Allina News

[Minnesota Public Radio, Oct. 26, 2011] A day after a new study revealed that flu vaccines are not as effective as once thought, doctors report that their patients are asking questions about the findings. Still, it doesn’t appear that the downgrade in the vaccine’s effectiveness is altering many patients decision to get immunized against flu. [...]

[Isanti County News, Oct. 26, 2011] A new housing facility to assist homeless individuals and families in the Pine City area is one step closer to becoming a reality. On Wednesday, Oct. 12, the Board of Directors for ‘A Place for You’ homeless shelter received the deed and keys to the former Allina Medical Clinic-Pine [...]

[KMSP Fox 9, Oct. 25, 2011] A vaccine that was touted as a tool to help young girls guard against cervical cancer is now being recommended for boys as well to help combat the spread and effects of a sexually-transmitted disease called HPV. Allina Medical Clinic STD expert, Dr. Frank Rhame, says the recommendation by [...]

[KMSP Fox 9 News, Sept. 27, 2011] An Edina police report from July details an encounter with Interstate 394 shooting victim Katherine Gordon, who said “the spirit of the devil” told her to come to police and ask to be locked up. Gordon was shot and killed by a police officer on I-394 last Thursday [...]

[KSTP-TV, Sept. 16, 2011] Qualitest Pharmaceuticals is recalling multiple lots of birth-control pills because of a packaging error that could lead to incorrect dosing and unintended pregnancies. KSTP News talked to Aspen Medical Group ob/gyn nurse practitioner Katherine Williams about the potential consequences. Watch the story below.

KMSP Fox 9 TV, Sept. 4, 2011] Doctors are getting better about not giving unneeded antibiotics to children, but are still handing out the drugs far too often, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. More than half of all prescriptions written for children 14 and under are for colds, flu, and other respiratory [...]

[KARE11, Aug. 26, 2011] Colleen Dobie, Allina Medical Clinic certified nurse practitioner, was at the KARE Barn this morning to discuss childhood obesity and how families can make healthy food choices as kids prepare to go back-to-school. Allina clinics provide primary care and specialty services in more than 50 locations throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin. [...]

[Anoka Union, July 27, 2011] The players were on the field and the crowd was ready for action at the Ramsey Allina Clinic open house July 23. All that was missing at the baseball-themed Ramsey Allina Clinic open house July 23 was the crack of the bat. Allina clinic staff and volunteers treated people to [...]

[StarTribune, July 4, 2011] This year Medicare announced it would cover free annual wellness visits for older people. The wellness screenings emerged as one of the signature benefits of the big federal health overhaul that Congress passed last year — an effort to catch problems early, keep patients healthier and cut future Medicare costs. Some [...]

[KSTP-TV, June 6, 2011] Allina Medical Clinic’s new Ramsey clinic wasn’t just designed for patients, it was designed by patients. Focus groups and surveys guided the design. What resulted is a friendlier, greener clinic. Watch the story below.

[Finance & Commerce, June 6, 2011] Allina Hospitals & Clinics Monday opened its $9.2 million Ramsey clinic. The new clinic, at 7231 Sunwood Dr. NW, is one of a first projects to rise up in the city’s Center of Ramsey commercial development. Read the full story at finance-commerce.com (subscription required).

[Fox 9 News, May 20, 2011] We now know what killed pro hockey player Derek Boorgaard—an accidental overdose of the the powerful painkiller Oxycodone and alcohol. Allina substance abuse counselor Duane Pomerleau talked with Fox 9 News about this dangerous combination.