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[heartwire, March 23, 2010] Long-term marathon training and racing might not be as good for the heart as some runners think, a new study suggests. Researchers have shown that long-term marathon runners, those who have completed at least 25 marathons over the past 25 years, have increased coronary calcium and calcified plaque volume. Presenting the results [...]

[Owatonna People's Press, March 23, 2010] Art and healing go hand-in-hand. That is what the research shows, and that is what moved Owatonna Hospital to start its Healing Arts Program. The effort, done in cooperation with the Owatonna Arts Center, brings in art works from local and regional artists. Its second installment officially started Tuesday. [...]

[New Ulm Journal, March 24, 2010] The Heart of New Ulm program would receive $2 million in federal funds if Rep. Tim Walz’s 2011 appropriation requests are approved in Congress. The funding for the Heart of New Ulm is part of over $134 million in funding requests, or earmarks, that Walz is making for fiscal [...]

[Owatonna People's Press, March 18, 2010] The Healing Arts Program announces its second installation of its visual arts program series at Owatonna Hospital. The Healing Arts Programs is a collaboration between Owatonna Hospital and the Owatonna Arts Center to bring the visual arts, natural light, images and elements of nature to lessen stress and promote [...]

[KSTP-TV, March 17, 2010] Bariatric surgery can help the morbidly obese lose weight, but it’s not a quick fix, and there are risks. Doctor Laura July is a bariatric surgeon with Allina Hospitals and Clinics. She described candidates for the surgery, the different kinds of bariatric procedures (allina.com/weightlosssurgery) and more when she sat down with [...]

[KARE-TV, March 16, 2010] Being in the hospital is never really a pleasant experience. But what if you could get a massage while you were there or try a bit of acupuncture? Abbott Northwestern Hospital offers just that in the largest integrative medicine program in a hospital in the country. And now it’s researchers have published [...]

[Minnesota Public Radio, March 16, 2010] Heart device manufacturer Boston Scientific’s financial struggles have been exascerbated by news this week that shipments of its implantable cardioverter defibrillators, or ICDs, have been halted for failure to get approval of manufacturing changes on the devices. As word of Boston Scientific’s news circulated, it did not appear to [...]

[MedCity News, March 15, 2010] For years, the medical community has debated the merits of traditional surgery versus relatively new carotid stent therapy. American studies have favored the stent while European trials offered less favorable judgments on the technology. “It’s gone back and forth,” said Dr. David Tubman, director of interventional neuroradiology at Abbott Northwest [...]

[KSTP-TV, March 11, 2010] How many times have you woken up in the morning and wished for more sleep? Dr. Michael Schmitz, who runs the Insomnia and Behavior Sleep Medicine Program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s Sleep Center, joins 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS for an in-studio interview with anchor Megan Newquist to talk about this topic and [...]

[KARE11, March 11, 2010] More than a quarter of the U.S. population report difficulty sleeping or not getting enough rest. Many of them can be helped with a sleep study to diagnose their problems. KARE11 Sunrise reporter Jeff Olsen visited the Aspen Sleep Center at Bandana Square in St. Paul this morning during National Sleep [...]

[Cardiovascular Business, Mar. 11, 2010] Slightly more than one-third of patients without known disease, who underwent elective cardiac catheterization, had obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) out of nearly 400,000 patients at 663 sites, based on study findings published March 11 in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, in an interview, Timothy D. Henry, MD, [...]

[St. Paul Pioneer Press, Mar. 11, 2010] It’s parents’ worst nightmare — watching children collapse from ill-timed baseballs or pucks that strike their chests and shut down their hearts. Since this phenomenon was identified 15 years ago, a Minneapolis registry has collected information on 224 U.S. cases — most of which resulted in the deaths [...]