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Patients at Mayo Clinic say that “patient navigators”—that is, individualized clinical guides—have helped them enroll in clinical trials, find payment assistance, and get on a path toward healing. Research shows the practice is also one of the only ways to reduce racial disparities in cancer care.

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Cancer treatment is a minefield of bills, meds, and jargon. Patient navigators can help people of color find a path to better care.

Burnsville boy with mystery illness is airlifted from Kenya to Mayo Clinic thanks to family, friends, and strangers.

Praying for better heart health? It may help. New Mayo Clinic study shows better health outcomes for religiously active Black Minnesotans.

A new study could lead to faster, cheaper tests for Alzheimer’s disease. Local health care professionals say it could improve care for people of color.

Weight loss programs tailored to the needs of Somali and Latino immigrants show success, a Mayo Clinic study finds. Participants lost weight during COVID while many other Americans gained weight.

Mayo clinic study shows people of color are less likely to receive a key treatment for a condition that causes the heart muscle to thicken.

Bush Foundation announces four immigrants from Minnesota as new 2020 fellows

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