Gayle Kleppe spent her career as an elementary school teacher and principal. And though she's now retired, she's still an educator at heart. Now it's[...]

It was just supposed to be wrist surgery. But when Ron Hall, an 80-year-old retired structural steel worker from Blue Earth, Minnesota, was preparing for his[...]

"Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos." Thich Nhat Hanh

The body's aging process can be cruel and unforgiving. It affects our looks, our bodies, our health, even our minds. (And our ability to remember[...]

"Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people." Garrison Keillor

We're not sure if Deborah Vinje ever considered being a labor and delivery nurse. But the Mayo Clinic radiologic technologist got an unexpected opportunity to[...]

When it comes time for students to choose a career path, orthopedic surgery and engineering are not at the top of the list for most[...]

"There is nothing that anyone can say to prepare you for childbirth. Each woman's experience is so different; you never know how it will be[...]

Helene Neville started running after a cancer scare in the mid-1990s. And she hasn't stopped since. After surviving three brain surgeries (the third, at Mayo[...]

What do you get a "recovering bibliophile" who, due to his self-confessed condition, seems to have every medical book ever written? If you're Mayo Clinic,[...]

"Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labelled 'This could change your life.'" Helen Exley

Shoppers at w.port, a women's boutique in Atlanta, are used to finding beautiful things in the store. This past holiday season, they discovered an item[...]