Allina News

[WCCO TV, May, 14, 2012] Chances are good sniffling, sneezing and watery eyes are telling you its peak allergy season – and this may be the worst season we’ve seen in some time. While most people think visible dandelions and weeds are to blame, it’s actually trees that are the culprit. “Ash, birch, maple, oak, [...]

[WCCO-TV, April 26, 2012] Can the people in your neighborhood work together to improve everyone’s health in that area? Allina Health doctors say, “Absolutely!” That’s the goal of the Neighborhood Health Connection. Dr. Courtney Baechler talked about it on WCCO 4′s News This Morning. Watch the interview here.

[WCCO-TV, March 2, 2012] Two nurses at Allina’s Abbott Northwestern became more than co-workers and friends when one of them volunteered a kidney to the other. WCCO reports on a special bond that has meant so much to both women.

[WCCO-TV, March 13, 2012] In a world where heart failure’s an epidemic, doctors say there’s now a game-changer in their fight. Starting Tuesday, doctors at a Twin Cities hospital started what they call a less-invasive alternative to open-heart surgery. WCCO-TV went inside the operation room at Abbott Northwestern Hospital to show the procedure that is [...]

[WCCO-TV, Feb. 29, 2012] It’s not quite the way he envisioned, but Jack Jablonski is headed to the Class AA Boys State Hockey Tournament next week. The 16-year-old was at Mariucci Arena Wednesday night as his Benilde-St. Margaret’s Red Knights beat Minnetonka 5-1 in the Section 6AA Championship game. WCCO met Jack as he was [...]

[WCCO-TV & KMSP-TV, Feb. 19, 2012] It was a car ride the Heath family will never forget. A mother, father and their toddler were taking the half-hour trip from their home near Mora to Cambridge welcome a new addition to their family. But the baby just wasn’t in a mood to wait. Two-and-half-year-old Maiah has [...]

[WCCO-TV, Feb. 18, 2012] Allina’s J.A. Wedum Residential Hospice is now open in Brooklyn Park. With 12 rooms for residents, it is the largest residential hospice in the Twin Cities metro and will help alleviate a shortage of hospice beds in the region. Watch the story here.

[WCCO-TV, November 9, 2011] Breast cancer is a devastating diagnosis that comes with a long list of big decisions. Some women often opt for reconstruction surgery. But some blame one popular procedure for making matters even worse. A TRAM Flap procedure is similar to a tummy tuck, transferring tissue from the abdomen to the chest [...]

[WCCO-TV, November 5, 2011] One in every 100,000 breast cancer patients is a man. It’s very rare, but it’s something many men don’t talk about or even ask their doctors about. Bill Riegert is just glad his wife’s persistence made him ask his doctor about it.  Surgeon John O’Leary, MD, of Piper Breast Center at [...]

[KARE/WCCO/KSTP, June 14, 2011] Allina Hospitals & Clinics recognized its employees who are serving or have served in the military or the reserves on Flag Day at an event at its headquarters. “Hundreds of Allina employees have served our country through military service,” said Ken Paulus, Allina’s president and CEO. “We honor their incredible commitment [...]

[WCCO-TV, May 31, 2011] There are renewed questions being raised about the effects that constant cell phone usage might have on human health. The World Health Organization, for the first time, is hinting at a possible cancer risk. But how great a risk? Good question—one that WCCO’s Jason DeRusha posed to Dr. John Trusheim of [...]

[WCCO-TV, May 25, 2011] Thirty percent of Americans have high blood pressure. Usually it’s a worry for older adults. But now there is reason to believe it’s a growing threat for young people. The University of North Carolina looked at data on more than 14,000 people, men and women, from ages 24 to 42 and [...]