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 [...]

[Heartwire.com, January 20, 2012] A meeting of the minds in Minneapolis today aims, in part, to figure out what to do with the thousands of people in the US—about 79 000, according to St Jude Medical—who remain fitted with the company’s “recalled” St Jude Medical Riata or Riata ST implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leads. There remains a [...]

[Wall Street Journal, Jan. 12, 2012] Long-distance runners can breathe a little easier. Scattered reports of heart-related deaths during marathons and half marathons over the past few years have prompted questions about the safety of the events. But a study of participants over more than a decade found only a tiny risk of cardiac arrest [...]

[Business Wire, Jan. 7, 2012] Cardiovascular leaders will gather in Minneapolis for a one-day summit on Jan. 20, to review data for Riata and Riata ST implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads, which recently underwent a Class I FDA recall. The summit directors are Robert G. Hauser, MD, senior cardiologist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott [...]

[Nurse.com, November 21, 2011] Delay in initiation of therapeutic hypothermia and delay in return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), evidenced by a palpable pulse or a measurable blood pressure, were both associated with poor neurologic outcomes in post-cardiac arrest patients, according to a study. Susan Sendelbach, RN, of the Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital [...]

[HealthDay News, November 16, 2011] Women and younger men account for a large number of heart attacks in the United States but are less likely than older men to receive preventive medications that lower heart attack risk, a new study indicates. Researchers evaluated more than 3,000 heart attack patients treated at the Minneapolis Heart Institute [...]

[HealthDay News, November 15, 2011] Elite female marathon runners have less coronary artery plaque than their male counterparts and sedentary women, a new study finds. A recent Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation study found that elite male marathoner runners may have more coronary artery plaque than men who aren’t physically active, so the investigators decided to [...]

[Anoka Hennepin School District newsletter, Nov. 10, 2011] Shari Carlson, sixth grade integrated language arts teacher at Coon Rapids Middle School, is the featured artist through November and December at the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing at Unity Hospital. Read more.

[KSTP.com, Oct. 31, 2011] Unity Hospital in Fridley wants to prevent kids from smoking and is providing parents with resources to help. Read the story.

[KSTP-TV, September 22, 2011] A Coon Rapids woman gave birth in water at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. It was the first water birth within in the Allina Hospitals and Clinics system. Aimee Blomberg gave birth to Kaelyn Grace Blomberg at 3:37 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15. Abbott Northwestern delivers approximately 4,000 babies a year and is the [...]

(KSTP.com, Aug. 17, 2011) Unity Hospital in Fridley is celebrating the opening of a community wellness path with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday Aug. 24, 2011.  Read the story.

[MedPage Today, July 18, 2011] Children under 18 can safely undergo coronary CT angiography (CCTA) imaging with radiation exposure equivalent to a few chest x-rays, without suffering degradation in image quality and diagnostic confidence, a single-center study found. Between 2007 and 2011, the effective radiation dose delivered to patients under 18 went from 1.7 mSv [...]