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		<title>A less-invasive way to replace heart valves at Minneapolis Heart Institute</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/05/21/a-less-invasive-way-to-replace-heart-valves-at-minneapolis-heart-institute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 19:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, May 21, 2010] For more than two years, doctors knew they had to replace Amund Hendricks&#8217; diseased aortic valve. Trouble was, they couldn&#8217;t. Hendricks, 84, was not considered healthy enough this time to surgically replace the valve. All Hendricks&#8217; physician, Dr. Wesley Pedersen, at Allina Health&#8216;s Minneapolis Heart Institute, could do was monitor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health beat: A rehab program for cancer patients</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/05/04/health-beat-a-rehab-program-for-cancer-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, May 4, 2012] Dr. Nancy Hutchison knows that there&#8217;s life after cancer. But many survivors continue to struggle with the side effects of treatment after it&#8217;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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health beat: A really local focus to healthy living</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/04/27/health-beat-a-really-local-focus-to-healthy-living/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, April 27, 2012] Headaches, lack of sleep, stress &#8212; anyone who&#8217;s ever had a bad neighbor could probably testify to the toll it can take on a person&#8217;s health. But a new Allina Health initiative hinges on the idea that having a really good neighbor can produce just the opposite effect. The nonprofit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tough choices on your health start today</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/04/16/tough-choices-on-your-health-start-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, April 16, 2012] Would your loved ones know your wishes for your care if you could no longer speak for yourself? Statistically, and unfortunately, it&#8217;s not likely. Only about three of 10 Americans have discussed their wishes with their families and have created an advance directive to guide these kinds of decisions and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allina expands its Plymouth campus</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/04/15/allina-expands-its-plymouth-campus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, April 14, 2012] Allina Hospitals and Clinics has broken ground on a new emergency department at WestHealth in Plymouth. They&#8217;re building an 18,000 square-foot building to offer a 24-hour, full-service emergency department. It will be staffed by physicians from Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Allina officials said the expansion allows the hospital to treat patients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abbott Northwestern Hospital says McDonald&#8217;s stays</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/04/13/abbott-northwestern-hospital-says-mcdonalds-stays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Minnesota Public Radio, April 12, 2012] Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis is one of 22 hospitals across the country being asked to get rid of its McDonald&#8217;s restaurant. Corporate Accountability International, a corporate watchdog group that has gone after companies such as Coca-Cola, said hospitals shouldn&#8217;t be letting McDonald&#8217;s market unhealthy foods in health care [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In-class screening sponsored by Allina reveals Anoka High School athlete’s heart defect</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/03/08/in-class-screening-sponsored-by-allina-reveals-anoka-high-school-athletes-heart-defect/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, March 8, 2011] Anoka High School sophomore Gavin Putt took a pass on a medical screening offered in his health class, Healthy Living, last fall. His teacher this trimester made the in-class screenings mandatory, and for Putt, it may have been a lifesaver. His blood pressure reading came in high &#8212; 183/86 &#8212; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No cure for spine injuries &#8211; but hope</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/02/29/no-cure-for-spine-injuries-but-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2012/02/29/no-cure-for-spine-injuries-but-hope/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, February 27, 2012] Brendan Loney can&#8217;t move his legs, but once a week, he sure does run. &#8220;I&#8217;m trying to stay as fit as I can,&#8221; the former hockey player said, &#8220;and hopefully be a good contestant when they do come up with something.&#8221; &#8220;We used to always say we&#8217;re working around this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing up grandbaby: child-rearing classses for grandparents</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/02/20/bringing-up-grandbaby-child-rearing-classses-for-grandparents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Feb. 19, 2012] Today&#8217;s grandparents are getting schooled on the changes in child-rearing since they raised their own families. Prenatal classes for grandparents are designed to give expecting grandparents skills that combine their wealth of knowledge and experience with modern ideas and practices. About a dozen grandparents gathered at United Hospital in St. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new home for vulnerable newborns&#8230;and moms</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/02/17/a-new-home-for-vulnerable-newborns-and-moms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Feb. 17, 2012] Construction is underway at the Mother Baby Center, a joint venture between Allina&#8216;s Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Children’s Hospitals and Clinics in south Minneapolis. The $50 million birthing center is wedged into tight quarters on the Abbott-Children&#8217;s campus. It will keep parents and their struggling babies in need of intensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allina bucks industry secrecy on medical-device prices</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/02/13/allina-bucks-industry-secrecy-on-medical-device-prices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Feb. 12, 2012] Hospitals are paying widely varying prices for the same implantable medical devices, according to a new study that suggests that secretive sales agreements prevent many buyers from getting the best deals. The report from the U.S. General Accounting Office &#8212; which turned up a difference of more than $8,000 for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allina doctor wants to put vitamin D to work in the workplace</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/02/13/allina-doctor-wants-to-put-vitamin-d-to-work-in-the-workplace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Feb. 12, 2012] Dr. Greg Plotnikoff has spent more than a decade evangelizing about the health benefits of vitamin D to his medical colleagues across the globe. Now the Allina Health doctor at Abbott Northwestern Hospital&#8216;s Penney George Institute for Health and Healing is turning to corporate America, hoping his message will have new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allina&#8217;s new name focuses on health, not hospitals</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/02/09/allinas-new-name-focuses-on-health-not-hospitals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Feb 8, 2012] Allina Hospitals and Clinicsis changing its name to reflect a new mission that shifts the emphasis away from places we go when we&#8217;re sick and onto disease prevention and personal vitality. The new moniker &#8212; Allina Health &#8212; has been discussed internally with employees for several months, and now it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allina surgeons get new treatment approach for brain aneurysms</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/01/30/allina-surgeons-get-new-treatment-approach-for-brain-aneurysms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Jan. 30, 2012] As physicians, nurses and technicians looked on, Dr. Benjamin Crandall and Dr. Josser Delgado gingerly inserted a catheter into an artery in the leg of a 55-year-old woman. To guide them, the neuroradiologists watched their progress on several screens showing multiple images of the blood vessels in her brain. