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Mayo Clinic study: Sleep data from wearables could improve COPD care plans
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Sleep data from wearable devices could help doctors identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who may need extra support to stick with pulmonary rehabilitation, according to new research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health. COPD is a long-term lung disease that makes it hard...
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Red Wing Schools CARE Clinic Visits
The CARE Clinic will bring its mobile dental lab to local schools this spring, including Red Wing schools. Care is available to qualified uninsured or publicly insured students. Services include cleaning, sealants and fluoride treatments. The schedule will be:. Burnside – Monday, April 6. Red Wing High School –...
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Residents, fellows tap Mayo Clinic Platform data for insights
Residents and fellows at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic are leaning into the health system’s data analytics arm to inform their careers. They recently participated in Platform Experience Day, exploring how Mayo Clinic Platform’s database of tens of millions of deidentified patient records can inform clinical decisions and drive research. Participants will serve as “superusers” who can be liaisons between their departments and the Platform.
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New location for NAMI Winona support groups
The Winona chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has officially relocated its two peer-led support groups, Connections and the Family Support Group, to a new, more accessible community space. Beginning last week, both groups now meet at The ARC, located at 255 Main Street in Winona, the former Historic Masonic Theatre, and the newly established home of the Great River Shakespeare Festival.
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Expert spine care is closer than you think
For many people, back or neck pain is more than an inconvenience — it can change the way you move, sleep, work, and live. Persistent pain, numbness, or weakness can make everyday activities difficult and leave people wondering where to turn for answers. In the past, patients needing advanced spine evaluation often faced drives to larger and unfamiliar healthcare systems to receive specialized care.
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings celebrates 100 years of medical excellence
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Proceedings, a leading medical journal, is celebrating its 100th anniversary in April with events and special publications honoring a century of medical research and discovery. The journal first launched in April 1926 as the Bulletin of the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation. Today, it...
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Shortage aside, young doctor lands in rural setting
Horizon EyeCare Professionals in Owatonna has added a third optometrist to the staff, a move that allows the practice to once again take on new patients. Dr. Penny Vizina, co-owner of Horizon with Dr. Nicholas Vincelli, said that Dr. Madison Neale, began working at the practice in July 2025. Vizina said that in January 2024, two of the optometrists at the practice, a couple right out of school, made the decision to move to Mankato.
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Mayo Clinic asks doctor to pay more than $250,000 after winning lawsuit
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Local nurses memorialized through Rochester Nurses Honor Guard
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KIMT) - Around a third of Rochester’s population works in the many healthcare facilities spread out around town, thousands of them are nurses. The Rochester Nurses Honor Guard makes sure their sacrifices are honored, even after death. “My mother passed away in 2024, and she was a...
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Winona Health School-Based Health Clinics hosting Immunization Days for students
Parents and guardians—now is a great time to make sure your student is up to date on required school vaccinations. The Winona Health School-Based Health Clinics, in partnership with Winona County Health and Human Services and Winona Area Public Schools, will host immunization days for students who need required school vaccines.
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Winona Health chief: Medicaid cuts bode disaster
WINONA, Minn — The chief executive at the 49-bed Winona Health hospital, Rachelle Schultz, painted a bleak future for small and rural healthcare if Congress goes ahead with proposed Medicaid reforms. Although Schultz didn’t mention President Trump by name, it is his proposal that would shift Medicaid funds to finance tax advantages he’s promised rich people. Schultz is worried. About Winona Schultz was specific:
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Mayo Clinic performed record number of solid organ transplants in 2025
Mayo Clinic's organ transplant centers performed the most solid organ transplants in its history last year — 2,065 across its Minnesota, Arizona and Florida campuses. It also performed more than any other hospital system in the country. “2025 was a record year,” said Julie Heimbach, a Mayo transplant surgeon...
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John Halamka at HIMSS26: 'This may soon become our standard of care'
LAS VEGAS – "You won't see the term 'AI' in my slides," said Mayo Clinic Platform President Dr. John Halamka during the HIMSS26 opening keynote here on Tuesday. "I did that purposefully, because having done this for 40 years, what you know is the technologies will change, but the engineering principles will stay the same," Halamka explained.
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Mayo Clinic in Austin to expand PCU, transfer ICU patients to Mankato, Rochester
(ABC 6 News) — Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin has announced it will expand its Progressive Care Unit (PCU) in the hospital while transferring patients who require Intensive Care Unit (ICU) treatment to Mankato or Rochester. A PCU is for patients who are in serious but stable position while an ICU is designed for […]
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Rochester's new honor guard pays tribute to local nurses' legacy
ROCHESTER, Minn. — The newly formed Rochester Nurses Honor Guard (RNHG) is offering free ceremonial tributes to honor nurses throughout the Rochester area. Comprised of local volunteer nurses, the group provides these tributes at visitations, funerals, or celebrations of life, and occasionally offers Living Tributes for nurses in hospice care.