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Mayo Clinic Q&A: What to know about pregnancy and heart valve disease
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (705+ words) DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I found out during my pregnancy that I have mitral valve stenosis. How common is valve disease, and what should I know about it? ANSWER: Valve disease affects how blood moves through the heart, and pregnancy is…...
Farrah Shawki: Student voices raised against immigration action
1+ week, 1+ day ago (684+ words) Post Bulletin Farrah Shawki: Student voices raised against immigration action Students have always been at the forefront of human rights movements, from the Civil Rights movement to the Vietnam War to anti-apartheid. Over the course of the last year, President…...
Abigail Ackerman: Loving lessons from mom and dad
1+ week, 3+ day ago (599+ words) People tend to think the most important things in life are the big ones: the games, the interviews, the performances, the tests you stay up all night studying for. I spent so much time worrying over these events, thinking these…...
Rochester Public Schools aims to bolster Latino graduation rate
1+ week, 5+ day ago (674+ words) ROCHESTER " Although Rochester Public Schools has made progress in recent years improving the graduation rate of Latino students, the district has made it a goal to close the gap between them and their peers even more moving forward. Last week,…...
After 30 years of taking Rochester students to New York and D. C. , Roger Larsen wraps up his final trip
2+ week, 1+ day ago (575+ words) ROCHESTER " Roger Larsen has remained a teacher long after he retired. He may have left the textbooks behind, but the lessons have continued. For the past 10 years, his classroom has exclusively been the real world of the East Coast, where…...
After their best season in 20-plus years, Century's Science Olympiad team is building for the future
2+ week, 2+ day ago (868+ words) ROCHESTER " For a group of students at Century High School, success in STEM has come not just from being proficient in the sciences, but by banding together to leverage their collective knowledge for the greatest possible impact. This season, the…...
Aarush Mishra: The quiet importance of mentors
3+ week, 3+ day ago (471+ words) Most people can think back to a moment when someone's words really stuck with them. Maybe it was a coach who told them not to give up after a rough practice, or a teacher who quietly said, "You're capable of…...
Mayo Clinic medical students open their Match Day envelopes
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (198+ words) ROCHESTER " Fourth-year medical students at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine learned Friday, March 20, where they will train as resident physicians. Mayo Clinic said 96 of its students at its Minnesota, Arizona and Florida campuses matched into residency programs and,…...
Ready to jump for joy? We tried Air Insanity for a bouncing good time
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (525+ words) My daughter Eleanor and I bounced back from our winter blues thanks to our recent visit to a trampoline park. Air Insanity Trampoline Park has 5, 000 square feet dedicated to its jumping arena. If dunking a basketball, running up a vertical…...
Rochester lawmakers lead bills to rework Minnesota's vaccine exemptions
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (498+ words) ST. PAUL " A bill led by a Rochester lawmaker aims to tighten exemptions for the combined measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine. Currently, Minnesota law requires that children who enroll in child care and preschool receive certain immunizations, including…...