Allina News

[Allina Newsroom, Sept. 27, 2010] Mercy Hospital’s heart surgery group, Twin Cities Heart and Lung, is among the top 50 in the nation, according to Consumer Reports October 2010 issue. Read the full story on allina.com.

[Star Tribune, Sept. 22, 2010] Patty Rose, an Emergency Medical Technician with Allina Medical Transportation in Wright County, Minnesota, talks about her work. Read the full story on startribune.com.

[Owatonna People's Press, Sept. 24, 2010] Owatonna Clinic and Owatonna Hospital are sponsoring ree educational seminars: Innovations and Advancements in Hip Replacement. The speakers are orthopedist K. Dean Olsen, MD; Karla Melchert, physical therapist; and Christa Padilla, physical therapy assistant, from Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute – Owatonna. Read the full story on owatonna.com.

[Owatonna People's Press, Sept. 24, 2010] Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute has honored Shanie Vaith with the 2010 Inspiration Award for her inspiring story of recovering from a car accident caused by a drunk driver in March 2009. Read the full story on owatonna.com.

[KSTP-TV, Sept. 22, 2010] Separating fact from fiction when it comes to what kind of procedures plastic surgeons really see in their office. KSTP’s Jennifer Griswold talked with Dr. Daniel Cantwell from the Allina Medical Clinic in Coon Rapids about this topic. Watch the full interview below and see more at kstp.com.

[Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch, Sept. 17, 2010] High schools in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota have teamed up with Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute’s Sports Medicine Department at New Ulm Medical Center to do a better job of evaluating head injuries. Over the past month, all athletes in grades 9 to 12 took an ImPACT test (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment [...]

[Pioneer Press, Sept. 21, 2010] In August, a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that one in every five teens has slight hearing loss. But on Monday, University of Minnesota researchers said those findings did not consider that conventional hearing tests often falsely identify children as having noise-induced hearing loss. Whether [...]

[Savage Pacer, Sept. 17, 2010] For Tom Kearney, history repeated itself this week, warts and all. The occasion was Tuesday’s (Sept. 14) groundbreaking ceremony for the Savage Medical Building. Little did he know, Kearney’s place in history at this week’s event occurred back in 1960, when his mother made him go to Savage’s first doctor [...]

[Star Tribune & KARE11, Sept. 19, 2010] The first American to have a heart transplant in India lives right here in the Twin Cities. While Ron Lemmer of Prior Lake doesn’t regret having the surgery overseas, health officials worry about safety. Dr. Nader Moazami, Surgical Director of Heart Transplant at the Minneapolis Heart Institute, where [...]

[KMSP Fox 9 News, Sept, 16, 2010] Three sudden cardiac arrest survivors from Buffalo met the people who saved their lived on Thursday. Arleen Meyers, Barbara Stone and Scott Santee all met their heroes, those who saved their lives. Watch the story below and see more at www.myfoxtwincities.com.

[Star Tribune, Sept. 11, 2010] A patient involved in a severe motorcycle accident comes into the emergency room in excruciating pain from a fractured shinbone. Doctors quickly determine the patient’s leg muscle is swelling at such a rapid pace that two incisions of 6 inches or more are necessary to relieve the pressure and head [...]

[Cardiovascular Business, September 10, 2010] Therapeutic hypothermia helps reduce neurologic deficits in those resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. However, many questions remain regarding optimal delivery. Six U.S. heart centers will add to the growing body of evidence as they join an international registry. The announcement was made today by Michael Mooney, MD, of the Minneapolis [...]