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Cancer is tough, Evelyn Owens is tougher

Evelyn Owens' brave battle with cancer is capturing the hearts of everyone around her. At only 6 years old, Evelyn was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of childhood cancer. Evelyn's family traveled from their home in Oregon to Mayo Clinic in Arizona where doctors are using ...

Health Matters: The confusing state of foot supports

Retail footcare products are big business, available in every convenience store and pharmacy in the land. Twelve billion dollars is spent annually on these items and that’s a lot of aching feet. But how often is an over-the-counter approach truly effective? When it comes to arch supports, ...

Urology Pearls: Steps that count

How many daily steps should you take to live a longer, healthier life? A new review, published in The Lancet in August 2025, explores this question in depth—and on a scale never seen before. The authors—from Australia, Spain, Norway, and the UK analyzed a total of 57 previously published ...

Harnessing the power of innovation and a patient’s will to survive

At 27 years old, Shraddha Kalgutkar was told she had less than a year to live. Determined to prove everyone wrong, she turned to Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Now, Shraddha is living proof of the power of innovation combined with a patient's will to survive.  Shraddha's Story  It was November ...

Talk With the Doc: History of our USA Statue of Liberty

As we just completed of wonderful patriotic Fourth of July celebrations, I thought it would be timely to review a brief history of our great Statue of Liberty. The statue is a figure of a classically dressed woman, created in France. Our wonderful Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship ...