Archive for November 2023

Dr. Anjali Bhagra serves as the Medical Director for the Office of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity at Mayo Clinic. In our conversation today, we focus on her work in the space of resilience and well-being for both physicians and their patients. Dr. Bhagra talks about founding the GRIT (Growth, Resilience, Inspiration, Tenacity) conference, and how…

When Jules and Jason Hunter felt like they were losing their son Calvin to severe epilepsy that caused his motor and communication skills to decline, they turned to Mayo Clinic for a second opinion. A doctor and a “dogtor” — as his nametag says — helped Calvin regain abilities and his smile. ____________________________________________ FOR THE…

The risk for sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, is highest in the first year of life. SIDS often happens during sleep, which is why knowing and practicing safe sleep is so important. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Angela Mattke, a Mayo Clinic pediatrician, discusses the most current safe sleep recommendations. Sleep can be…

Screening for lung cancer can save lives, and there’s an urgent need for more screening of people of color. That’s one of the takeaways from the newly released “State of Lung Cancer” report from the American Lung Association. “Lung cancer is the largest (cancer) killer of adult men and women worldwide. Many of the reasons…