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jablonski’s Challenges On His Road to Recovery</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/01/25/jablonskis-challenges-on-his-road-to-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[WCCO-AM, Jan. 24, 2012] Tuesday is Jack Jablonski’s first full day at his new rehabilitation center. The 16-year-old Benilde-St. Margaret’s sophomore left the Hennepin County Medical Center Monday to begin rehab at Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Doctors couldn’t give us any specific details on what challenges Jablonski would be facing directly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Allina will add 24-hour ER to WestHealth in Plymouth</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/01/13/allina-will-add-24-hour-er-to-westhealth-in-plymouth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Jan. 13, 2012] Allina Hospitals &#38; Clinics said it is adding an emergency department to its WestHealth facility in Plymouth &#8212; a project expected to cost between $5 million and $8 million. The new department will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with emergency room doctors affiliated with Abbott [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The other surprise about twins born in separate years&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2012/01/03/the-other-surprise-about-twins-born-in-separate-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Jan. 3, 2012] Twins Beckett and Freya Humenny will grow up together, but they will never share a birthday &#8212; or even a birth year. Beckett was born at 6:40 p.m. on New Year&#8217;s Eve 2011. His sister, Freya, was born six hours later, at 12:26 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2012. Allina Medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start-ups sprout from this Sister Kenny clinic</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/12/27/start-ups-sprout-from-this-sister-kenny-clinic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, December 25, 2011] Imagine a robot that can check on recovering stroke patients, remind them to do exercises &#8212; even update therapists about their progress. Meet SKOTEE. The robot is one of the latest inventions being developed at the Sister Kenny Research Center in Minneapolis, a division of the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Screenings transform health lessons</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/12/02/screenings-transform-health-lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Nov. 30, 2011] Anoka High students are getting an update on their health thanks to a collaborative program sponsored by the district and Allina. Participants &#8212; mostly sophomores &#8212; were greeted in health classes Tuesday by Allina Hospitals &#38; Clinics staff, who ushered them through a series of stations, where they were weighed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bikes for kids</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/14/bikes-for-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, November 12, 2011] Free Bikes 4 Kidz, a nonprofit started by cycling enthusiasts who struck a partnership with Allina Hospitals &#38; Clinics and others, is headed toward a record 5,000 bikes that will be donated, restored and provided to needy families this holiday season &#8212; up from 1,500 last year. &#8220;Many of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Majority of new moms are getting paid leave</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/14/majority-of-new-moms-are-getting-paid-leave/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/14/majority-of-new-moms-are-getting-paid-leave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>allinanews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Nov. 10, 2011] The number of new mothers who recieve maternity benefits has climbed to a majority for the first time according to the U.S. Census bureau.  Reporter Jeremy Olson talked to one new mother at Mercy Hospital to see if she is included in that statistic.  Read the article.]]></description>
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		<title>Allina, HealthPartners form a &#8216;lab&#8217; for health reform</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/03/allina-healthpartners-form-a-lab-for-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2011/11/03/allina-healthpartners-form-a-lab-for-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Nov. 3, 2011] An unusual partnership in the northwestern suburbs of the Twin Cities is claiming early progress toward the Holy Grail of health care reform: better treatments, lower costs and more satisfied patients. In its first year, the joint effort between rival health systems Allina Hospitals &#38; Clinics and HealthPartners was able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A data hub for prescriptions</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/10/30/a-data-hub-for-prescriptions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Oct. 30, 2011] Three years ago, fewer than 10 percent of the nation&#8217;s doctors used electronic prescriptions. Today, about 52 percent have tossed aside their prescription pads and are reaching for the computer keyboard instead. Nearly all of these e-prescriptions are transmitted from doctor to pharmacy across a secure network that is fueled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Area hospitals can say they know the drill</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/09/22/area-hospitals-can-say-they-know-the-drill/</link>
		<comments>http://allinanews.com/2011/09/22/area-hospitals-can-say-they-know-the-drill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:36:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Sept. 20, 2011] A drill at Abbott Northwestern and Mercy Hospitals provided a test of how well hospitals are prepared to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies.  Read the article.]]></description>
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		<title>The Muslim Experience in Minnesota &#8211; Meet Dr. Amin Rahmatullah, cardiologist at Mercy and Unity Hospitals</title>
		<link>http://allinanews.com/2011/09/14/the-muslim-experience-in-minnesota-meet-dr-amin-rahmatullah-cardiologist-at-mercy-and-unity-hospitals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Star Tribune, Sept. 13, 2011] The Muslim Experience in Minnesota project aims to capture and convey the Muslim experience in Minnesota.  This entry features Amin Rahmatullah, MD. a Pakistani-American cardiologist who has worked at Mercy Hospital and Unity Hospital for ten years.  Read the interview.]]></description>
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