Feature Article Archive

Physician Leadership at Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic physicians traditionally have accepted leadership roles in professional medical organizations, nationally and internationally, reflecting their profound commitment to share medical knowledge and insights with colleagues around the world. Read more.

Growing to Meet Patients' Needs

Mayo Clinic is continually growing, improving and changing to better meet the needs of patients and their families. Read more.

Two in a Million — Times Three

Conjoined twins are extremely rare, occurring once in every 200,000 births. But for nearly a year, caring for three sets of conjoined – and formerly conjoined – twins was an everyday reality at Mayo Clinic and its children's hospital. Read more.

U.S. News and World Report Honors Mayo For 18th Consecutive Year

For the 18th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has named Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., to the Honor Roll of America's Best Hospitals, those the magazine says "excel at treating a variety of demanding illnesses." Read more.

A New U.S. Health Care System - Creating Substantial Reform by 2011

Denis Cortese, M.D., CEO of Mayo Clinic, and Robert Smoldt, CAO of Mayo Clinic, recently published an essay describing a visiong for health care delivery in the 21st century. Read more.

Fortune names Mayo Clinic to 100 Best Companies to Work For® List

For the third consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine named Mayo Clinic to its list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For®" in America, the magazine's annual compilation of companies that "rate high with employees." Read more.

Interpreting Medical News in the Media

Information about health and medicine are in the news almost daily. In this article, a Mayo Clinic physician gives tips on how to interpret what you read and see in the news. Read more.

Office of the Future

With the right office design, you can exercise while working at your desk and going to meetings. Find out more about Dr. James Levine's latest research. Read more.

Fidgeting: Key to Who is Lean or Obese

Wiggle, walk, tap your toes, shop, dance, clean your basement, play the guitar (fidget) to boost your NEAT — or if you're a scientist, your "non-exercise activity thermogenesis." Mayo Clinic researchers report in the journal Science that NEAT — more powerful than formal exercise — determines who is lean, and who is obese. Read more.

Effective Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy — standard treatment for about half of all cancer patients — is anything but routine. Read more.

Mayo Clinic, IBM Aim to Drive Medical Breakthroughs

Mayo Clinic and IBM have announced a broad collaboration to accelerate advances in patient care and research with an aggressive set of technology initiatives. The goal is to take advantage of an explosion in new medical data to drive tighter linkage between research and the practice of medicine to achieve breakthroughs. Read more.

Web Support for Patients

Mayo Clinic offers CarePages, a free Web service for our patients while they are at Mayo, to help them keep in touch with loved ones back home and elsewhere. Read more.