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Sheryl M. Ness Sheryl Ness, R.N., O.C.N., is a nurse educator for the Cancer Education Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. She helps inform patients, families and caregivers about services and resources to help them through the cancer journey. She has a master’s degree in nursing from Augsburg College. In addition, she is an assistant professor of oncology at the College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, and is certified as a specialist in oncology nursing. Sheryl has worked for more…
Calories reconsidered: Old assumptions questioned
Jennifer K. Nelson, M.S., R.D., L.D., C.N.S.D. Jennifer Nelson is your link to a better diet. As specialty editor of the nutrition and healthy eating guide, she plays a vital role in bringing you healthy recipes and meal planning. “Nutrition is one way people have direct control over the quality of their lives,” she says. “I hope to translate the science of nutrition into ways that people can select and prepare great-tasting foods that help maintain health and treat disease.” …
You’re pregnant! How will you share the news?
Mary Murry is a certified nurse-midwife in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Murry, a Cincinnati native, has been a nurse-midwife practitioner for more than 20 years and is an instructor at the College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic. She was a contributing reviewer and writer of the “Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy” book. Her research interests include adult female survivors of sexual abuse, women’s perception of pain in labor, and…
The power of friends
Sheryl M. Ness Sheryl Ness, R.N., O.C.N., is a nurse educator for the Cancer Education Program at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. She helps inform patients, families and caregivers about services and resources to help them through the cancer journey. She has a master’s degree in nursing from Augsburg College. In addition, she is an assistant professor of oncology at the College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, and is certified as a specialist in oncology nursing. Sheryl has worked for more…
Recognizing that life is unfair
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Gratitude is the one pill everyone should be prescribed
Alzheimer’s blog March 19, 2013 Gratitude is the one pill everyone should be prescribed By Angela Lunde Alzheimer’s Caregiving Subscribe to our Alzheimer’s Caregiving e-newsletter to stay up to date on Alzheimer’s topics. Sign up now A new pill is available that’s likely to improve your energy and resiliency, enhance your immunity, lift your mood, offer you greater feelings of joy, and improve compassion toward self and others. And it has…
Does diet have a role in rheumatoid arthritis?
Jennifer K. Nelson, M.S., R.D., L.D., C.N.S.D. Jennifer Nelson is your link to a better diet. As specialty editor of the nutrition and healthy eating guide, she plays a vital role in bringing you healthy recipes and meal planning. “Nutrition is one way people have direct control over the quality of their lives,” she says. “I hope to translate the science of nutrition into ways that people can select and prepare great-tasting foods that help maintain health and treat disease.” …
Jennifer K. Nelson, M.S., R.D., L.D., C.N.S.D.
Jennifer Nelson is your link to a better diet. As specialty editor of the nutrition and healthy eating guide, she plays a vital role in bringing you healthy recipes and meal planning.
“Nutrition is one way people have direct control over the quality of their lives,” she says. “I hope to translate the science of nutrition into ways that people can select and prepare great-tasting foods that help maintain health and treat disease.”
A St. Paul, Minn., native, she has been with Mayo Clinic since 1978, and is director of clinical dietetics and an associate professor of nutrition at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.
She leads clinical nutrition efforts for a staff of more than 60 clinical dietitians and nine dietetic technicians and oversees nutrition services, staffing, strategic and financial planning, and quality improvement. Nelson was co-editor of the “Mayo Clinic Diet” and the James Beard Foundation Award-winning “The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook.” She has been a contributing author to and reviewer of many other Mayo Clinic books, including “Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight for EveryBody,” “The Mayo Clinic Family Health Book” and “The Mayo Clinic/Williams Sonoma Cookbook.” She contributes to the strategic direction of the Food & Nutrition Center, which includes creating recipes and menus, reviewing nutrition content of various articles, and providing expert answers to nutrition questions.
Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D.
As a specialty editor of the nutrition and healthy eating guide, Katherine Zeratsky helps you sort through the facts and figures, the fads and the hype to learn more about nutrition and diet.
A Marinette, Wis., native, she is certified in dietetics by the state of Minnesota and the American Dietetic Association. She has been with Mayo Clinic since 1999.
She’s active in nutrition-related curriculum and course development in wellness nutrition at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and nutrition related to weight management and practical applications of nutrition-related lifestyle changes.
Other areas of interest include food and nutrition for all life stages, active lifestyles and the culinary arts.
She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, served a dietetic internship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and worked as a registered dietitian and health risk counselor at ThedaCare of Appleton, Wis., before joining the Mayo Clinic staff.
