Archive for February 2023

Melissa Strong was living her dream. Home was Estes Park, CO, gateway to the glorious Rocky Mountain National Park. Her passion was climbing, mostly bouldering, that purist sport of scaling big rocks without ropes, relying on just your fingertips, feet, and crash pads below. Her career was hospitality, managing a busy restaurant while fantasizing about…

It’s been a month since you welcomed your new baby into the world. You’re supposed to be elated. Instead, you feel sad, lonely, irritable and depressed. Mayo Clinic family medicine specialist Dr. Summer Allen says that postpartum depression is different than the baby blues, which typically lasts about two weeks. Help and support are key…

Learn about the unique aspects of training in anesthesiology critical care medicine (ACCM) at the best hospital in the world. Listen to our program director, staff, and fellows discuss how a year-long ACCM fellowship at Mayo prepares you to be the best intensivist possible and provides you the skills, mindset, knowledge, and connections that will…

12th Annual Mayo Clinic Individualizing Medicine Conference – 2023 – Invitational Video Clinical researchers, scientists, physicians and health care staff are invited to the Center for Individualized Medicine’s 12th Annual Individualizing Conference on May 5–6 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida – #CIMCON2023. This year’s conference offers the opportunity to learn from experts and see firsthand…

Cardiovascular-related deaths increased dramatically in 2020, marking the largest single-year increase since 2015 and surpassing the previous record from 2003, according to the 2023 Statistical Update from the American Heart Association. During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest increases in cardiovascular disease (CVD) deaths were seen among Asian, Black, and Hispanic people.…