Items Tagged ‘Mayo Clinic in Arizona’
January 23, 2020
Flamenco Dance Offers Unique Form of Healing
By In the Loop 
Bonnie Crosby listens to the music, feels it deeply. She raises her left arm, twists her wrist, and is dancing.
Tags: Carol Graziano, Center for Humanities in Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Arizona
January 7, 2020
‘The Beamer Gang’: Proton Therapy Patients Form Unique Friendship at Mayo Clinic
By In the Loop
An eclectic group of Mayo patients found themselves woven into a lasting friendship formed by the support they showed one another through treatments for prostate cancer.
Tags: Mayo Clinic in Arizona, prostate cancer, Proton Beam Therapy Program, Rick Dunteman
December 10, 2019
Secret Service Agent With Stage 4 Lung Cancer Runs to Raise Awareness, End Stigma
By In the Loop
Rod Wellman, a 46-year-old lifelong athlete and never-smoker, was blindsided by a diagnosis of lung cancer. Thanks to his efforts to raise awareness, others are learning about the disease.
Tags: Dr. Helen Ross, Dr. Thomas Daniels, Lung Cancer, Mayo Clinic in Arizona
November 14, 2019
Surprise Party for 85-Year-Old Nurse Who Shows No Signs of Slowing Down (or Retiring)
By In the Loop
Donna Alger has been a nurse for more than 60 years, the last 14 in Mayo Clinic’s Pre-Operative Evaluation Clinic. Her colleagues recently helped her celebrate her 85th birthday.
Tags: Donna Alger, Dr. Richard Gray, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Nursing
September 5, 2019
Hospital Wedding a Gift to Dying Mom
By In the Loop
Roma Liani hadn’t planned on getting married in the hospital. But then she learned that her beloved mother, Martha, was unlikely to ever leave it.
Tags: Cancer, Dr. Kristina Butler, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, Pam Glassley
July 23, 2019
Are You Healthy Enough to Be a Space Tourist?
By In the Loop
As commercial spaceflight inches closer to becoming a reality, Jan Stepanek, M.D., explains the potential hazards and risks that may be associated with space travel.
Tags: Aerospace Medicine, Dr. Jan Stepanek, Mayo Clinic in Arizona
July 11, 2019
Hey, Hey: Cardiac Rehab Program Helps Pat Brickhouse Turn Back the Clock on Her Health
By In the Loop
Pat Brickhouse’s upcoming book about her life with legendary Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame broadcaster Jack Brickhouse includes stories of her Mayo Clinic experience.
Tags: atrial fibrillation, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Mayo Clinic in Arizona
May 30, 2019
Of Mice and Myeloma: Researchers Unlock Promising New Model in Fight Against Cancer
By In the Loop
Researchers can now more accurately predict which multiple myeloma treatments are likely to work in humans after a scientific breakthrough on Mayo Clinic’s Arizona campus.
Tags: Discovery's Edge, Dr. Leif Bergsagel, Dr. Marta Chesi, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, multiple myeloma
May 21, 2019
Former Mayo Patient ‘Breaking Bread’ From Coast to Coast In the Name of Helping Others
By In the Loop
Despite having a leg amputated as a result of an injury in Afghanistan, Army Special Forces member Jarrid Collins is determined to live life on his own terms, which means connecting with and serving others.
Tags: Amputation, Mayo Clinic in Arizona, surgery
April 23, 2019
Doctor Becomes Dancer to Raise Funds for Patients
By In the Loop
By day, Dr. Harini Chakkera is a transplant nephrologist and chair of the Division of Nephrology at Mayo Clinic’s Arizona campus. But by night — for one night and a good cause, at least — she was a dancer.
Tags: Dancing with the Stars Arizona, Division of Nephrology, Dr. Harini Chakkera, Mayo Clinic in Arizona