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A program that connects patients with writers, visual artists, and musicians at Mayo Clinic offers a type of care that has nothing to do with tests or treatments.

The importance of blood and organ donation has always been apparent to ICU nurse Jenny MacIntyre. But when her daughter was born more than three months early, her appreciation for donors grew.

Hearing that there was a shortage of buglers to play taps at military funerals, Mark Wentz learned the instrument so he can honor military veterans with the traditional bugle call.

Sunday marked 100 years since the end of World War I. ABC 6 News shares how Olmsted County and the Mayo brothers played a role during this time.

Robert Fleming recently donated the Olympic gold medal and ring he'd received in 1980 as a member of the U.S. Olympic Hockey Committee. The items are now on display in Mayo's Heritage Hall.

Brandon Lane Phillips, M.D., isn't just a pediatric cardiologist. He's also a congenital heart disease survivor whose patient experience at Mayo Clinic inspired him to return for a pediatric cardiology fellowship.

For more than two decades, staff from Mayo Clinic's Florida campus have become Team Mayo at the annual two-day cycling event, Bike MS. The ride raises funds for people affected by multiple sclerosis.

Eighty years ago, Rose Bayuk earned a nursing diploma, signed and presented to her by the Mayo brothers. She recently shared a lifetime of memories during a visit to Rochester.

It was all things Mayo Clinic at a past Minnesota Twins game when Dr. John Noseworthy threw out the first pitch, Mayo surgeons shared their musical talents, and fans went home with Mayo-approved swag.

For 50 years, the Bernard H. van der Steen Trust has helped ease the financial burden of cancer patients in need at Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Charles W. Mayo's story isn't as well-known as some of his family members' stories, but his life of serving others and showing compassion to his patients made a lasting impression on those who knew him.

The story of Mayo Clinic's beginning is well-known to many, but until recently, Doug Hansen had no idea that his great-grandfather was among those killed in the storm.

Fifty years ago in July, Dr. Charles W. Mayo—“Dr. Chuck,” the gregarious and accomplished grandson of W. W. Mayo, whose father and uncle, Drs. Charlie and Will Mayo, made Mayo Clinic what it is today—died in a car wreck near Mayowood. The Post-Bulletin asked readers to share memories they have of Dr. Chuck and that era.