting, she got on the phone, too. One of her calls wasn’t to a […]
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Tags: diabetes, Diabetes Technology Clinic, Endocrinology, Patient Stories, pregnancy, technology, type 1 diabetes
February 5, 2014
Colorado Nurse Finds Answers to Medical Mystery
By Sara Jacobsen 
Written by Sara Jacobsen Everyone who visits the Mayo Clinic has a story. Though my story may be a lot like all of the other patients who have come and gone through the Mayo Clinic system, I want to share my gratitude for the organization, facility and clinic that Mayo is. The year 2013 proved […]
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Tags: Dr. Karen Mauck, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Patient Stories
October 29, 2013
My story — Diane Whittington
By Diane Whittington 
My story is short and sweet. About 28 years ago, in 1984-85, Dr. Ian Hay treated me for Graves Disease, over-active thyroid. I was 4 months pregnant when it was discovered, which didn’t seem to be a good thing. Dr. Hay, I am forever grateful to you for everything you did. You told me at […]
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Tags: Patient Stories
April 18, 2009
From the Facebook page…
By Lee Aase 
Micah from Peoria says… …can’t say enough about my treatment at mayo. to go to doctor and after doctor and then go to an endocrinologist with a possible diagnosis and have him flounder around for another couple months and finally sent me to Mayo where on the 1st visit, Dr. Hodgson said, you have cushing’s […]
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Tags: Cushing's Syndrome, Endocrinology
February 15, 2009
Around Mayo Clinic
By CSMMayo 
Magnets for migraines It’s like something you’d see on Star Trek — placing an electromagnetic device on your head to get rid of migraine headaches. And while not yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, doctors at Mayo Clinic are studying such a device and their research shows that it works for some […]
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Tags: Around Mayo Clinic