Allina News

[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, [...]

[WCCO-AM, April 4, 2011] WCCO-TV news anchorman Frank Vascellero is recovering from hip surgery at Abbott Northwestern. Home from the hospital, he talked about his experience on WCCO Radio’s Michele Tafoya Show. WCCO’s Frank Vascellaro talk about his hip surgery at Abbott Northwestern Hospital

[WCCO Radio, Feb. 14, 2011] There is a lot of talk of love this Valentine’s Day, but for those suffering from a broken heart, it’s a serious matter. Broken heart syndrome is a rare condition in which emotional or physical stress causes people to feel like they are having a heart attack. Dr. Scott Sharkey [...]

[WCCO Radio, March 25, 2010] Metro area hospitals and the Minnesota Nurses Association have recently opened contract and pension negotiations. Representatives for both groups were interviewed on the WCCO Radio Noon News Hour about those talks. Listen below. Metro hospitals and nurses start contract talks

[WCCO Radio, Feb. 18, 2010] After two weeks in Vancouver caring for Olympic athletes in the Olympic Village clinic, Allina Medical Clinic-Northfield physician Scott Koehler, MD,  is home. He was interviewed on his experience at the Olympics on the WCCO Radio News Hour today. Listen to the interview below. Allina Medical Clinic’s Dr. Scott Koehler on the Olympics [...]

[WCCO Radio, Feb. 16, 2010] Can you die of a broken heart? Turns out you can according to a growing body of research. The latest study comes from Allina’s Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. MHI’s Dr. Scott Sharkey discussed that research on WCCO Radio’s Mondale & Jones program today. Listen below or at [...]

[WCCO Radio, Feb. 12, 2010] Former President Bill Clinton had two stents inserted into a coronary artery Thursday and was released from the hospital a day later. Cardiologist Kevin Graham, from Allina’s Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital visited with WCCO Radio’s Susie Jones and John Hines about the procedures performed on Clinton and [...]

[WCCO Radio, Feb. 10, 2010] February is Heart Month. Dr. Kevin Graham is a cardiologist and president of Allina’s Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. He talks with WCCO’s John Hines on a wide range of heart health issues including how vitamin supplements, including vitamin D, can improve how you feel and improve your [...]

[WCCO Radio, Jan. 27, 2010] Dr. Scott Koehler is heading to the Vancouver Winter Olympics in a few days, not as an athlete, but to take care of the athletes. Dr. Koehler, a sports medicine physician with Allina Medical Clinic-Northfield, has been working with elite world-class athletes for more than ten years, and he will [...]

[KMSP TV, KARE11 TV, WCCO TV, KSTP TV, WCCO Radio, Jan. 6, 2009] Frightened but in control, nine year old Sydney Gifford knew what to do when her mother, Laura, was felled by a seizure a month after brain surgery to remove a tumor. She called 911 and with the help of Allina Medical Transportation [...]

[WCCO Radio, Ot. 19, 2009] Concern about spreading the flu to newborns and young patients means visitors will be screened for the disease.  Visitors at all ten Allina Hospitals are being asked if they have any symptoms of either H1N1 or seasonal flu. Read the whole story at the WCCO Radio web site.

[WCCO Radio, Oct. 20, 2009] Allina Hospitals & Clinics has implemented a new visitor policy in response to the spread of the H1N1 virus. Allina Infection Control Practitioner Cindy Larson was interviewed on WCCO’s Mondale and Jones radio program about the new policy.