Allina News

[WCCO-TV, July 21, 2010] Allina’s Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis is the site of trials for a new kind of heart pump that holds promise for the estimated five million Americans suffering from heart failure. The DuraHeart is a left ventricular assist system made by Terumo Heart, Inc. WCCO’s Dennis Douda [...]

[KMSP & WCCO TV, July 8, 2010] A year ago, Garry Frankel, Winnipeg, Manitoba, was in the Twin Cities to work as a volunteer at the USA Cup soccer tournament in Blaine at the National Sports Center. The night before the tournament he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. This year he’s back to work the [...]

[WCCO-TV, July 9, 2010] As many as one in five of us will develop brain aneurysms in our lifetimes. A Minnesota company has come up with an innovative way to treat the trickiest of cases. See one patient’s story who was treated by Abbott Northwestern’s interventional neuroradiologist Jeff Crandall, MD, at wcco.com.

[WCCO-TV, July 6, 2010] Researchers haven’t found convincing evidence that money and happiness are strongly linked. Until now. So how much does money influence happiness? That’s the Good Question put to Allina Medical Clinic psychologist Dr. Alan Steed. Watch the story below.

[WCCO-TV, Feb. 24, 2010] Surviving one heart attack is a pretty exciting thing, but five of them? Former vice-president Dick Cheney is now out of the hospital after having his fourth attack in 32 years. So is Dick Cheney a superman or have doctors just gotten that good at treating heart attacks? “There are heart [...]

[WCCO-TV, Jan. 21, 2010] A Minnesota mother is sharing her story of survival and her one big regret after she was in a terrible motorcycle crash. Last fall, Dayna Halbert was thrown off her motorcycle and into the truck that t-boned her in an Owatonna intersection. The other driver was going 60 mph, she said. [...]

[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-TV, Dec. 31, 2009] Very few of us ever get the chance to really know what we’d think before we die. “I remember the last thing I thought about is I can’t believe I’m going to die on the front lawn,” said 35-year-old Becky Arganbright, a mother of four. Arganbright was treated at Abbott Northwestern [...]

[WCCO News, January 1, 2010] Jackson, Kylie and Austin Main were born in the wee hours of New Year’s Day last year at United Hospital. They were born three month premature. Happy, healthy and celebrating their first birthday, WCCO 4 News caught up with them and their parents at home in New Richmond, Wisconsin to [...]

[WCCO 4 News, Dec. 22, 2009] A Christmas CD is helping to soothe babies at Abbott Northwestern Hospital this holiday season. Tim O’Neill is a pianist and father of two preemie babies. He came up with The Christmas Lullabies CD after his own children seem to benefit from hearing the music. See the story at [...]

[Allina Newsroom, Dec. 16, 2009] City and county officials joined Fridley medical community leaders for groundbreaking ceremonies today on Allina Hospitals & Clinics’ Unity Hospital campus. The event marked the start of construction on the $14 million Fridley Medical Center. The two-story, 60,000-square-foot medical office building will provide expanded facilities for Multicare Associates’ primary care [...]

[WCCO-TV, Dec. 8, 2009] On nights like this, emergency crews expect the worst and they deal with bad driving more than the rest of us. WCCO News reporter Reg Chapman rode along with Allina ambulance crews on the night of the first major snow of the season to see what it’s like. Watch the story [...]

[WCCO, KARE11, Pioneer Press, Dec. 1, 2009] A woman who suffered a brain aneurysm in her home got a chance to thank the strangers who saved her life including paramedics from Allina’s ALF Ambulance Service. In Apple Valley Tuesday, Sandie Birdsall got a chance to hug the first responders who came to her aid exactly [...]

[WCCO-TV, Nov. 22, 2009] Dr. Deb Day, the medical director of Allina’s Piper Breast Center, on the WCCO 4 News Sunday Morning show today, said Allina will continue to recommend annual mammograms for women starting at age 40. Watch the interview on wcco.com or watch below.

[WCCO-TV, Nov. 10, 2009] A Minnesota mother believes her baby is alive because of what doctors did while the baby was still half in the womb. “She’s a trooper. She’s very strong,” Jennifer Kuklok said about her daughter Lilyana. Lilyana is now 6 weeks old and is recovering from a rare surgery because of a [...]

[WCCO-TV, Nov. 8, 2009] Allina Hospitals & Clinics Vice President for Safety, Judith Napier, part of Allina’s H1N1 planning team, was interviewed on WCCO 4 News Sunday Morning  by Esme Murphy on the elusive H1N1 vaccine and the challenges the virus poses to health care organizations. Watch the interview at wcco.com or click below.

[WCCO-TV, Nov. 2, 2009] United Hospital helped one of its volunteers celebrate a very special birthday Monday — one that was a century in the making. Dorothy Schadegg, a long time volunteer at the hospital, just turned 100. Read the story at wcco.com or watch the video below.

[WCCO-TV, Oct. 30, 2009] For the first time, Minnesota hospitals are banding together to prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu to patients and visitors by increasing restrictions for those coming in. Most hospitals are limiting the number of visitors to 3 or 4. There are cut backs on visiting hours and new rules for [...]

[WCCO-TV, Oct. 24, 2009]  One Twin Cities medical group  is now Tweeting updates about H1N1 news. Allina Hospitals & Clinics is using online social networking to keep the community informed. See the story here on wcco.com or click the video link below.

[WCCO-TV, Oct. 15, 2009] As the first round of H1N1 influenza vaccine arrives for children in the Twin Cities, there are questions about what’s inside the vaccine. Why is there mercury in many types of flu shots? “It’s part of a compound called Thimerosal,” said Shane Madsen, clinical pharmacy manager at United Hospital in St. [...]

[WCCO-TV, Oct. 12, 2009] When it comes to beating cancer, early detection is the key. And that’s especially true for breast cancer. Now, doctors at Allina’s Piper Breast Center in Minneapolis are using a new tool to help them narrow in on possible trouble spots that may be preventing early detection. Dr. Deborah Day, radiologist [...]

[WCCO-TV, Sept. 30, 2009] Children are a blessing, but mothers never forget the deliveries they went through to bring their children into this world. Billy-Lee Madere made extra sure his mother won’t ever forget his delivery. Billy-Lee was born at Mercy Hospital on Tuesday and nurses were instantly in awe. He weighed 12 pounds, 12 [...]

[WCCO-TV, Sept. 6, 2009] Labor Day came a little bit early at Allina’s United Hospital in St. Paul. During a 24 hour period this weekend, 24 babies were born at the hospital. Watch the story at WCCO.com.

[WCCO 4 News, Aug. 24, 2009] An 18-year-old South African blew away the competition at a track-and-field competition earlier this month. But her speed and build quickly raised questions about whether Caster Semenya is really a she. Why is it so difficult to tell if someone is a man or a woman? “When you really [...]

[WCCO 4 News, Aug. 20, 2009] Amid the sea of pink at the Twin Cities Breast Cancer 3-Day this weekend, there will be a splash of blue. That is because 1 percent of breast cancer patients are men. Radiologist Deborah Day, MD, is the medical director of Allina’s Piper Breast Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital [...]