Dr. Ronald Petersen

This column spotlights the kinds of people you think about when you think about Mayo Clinic. They've answered questions, serious and otherwise, so you can[...]

When legendary musician Glen Campbell was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, he decided to keep performing. And that likely helped Campbell and his family weather the[...]

Written by Matt Dacy, director of Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall. Nancy Reagan liked to say she had a "magical friendship" with Mayo Clinic, since it was[...]

For the past 25 years, much of the energy in Alzheimer’s research has been focused on amyloid protein as the primary driver of cognitive decline[...]

“I’m still here but yet I’m gone.” That heartbreaking line pretty well sums up the last couple years for country legend Glen Campbell. It’s also[...]

The statistics are staggering. According to The Wall Street Journal, "some 5.2 million people in the U.S. had Alzheimer's disease in 2014, a number that[...]

For more than five decades, Glen Campbell has been making our ears happy with songs from his more than 70 studio albums. But back in[...]