It seemed like a small gesture. It was 1948, and a young boy was biding time in the hospital lobby at Saint Marys in Rochester,[...]
Change is rarely easy. Or without anxiety. That perhaps holds doubly true for our health care. (Imagine ending a long-term health care relationship and agreeing[...]
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be[...]
For the past nine years, Sheri Finstad has lived with uncertainty. Prone to epileptic seizures, Sheri never knew when she would have another seizure or[...]
It's a question Mayo’s Erin O’Brien, M.D., gets a lot, she says, often while "looking up people's noses." Why did she decide to become an[...]
"A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold." Ogden Nash
If it's true that "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger," Courtney Kidd could give Wonder Woman a run for her money. There was the[...]
The other day we spotted some sage advice in the virtual pages of The Atlantic on intentionality and attentiveness from Mayo’s own Amit Sood, M.D.[...]
When it comes to saving the day, collies (like our old friend Lassie) have nothing on a good yellow Lab mix. At least not when[...]
If you were hanging around the Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center in Rochester last Wednesday and thought, “Those two guys that just walked by looked[...]
“No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.” Christopher Morley