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How Ice Can Save Your Life
[Wall Street Journal, Oct. 6, 2009] For decades, conventional wisdom in treating patients with cardiac arrest was that if the heart stopped beating for longer than six to 10 minutes, the brain would be dead. Now a new treatment being embraced by a growing number of U.S. hospitals suggests that patients can be brought back [...]
Posted: October 6th, 2009, 12:08 pm under Uncategorized.
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America's healthcare addiction
[Huffington Post, Sept. 30, 2009] On occasion a patient arrives in the hospital so sick, in so many ways, that as a physician it’s hard to know where to begin. Health care reform feels the same way — so many things wrong, so complex and interrelated, that delving into it can produce a catatonic sense [...]
Posted: September 30th, 2009, 11:19 am under Uncategorized.
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Owatonna Hospital's Pink Pantry holds pre-move sale
[Owatonna People's Press, Sept. 29, 2009] From knitting baby caps to selling coffee — and now packing boxes — volunteers with the Owatonna Hospital Auxiliary are keeping busy. Auxiliary members opened The Pink Pantry moving sale on Tuesday, in preparation for the move to the new hospital facility on 26th Street NW. Read the full [...]
Posted: September 30th, 2009, 10:09 am under Uncategorized.
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Operation flu: Clinics gearing up
[Star Tribune, Sept. 24, 2009] Twin Cities medical clinics have a message for flu patients: Unless you’re really, really sick, don’t come in. They’re asking people with mild flu symptoms to stay home. Patients who want to talk with a doctor or nurse, they say, should phone in. For Minnesota’s hospitals and clinics, the preparation [...]
Posted: September 24th, 2009, 7:02 am under Uncategorized.
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Seasonal Flu Vaccine Availability at Allina Medical Clinic
[Allina Newsroom, Sept. 23, 2009] Allina Medical Clinic continues to service its patients with seasonal flu vaccine as planned, AMC chief medical officer Bruce McCarthy, MD, announced today. “Patients with scheduled appointments are being offered the seasonal flu vaccine throughout our system,” said McCarthy. “Patients specifically seeking a flu vaccine shot can make an appointment [...]
Posted: September 23rd, 2009, 6:20 pm under Uncategorized.
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Mercy and Unity hospitals behind new sexual assault program
[Star Tribune, Sept. 22, 2009] Sexual assault nurse examiners at Allina’s Mercy and Unity hospitals will help victims in Anoka County at Alexandra House. The new program was announced at a news conference yesterday. Featured in a news article is a woman who worked hard for the program because of a personal experience. More on [...]
Posted: September 22nd, 2009, 2:37 pm under Mercy Hospital, Star Tribune, Uncategorized, Unity Hospital, community service.
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