Allina News

[WCCO Radio, May 21, 2012] The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition, a venerable organization that has been promoting push-ups, sit-ups and other traditional forms of sweating for decades, is now endorsing “active” video games, including “Wii Fit,” “Tiger Woods PGA Tour” and “Just Dance.” Sue Masemer, manager of the LiveWell Fitness Center at [...]

[Star Tribune, May 21, 2010] For more than two years, doctors knew they had to replace Amund Hendricks’ diseased aortic valve. Trouble was, they couldn’t. Hendricks, 84, was not considered healthy enough this time to surgically replace the valve. All Hendricks’ physician, Dr. Wesley Pedersen, at Allina Health‘s Minneapolis Heart Institute, could do was monitor [...]

[KSTP TV, May 16, 2012] Counties around the Twin Cities metro are reporting high numbers of pertussis, what many of us know as whooping cough. Allina Medical Clinic – Ramsey pediatrician Eric Barth, MD, says one of the key reasons is that a growing number of parents are not getting their children immunized. Watch the [...]

[WCCO TV, May, 14, 2012] Chances are good sniffling, sneezing and watery eyes are telling you its peak allergy season – and this may be the worst season we’ve seen in some time. While most people think visible dandelions and weeds are to blame, it’s actually trees that are the culprit. “Ash, birch, maple, oak, [...]

[Star Tribune, May 4, 2012] Dr. Nancy Hutchison knows that there’s life after cancer. But many survivors continue to struggle with the side effects of treatment after it’s over: swelling, limited motion, severe weakness and fatigue. Now, Sister Kenny is trying to change that with a new program in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. In April, [...]

[Brainerd Dispatch, May 2, 2012] People are accustomed to the sound of a heartbeat early on, with the soft thumping beat signifying the first sign of life in infancy and the last sound before passing. So accustomed to that sound, said Susan White, registered and licensed dietician with the Minneapolis Heart Institute, that “the heart [...]

[KMSP Fox 9, April 29, 2012] The Allina Health Neighborhood Health Connection launched at the Minneapolis Farmers Market on Sunday with healthy activities, tips, food and health screenings. Dr. Courtney Baechler, preventive cardiologist, was interviewed live from the site by Fox 9 News and talked about why Allina Health is doing this. Watch here.

[KSTP.com, April 30, 2012] Would you bang on a drum with some of your neighbors if it meant better health? From drumming to jumping to blood pressure screenings, hundreds of families are learning more about a new initiative to give neighborhoods the tools to live healthier lives. Read more at kstp.com.

[KSTP-TV, April 29, 2012] Drumming, belly-dancing, gardening and eating healthy are all good for you and more fun if you do it with your neighbors. That was the point of the Allina Health Neighborhood Health Connection that launched Sunday at the Minneapolis Farmers Market. KSTP-TV News caught it all on video.

[Minnesota Public Radio, April 28, 2012] A new initiative kicking off at the Minneapolis Farmers Market on Sunday hopes to support healthy communities. Allina Health said its new Neighborhood Health Connection program will allow community members to apply for grants to support activities like building a community garden or starting a yoga group. They can [...]

[KARE 11, April 27, 2012] Allina Hospitals and Clinics has a new name and a new mission. It will now be known as Allina Health and it’s launching a new program to connect with the community. The Minneapolis Farmers Market will be the site of an event on Sunday, April 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., [...]

[Minnesota Public Radio, April 26, 2012] University of Minnesota Gophers football player Gary Tinsley died of an enlarged heart April 6, according to a Hennepin County Medical Examiner report released Wednesday. Minneapolis Heart Institute researcher Dr. David Feldman told Tom Crann of All Things Considered that the condition could be caused by factors including genetic [...]