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Fueling for Fargo: Start with small changes

Fueling for Fargo: Start with small changes

It’s a little bit of a chicken or the egg question: Do you take care of your eating habits or your fitness habits first? Everyone comes at it a little differently. Maybe you need to start moving first, take just one step, and once that’s in motion you begin thinking differently about how you’re fueling […]
Jacqueline Palfy 4 min read
Art offers sense of escape for patients

Art offers sense of escape for patients

“Art projects help to give patients a sense of purpose for their time spent during treatment and control over creating something beautiful."
Nadine Aljets 7 min read
What is mononucleosis?

What is mononucleosis?

Symptoms, treatment, and why it’s called the ‘kissing disease’
Christina Olson, DO 6 min read
NDSU wins 6th FCS title 17-13 over James Madison

NDSU wins 6th FCS title 17-13 over James Madison

FRISCO, Texas — North Dakota State University, one of the schools for which Sanford Health is the exclusive sports medicine provider, won the FCS national championship game Saturday 17-13 over James Madison. The win over the top-seeded defending champion was the sixth title in seven years for the No. 2-seeded Bison and the Fargo, North […]
SHN Staff 2 min read
5Ks dominate national running scene, are good first race

5Ks dominate national running scene, are good first race

True to national trends, the 5K is the largest weekend race in Fargo, ND
Jacqueline Palfy 8 min read
Eating healthy after cancer: Nutrition tips for survivors

Eating healthy after cancer: Nutrition tips for survivors

You’ve finished cancer treatment and now you’re ready to focus on life after cancer. This is the perfect time to take control of your health through proper nutrition. Our Midwestern upbringing can sometimes impact efforts toward a healthy diet. For example, many of us have grown up with meat as a staple with meals, and […]
Ellen Grimlie, LRD 4 min read
The art of the ending: How poetry heals in hospice

The art of the ending: How poetry heals in hospice

"The stories they told and wrote were brave, were honest, were heartbreaking and were real, so incredibly real."
Jacqueline Palfy 9 min read
First babies born at Sanford Health in 2018

First babies born at Sanford Health in 2018

The new year brings a lot of firsts. One of the most exciting each year is the first babies born at Sanford Health. Take a look at the newest tiny patients in each region: Bemidji We were still waiting on the first baby of the new year in Bemidji at the time this article was posted. […]
Margot Peterson 2 min read
First baby of 2018 born at Sanford Medical Center Vermillion

First baby of 2018 born at Sanford Medical Center Vermillion

Sanford Medical Center Vermillion welcomed its first baby of 2018. Paul Lucas was born on Jan. 1, 2018 at 7:02 a.m. to Nicholas and Jacki Waldner of Elk Point, South Dakota.  Paul weighs eight pounds, eight ounces and is 21 ½ inches long. Proud parents, Nicholas and Jacki and big brother Benjamin were very excited […]
SHN Staff 2 min read
Couple’s twin boys end up having top names of the year

Couple’s twin boys end up having top names of the year

BISMARCK, N.D. — Ben and Mandy Houdek, of Bismarck, proved to be good predictors of boy names when their identical twins were born in January 2016. “The beauty about having twins is that my husband and I each got to pick a name,” said Mandy Houdek. “My husband picked Greyson and I picked Jaxon.” Like many parents, […]
Lauren Peters Erling 2 min read

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