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What do you give a man on chemotherapy? A bejeweled bag, of course.

Jacky Smith admits it. “I’m stubborn,” says the 57-year-old Winnebago resident. “Very stubborn.” So, when she had shortness of breath and chest pain one day at work,...

When James Tembrock, 73, of St. Cloud, Minnesota, learned he would need heart valve surgery, he says he never dreamed his search for a less-invasive option would lead him to Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Mackenzie “Mick” Caron remembers very little of the evening of Jan. 29, 2015, but his parents will never forget it.

For over a decade, Ann Statz endured substantial knee pain that restricted her activity. Her weight kept surgery out of reach. Learn how determination helped her overcome that hurdle.

Every Wednesday night, Gordy Wanshura rolls out his yoga mat on the floor of the Mayo Clinic Professional and Community Center in Red Wing. “If you’d have told me two years ago that I&rsqu...

When Robert Stratton, then a Hormel executive from Austin, went into cardiac arrest while sleeping in January 2010 — two months from his 60th birthday and possible retirement — he had...

Mitzi Roberts has been a dancer all of her life and is a breast cancer survivor. She and her oncologist donned their dance gear, cued the music and competed in Dancing with the Mankato Stars to raise ...

A recent foot surgery has helped put the pep back in Jeanie Bruner’s step.

Lily Gersemehl is always on the move — running, climbing and dancing her way through life. Perhaps she’s making up for lost time after being born with hip dysplasia.