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Gottman’s Sound Relationship HouseAs the Gottman Institute celebrates its 30th anniversary, the Sound Relationship House model is still sought after as a roadmap for healthy relationships by therapists and couples alike. No other model offers a structured, transparent, and effective method of couples therapy that has been shown to improve relationships in multiple research studies. No other model of relationship therapy offers the scientific backing, the structured and effective skill-building, and the clinical tools and techniques that make Gottman approach easy to understand and integrate into any committed intimate relationship. This has been demonstrated over and over again in my…
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve heard that many symptoms of gynecologic cancers can mimic menstrual or menopausal changes, such as bleeding and pelvic pain. What symptoms should never be ignored, and when do I know it’s time to see a healthcare professional? ANSWER: Pay attention to changes that are new, persistent, worsening or simply different from what is typical for your body. Many gynecologic cancer symptoms also can have noncancerous causes, but certain changes deserve medical evaluation rather than automatically considering them a natural part of menstruation, menopause or another common condition. There are five types of gynecologic cancers: ovarian, endometrial,…
Key points: A student can complete 20 questions and still leave a teacher with very little useful information. A score may show that something went wrong, but it does not always show which learning objective needs attention, whether the problem is a misunderstanding or a careless error, or what the student should practice next. For schools working across multiple courses and exam systems, this challenge becomes even more visible. A practical assessment routine needs to make practice more informative without turning every quiz into another administrative task. Start with the learning objective The most useful practice does not begin with…
Key points: I’ve sat across from more than one district administrator staring at a dashboard full of reading intervention minutes and a flat progress line. The pattern is familiar: a student gets pulled for extra decoding practice, scores move for six or eight weeks, and then they stall — not because the student stopped trying, and not because the intervention stopped running. Progress stalls because the intervention keeps asking more work from the channel that’s underperforming, instead of routing some of that work through the channel that isn’t. That distinction — which channel is doing the work — is the…
Neurosciences September 4, 2026 DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently read that Mayo Clinic researchers discovered DNA changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease. Does this mean scientists are getting closer to preventing or curing Alzheimer’s disease? ANSWER: Research advances are helping scientists better understand Alzheimer’s disease, but no single study has found a cure or identified a single cause. Instead, studies like the one discovering DNA changes linked to Alzheimer’s provide important clues that may help guide future treatments. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. It affects memory, thinking, behavior and the ability to carry out everyday activities. More…
Key points: Schools are racing to teach students how to use AI. That is necessary, but it is not enough. The workplace advantage will increasingly belong to people who can decide when an AI output is useful, when it is incomplete and when it is wrong. Stanford Digital Economy Lab’s August update shows why this matters. The employment shortfall for U.S. workers ages 22–25 in highly AI-exposed occupations widened from 15 percent in the July 2025 data vintage to 19 percent by June 2026. The easiest early-career tasks are exactly the ones AI can often handle first. Schools therefore need to treat…
Medical Innovation September 3, 2026 Getty Images ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic Platform today announced that its Accelerate program for healthcare technology companies is now available through a multiyear engagement pathway. The inaugural participants of the multiyear track include 12 companies developing artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions to enhance care delivery and healthcare operations. “The Accelerate program was intentionally designed to support digital health companies ready to transform healthcare,” says Jamie Sundsbak, director of the Mayo Clinic Platform Accelerate program.” As participation continues to grow, the program has evolved to support solutions developers through multiple pathways tailored to their different stages…
Key points: AI technology is advancing rapidly in schools, but research is increasingly showing that Large Language Models (LLMs) lack the common sense, morality, and knowledge of individual classroom dynamics needed to be truly equitable. Many districts handle AI with blanket policy statements inspired by guidance from state departments of education, such as the Minnesota Department of Education’s Guiding Principles for AI in Education. These frameworks and the documents they inspire are a solid starting place, but lack the detail needed to solve the daily equity issues surrounding LLMs in the classroom. Furthermore, in all but a handful of states,…
Medical Innovation September 2, 2026 ROCHESTER, Minn. — BioLabs Rochester, MN is building momentum toward its September opening, with leadership in place and recruitment underway for early-stage biotechnology and health technology companies seeking to grow alongside Mayo Clinic and Minnesota’s expanding life science ecosystem. Announced in 2025 and developed through a collaboration among stakeholders Mayo Clinic, BioLabs, Destination Medical Center (DMC) and Mortenson Properties, BioLabs Rochester, MN reflects a shared vision to strengthen the region’s innovation ecosystem and support the growth of life science companies in Minnesota. With construction nearing completion and leadership in place, recruitment is now underway for…
Research September 2, 2026 ROCHESTER, Minn. — A liver disease affecting nearly 30% of adults worldwide is not a single illness but five biologically distinct subtypes, Mayo Clinic researchers have found. Each carries different risks for heart disease, liver failure, cancer and the need for liver transplantation. The study, published in Nature Communications and conducted in collaboration with scientists at Virginia Tech, shows that metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease has multiple pathways — some tied to obesity and diabetes, others driven by inherited genetic factors. Notably, genetic subtypes are associated with a higher risk of progression to advanced liver disease,…