#throwbackthursdays

Each year, Mayo Clinic's In the Loop blog looks back and shares some favorite stories of the year gone by. Here is the second of 17 stories from 2017, featuring how a makeover is good medicine for young cancer patient.

By Alyssa Frank • March 1, 2018

Each year, Mayo Clinic's In the Loop blog looks back and shares some favorite stories of the year gone by. Here is the second of 17 stories from 2017, featuring angel gowns.

By Alyssa Frank • February 22, 2018

Each year, Mayo Clinic's In the Loop blog looks back and shares some favorite stories of the year gone by. Here is the second of 17 stories from 2017, featuring a wedding in the hospital.

By Alyssa Frank • February 15, 2018

Each year, Mayo Clinic's In the Loop blog looks back and shares some favorite stories of the year gone by. Here is the first of 17 stories from 2017, featuring Sister Lauren Weinandt becoming official with her name on the door.

By Alyssa Frank • February 8, 2018

2017 marked the fifth anniversary of the Mayo Clinic app—hailed by tech specialists and consumers alike as “what every patient app should be.” But Mayo’s leadership in telephone communications dates back much further.

By Alyssa Frank • February 1, 2018

The successful launch of Epic at the Mayo Clinic Health System sites in Wisconsin in 2017 recalls another milestone 110 years ago. On July 19, 1907, patient No. 1 registered in the new system designed by Henry Plummer, M.D., in collaboration with Mabel Root and other colleagues.

By Alyssa Frank • January 25, 2018

This year's Heritage Film, "Dinner at Mayowood: Enduring Values in Changing Times," is set in 1940, which administrator Harry Harwick called "the year of greatest crisis" for Mayo Clinic.

By Alyssa Frank • January 18, 2018

The Mayo brothers were world travelers, but one of their favorite destinations was the American West — particularly Arizona.

By Brent Westra • January 11, 2018

Lyle Lieder's first visit to Mayowood was in the 1940s, as a guest of Dr. Charlie's grandsons. His love of cars brought him back to the historic home in 2017.

By Alyssa Frank • January 4, 2018

Many people ask, “Why was Mayo Clinic founded in Rochester, Minnesota?” A generation before Dr. Will and Dr. Charlie established the clinic, their father started a medical practice in Rochester during the Civil War.

By Brent Westra • December 28, 2017

The values of St. Francis and St. Clare of Assisi, as expressed by the Sisters of St. Francis, help shape the culture of Mayo Clinic.

By Alyssa Frank • December 21, 2017

W. W. Mayo’s “questing spirit” continued—and subjected his young family to frequent relocations.

By Brent Westra • December 14, 2017

By 1854, medicine was emerging as the primary focus of W. W. Mayo’s career.

By Alyssa Frank • December 7, 2017