Archive for 'prevention'
Guest column: Ask the Doc – Lighten your holiday load of calories
[Sun Focus, Nov. 9, 2011] While your diet can cause illness, it can also be part of an optimal health plan to treat that illness. The fact is that food is medicine. When we look at food as medicine, we can view the Thanksgiving meal as a prescription for good health. Read the article by [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2011, 9:54 am under newspapers, prevention, Sun Focus, Unity Hospital, Virginia Piper Cancer Institute.
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Unity Hospital Hosts Tobacco Use Prevention Forum
[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.
Posted: November 1st, 2011, 9:40 am under KSTP.com, Online, prevention, Unity Hospital.
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Allina’s Virginia Piper Cancer Institute leader says colon cancer rates decreasing
[KARE-TV, July 27, 2011] Minnesota’s colon cancer rates have been decreasing about two percent over the past 10 years, says Tim Sielaff, MD, president of Allina’s Virginia Piper Cancer Institute. However, each year, 2,500 Minnesotans receive the diagnosis, and 750 to 800 people die from it. Recently, Dr. Sielaff talked about colon cancer, screening and treatment on KARE-TV’s [...]
Posted: July 27th, 2011, 11:48 am under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, cancer, colorectal screening, KARE11, prevention, TV News, Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, _.
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Allina and Life Time Fitness partner in wellness program
[Coon Rapids Herald, July 9, 2011] A new partnership between Allina Hospitals & Clinics and Life Time Fitness includes MyHealthCheck, a service available to Allina employees. It gives employees a health score through testing their LDL/HDL ratio, glucose, triglycerides, body composition, tobacco use and blood pressure. Click here to read the article.
Posted: July 11th, 2011, 8:27 am under Allina Newsroom, Allina System, Coon Rapids Herald, Health Reform, Mercy Hospital, prevention.
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No fatal falls in Minnesota hospitals in 2009
[Pioneer Press, Jan. 14, 2010] No patients in Minnesota hospitals died from falls last year — a first for the state since it started publicly reporting preventable hospital errors six years ago. Health officials said the decrease — down from 10 fall-related deaths in the previous reporting period — was a remarkable achievement that required the [...]
Posted: January 14th, 2010, 8:30 am under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina System, newspapers, Patient Safety, Pioneer Press, prevention, Unity Hospital, _.
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Allina Hospitals & Clinics Statement on Mammography Screening
[Allina Newsroom, Nov. 18, 2009] Dr. Timothy Sielaff, president of Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Virginia Piper Cancer Institute, released the following statement on the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation on routine screening mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years. The USPSTF is one of several different groups offering screening mammography recommendations. Other [...]
Posted: November 18th, 2009, 5:20 pm under Allina Newsroom, Allina System, cancer, prevention, Virginia Piper Cancer Institute.
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Family Uses ‘Widow Maker’ Tragedy to Help Others
[WCCO 4 News, Aug. 13, 2009] Kristin Brown lost her 30-year-old husband to a heart condition known as the “widow maker.” Dr. Jeff Chambers, a cardiologist at Mercy Hospital, explains how blockage in an artery can cause a deadly heart attack. Read the full story on wcco.com.
Posted: August 13th, 2009, 10:20 pm under heart health, Mercy Hospital, prevention, TV News, WCCO-TV, _.
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Heart of New Ulm Screens More than 1,100
[New Ulm Journal] The Heart of New Ulm project is in full swing with more than 1,100 community residents having been screened already in the first month of screenings. The project aims to reduce and eventually eliminate heart attacks in New Ulm, Minnesota. Read the full story on nujournal.com…
Posted: May 29th, 2009, 7:46 am under heart health, Heart of New Ulm, New Ulm Journal, New Ulm Medical Center, newspapers, prevention, _.
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Allina's Unity Hospital Provides Free Colorectal Screenings
Allina Hospitals & Clinics provided free colorectal cancer screenings for under- or uninsured Minnesotans.
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 7:09 pm under Allina Newsroom, cancer, colorectal screening, prevention, Unity Hospital.
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