The Birkebeiner cross-country ski race in Hayward, Wisconsin, is one that Kurt “Charlie” Steil has skied many times (24, in fact). He even finished in[...]
While there’s plenty of uncertainty in life, one thing is sure: Despite our best efforts, we’re all going to get older. And when we do,[...]
“Do not deprive me of my age. I have earned it.” May Sarton, from The Poet and the Donkey: A Novel
Look at the month of March 2015 Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center calendar, and you’ll see the smiling face of 11-year-old Melanie Gates of Rochester,[...]
Bobbi Pritt, M.D., really likes parasites. So much, in fact, that in 2007 – after completing a clinical microbiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic and while[...]
It’s not unusual to see a patient playing piano in a Mayo Clinic lobby. It may be a little out of the ordinary, however, to[...]
At first, Kelly Barnard just thought she had a bad stomach ache. She’d felt “little twinges of pain” in her stomach before, she tells the[...]
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” Victor Hugo
Staying upright can be an adventure for any toddler. When Dustin Bennett was just 18 months old, his adoptive mother, Linda Bennett, knew the difficulty[...]
Crista Procopio had seen so many doctors and had become so frustrated with the lack of a diagnosis for her symptoms that she almost threw[...]