Allina News

[The Patch, Jan. 31, 2012] Have you ever had an ailment that just wouldn’t go away, despite your doctor’s best care? At Allina Medical Clinic – Northfield—as elsewhere—it’s become increasingly common for such patients to be referred to an acupuncturist, which is often their first venture into the widening world of alternative/complementary medicine. Read the full [...]

[CTN-TV, Sept. 23, 2011] A new resource is available in the northwest metro area that offers a holistic approach to health.  Services are available at the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing on the Unity Hospital campus.  Click here to watch the story on the Sept. 23, 2011 news cast (about 15 minutes in).

[Anoka County Union, Sept. 7, 2011] I remove my shoes and socks and hesitantly lie face up on the table, a pillow at my head. I am undergoing an acupuncture session at the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing in Fridley. Read a writer’s account of her experience with integrative medicine.

[Health Behavior News, Aug. 18, 2011] U.S. health care workers, especially doctors and nurses, use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) far more than do workers in other fields, according to a new study. CAM includes diverse therapies outside the realm of conventional medicine. Overall, 76 percent of health care workers report CAM usage, compared with [...]

[Anoka County Union Aug. 11, 2011} The Penny George Institute for Health and Healing at Allina’s Unity Hospital campus now offers a holistic approach to health care on an outpatient basis. But you don’t have to be a patient to benefit from its healing services. Services are open to the public. Read the article.

[Star Tribune, July 27, 2011] Marcia Carlson, a licensed clinical social worker at Mercy Cancer Resource Center in Coon Rapids and the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Unity Hospital in Fridley, talks about her work. Click here to read the interview.

[MedCityNews, July 1, 2011] In 2003, Todd Stitt was able to deal with his depression. The 37-year-old computer programmer from Minneapolis worked as a contractor. “I was clear with my employer that I had depression. When I worked, I got paid. When I didn’t work, I didn’t get paid,” Stitt said. But then everything fell [...]

[Star Tribune, July 1, 2011] At Abbott Northwestern Hospital, it’s not unusual for patients to get a massage or acupuncture in addition to surgery. The Minneapolis hospital has been offering an array of holistic therapies, for free, to patients since 2003. Now it’s won a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to [...]

[WCCO-TV, May 2, 2011] WCCO-TV anchorman Frank Vascellaro had an arthritic hip resurfaced on April 1 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn. Back at work now, he tells his story of his surgery by orthopedist Scott Anseth, MD, and recovery at Abbott Northwestern’s Joint Replacement Center. Watch the story below.

[Massage Magazine, April 27, 2011] The American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) announces a new collaboration with the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The collaboration focuses on research analyses of the effectiveness of therapeutic massage in care provided to inpatients in the hospital from July 2005 through [...]

[Star Tribune, December 9, 2010] Music therapists combine music and psychology to help patients and families in settings from nursery to hospice. They may work in hospitals, long-term care facilities, schools, treatment centers or in patients’ homes. Sarah Newberry received her master’s degree in Massachusetts before returning to her native Minnesota to practice. She works [...]

[Star Tribune, November 20, 2010] Several years ago Dr. Henry Emmons spotted a bumper sticker while driving his teenage son to a soccer game. “Surely,” it read, “joy is the condition of life.” At the time, Emmons, a psychiatrist at Allina’s Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, was preparing a talk on depression. But [...]