Minnesota's First Man To Live Without A Heart
It's easy to forget to re-charge our cell phones, or iPads, but what if your life relied on a battery? For one patient at the Mayo Clinic, his lifeline is a plastic, rechargeable heart.
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It's easy to forget to re-charge our cell phones, or iPads, but what if your life relied on a battery? For one patient at the Mayo Clinic, his lifeline is a plastic, rechargeable heart.
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester are using an unlikely weapon in the fight against nicotine addiction. It's not mice, but zebrafish.
The Dalai Lama – the spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate – is slated to give a live webcast at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester on Tuesday.
A six-member Mayo Clinic team leaves Rochester Monday for a month-long expedition to Nepal and Mount Everest.
The Mayo Clinic has brought international attention to Minnesota because of its exceptional reputation for medical care. And the Mayo brothers, Charles and William, are known for being the pioneering doctors who got the ball rolling more than 100 years ago.
The Supreme Court unanimously tossed out medical patent claims for Prometheus Laboratories on Tuesday for a test that could help doctors set drug doses for autoimmune diseases like Crohn's disease, a decision that could affect the burgeoning field of personalized medicine.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is in Minnesota for medical care, according to the Rochester Post-Bulletin.
The Mayo Clinic in Florida has joined a south Georgia health system, which will become part of the Minnesota-based health care organization.
Technology may be what the doctor orders during a medical crisis after a Rochester man credited an iPad with helping to save his life.
Three Minnesota companies have been called among the 100 best places to work, according to Fortune Magazine.
A 53-year-old Owatonna is in critical condition after his car rolled over Thursday morning and imprisoned him in an icy creek for more than six hours, authorities said.
Police cars escorted Shawn Schneider's body Saturday morning back to Lake City, where funeral arrangements are underway.
The Lake City police officer who suffered a gunshot wound to the head earlier this month died Friday evening, according to a Mayo Clinic spokesperson.
Three people were killed when a helicopter on its way to retrieve a heart for transplant crashed in northern Florida, leaving the patient to wait for another organ to become available.
Imagine that a hospital room is where you'll spend the holidays. It's a reality for a Duluth woman who has spent the past month in the Mayo Clinic.
Mayo Clinic said there is more evidence that smoking bans in Minnesota are keeping more people alive.
Although they are just 17-months-old, identical twins Ethan and Evan Moritz have defied the odds.
Jerry Kill left the Mayo Clinic on Wednesday and was back in the Twin Cities in time for the Gophers' practice at 3:30 p.m. His coaching staff said earlier this week they expect him to be on the sidelines at Michigan on Saturday.
Minnesota's assistants and players are trying to keep practice as normal as possible while coach Jerry Kill seeks further treatment for his recurring seizures.
Joe Mauer says he's sure there's nothing wrong with him more than the pneumonia that prematurely ended his rough season.
The Mayo Clinic is looking for ways to connect with patients around the world and is exploring an expansion to India.
Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer is likely to miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with a mild case of pneumonia.
A team of Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a somewhat unusual strategy to fight feline AIDS and shed some light on how to combat the human virus.
A Mayo Clinic study finds that "burnout" and financial debt are widespread among doctors-in-training.
Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have developed a vaccine designed to prevent the recurrence of ovarian and breast cancer. The the FDA has given its approval.
