Allina News

[KEYC-TV, April 6, 2011] Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Heart of New Ulm project is already showing results. KEYC-TV in Mankato reports that the heart attack rate in the southern Minnesota community has already been cut by 24 percent. Watch the full story below.

[Mankato Free Press, April 5, 2011] A 10-year community initiative to prevent the occurrence of heart attacks in New Ulm has produced some early encouraging results. The Heart of New Ulm Project is sponsored by Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. A study shows a 24 percent drop in the number of acute [...]

[Scientific American,  April 3, 2011] The town of New Ulm, Minn., some 90 miles outside of Minneapolis, is small. With a population of about 15,000, the self-proclaimed polka capital of the U.S. might not seem like the most obvious locale to roll out an aggressive, unconventional attack on heart disease. But for the past couple [...]

[Minnesota Public Radio, March 31, 2011]  The Obama administration has filled in some of the blanks in a key part of the health care overhaul. The administration proposed rules Thursday to define Accountable Care Organizations, which are meant to save hundreds of millions of dollars in the Medicare program while improving quality for patients. ACOs [...]

[WCCO-TV, Dec. 6, 2010] The number of heart attacks in New Ulm, Minnesota has dropped by 24 percent since the Heart of New Ulm Project started last year. However, project coordinators don’t take all the credit for that decrease. Businesses like J&R Schugel Trucking are teaming up with the Heart of New Ulm, a program [...]

[KARE11, Nov. 30, 2010] From high above the river valley, the massive “Herman the German” statue watches over the city of New Ulm. He should have noticed that in the past two years, the way of life around town has changed for many of the 15,000 residents. The proud Germans are trading in their beer [...]

[Lawyers and Settlements, Nov. 27, 2010] The proton pump inhibitor, or PPI, is a medication that is used to treat acid reflux or heartburn. There is continuing concern that PPIs are being over-prescribed and in so doing, putting patients in harms way of needless side effects. Marcus Thygeson, MD, president of the Center for Healthcare [...]

[New Ulm Journal, October 6, 2010] After more than 5,200 New Ulm residents learned about their risk factors for having a heart attack in 2009, they continue to participate in a multitude of community health events throughout 2010. The New Ulm area community is invited to attend the third Annual Hearts Beat Back: The Heart [...]

[Star Tribune, October 2, 2010] Dr. Marcus Thygeson once wrote his patients countless prescriptions for heartburn drugs such as Prevacid, Prilosec and Nexium — the “little purple pills” of TV ads. But several months ago, when his own doctor advised him to start taking the pills, he refused. “It was all I could do to [...]

[The Alley, April 6, 2010] The Backyard Initiative has moved to a new phase. Community residents who live in the Backyard area (the Phillips neighborhoods, Central, Powderhorn Park, and Corcoran) are now meeting twice a month to develop projects that improve the health of residents. We want to involve more community residents in this work. [...]

[Chicago Tribune, Mar. 10, 2010] As far as Dr. Joseph Mercola is concerned, vitamin D is the magic bullet we’ve all been looking for. A lack of this wonder nutrient, the controversial natural health advocate said, can set the stage for no fewer than 33 disorders, including autism, cancer, diabetes and infertility. “Vitamin D appears [...]

[The Alley, March 1, 2010] Community residents celebrated the first year of the BYI at the Cultural Wellness Center (CWC) on January 30th. Atum Azzahir, CWC Executive Director and facilitator of BYI community meetings, reviewed the progress that has been made: A community-authored definition of health A set of guiding principles for BYI work in the [...]