International team works to cure type 1 diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is a disease with no cure. It is an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing cells of the pancreas. It often strikes during childhood, makes patients dependent on insulin for life and carries the constant threat of devastating complications. One year ago, Sanford Health announced the […]
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Before baby: Preparing for pregnancy
by Meredith Kemper, MD, Sanford Clinic Women’s Health You have a lot to consider as you and your partner begin to consider adding a new life to your family. Before you start saving for your child’s college fund, you will want to engage in preconception planning with simple steps you can take to minimize the […]
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Sanford Health announces Sanford Children’s Clinic Belize
Children in Central America will soon have more pediatric healthcare closer to home. Sanford Health announced today its first international children’s clinic will be built in Belize City, Belize. The new Sanford Children’s Clinic Belize will be designed similar to other Sanford Children’s facilities and is expected to open in 2011. It is the second […]
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Sanford Clinics Selected for National Electronic Health Records Project
Thirteen Sanford Clinics will participate in a national electronic health records project.
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Sanford Health CEO honored by Minnesota State Mankato
Kelby Krabbenhoft, CEO/president of Sanford Health, will receive the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award from Minnesota State University, Mankato on Friday, April 24. Krabbenhoft, of Sioux Falls, S.D., is one of 12 alumni who have been named 2009 award winners. He will be honored at an April 24 dinner and ceremony hosted by the Minnesota […]
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Fertile Hope offers help to cancer patients with infertility
Patients who are diagnosed with cancer face many emotional and physical challenges including the possibility that treatments meant to save their life may impact fertility. For many young people, the thought of being sterile can be almost as devastating as the cancer diagnosis itself. To assist cancer patients in their reproductive years, several local physicians […]
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Denny Sanford Completes Transformational Gift to Sanford Health
Sanford Health today announced South Dakota philanthropist Denny Sanford fulfilled his commitment to the organization by completing his $400 million pledge. As part of the largest philanthropic gift to a hospital or health system in the nation’s history, Denny Sanford agreed to make donation installments of $50 million over an eight year period, totaling $400 […]
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Sanford Health purchases Canton-Inwood Memorial Hospital
The communities of Canton, SD and Inwood, IA begin 2009 with a new healthcare relationship with Sanford Health. Sanford Health’s purchase of Canton-Inwood Memorial Hospital (CIMH) and its attached assisted living facility became final today. The hospital is now named Sanford Hospital Canton-Inwood, and the assisted living facility is now named Sanford Hiawatha Heights. In […]
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Great Plains Zoo, Sanford Children’s announce partnership
The Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History announced today a partnership with Sanford Children’s to enhance facilities, visitor amenities, education programming, animal care and staffing as well as make the zoo experience available to thousands more children and families in the region. The Great Plains Zoo will use a portion of a […]
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MeritCare named one of nation’s top 100 heart hospitals
For the ninth time in ten years, MeritCare has been named one of the nation’s 100 top heart hospitals by Thomson Reuters. Each year, a study, called the Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success compares success rates at high performing heart centers nationwide. The study evaluated nearly 1,000 U.S. hospitals by analyzing […]
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