
Chronic wounds specialized care: Focus on long-term healing
Specially trained nurses can help you get back to your daily activities, pain-free

Faces of Fargo: Meet Brad Hintermeyer
Brad Hintermeyer has always been active. The 35-year-old father of two was a high school swimmer and soccer player in Moorhead, Minnesota, and coached a local swim club while he attended North Dakota State University. He regularly ran with friends and watched his dad stay in shape for his career in the military. So it […]

Chronic bronchitis: What you need to know
The condition is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), part of a group of lung diseases

Training plans: From Hal to Hanson to Pfitz
There are two things to remember when choosing a training plan for a race: Make sure it’s the right level for you, and don’t beat yourself up if you don’t follow it perfectly. That’s the advice of Brett Beil, a strength and conditioning specialist with Sanford Health in Fargo, North Dakota. Runners – and walkers […]

Nursing assistant travels to Bangladesh for medical mission
Abdu Frederickson, a nursing assistant at Sanford Health, will travel more than 7,500 miles next week from the Fargo-Moorhead area to Bangladesh to help at a clinic in a refugee camp. He along with others, including Sanford Health physician Mohamed Sanaullah, will make the Jan. 25 trip to help Rohingya refugees who have been driven […]

Faces of Fargo: Becky Moch and her first 5K
Becky Moch has stood at a lot of finish lines. She has four kids and eight grandchildren, a husband and a lifelong love of sports and recreation. She grew up playing basketball, her kids run road races, and now she’s a regular walker and loves to bike with her husband. “It’s nice to have time […]

A biobank’s purpose and how it helps research
Sanford Health uses biobanks to store samples and health information for study

Stroke team innovates new procedure to save college student
"He could have said, 'No, it's not going to work'"

Sanford Health doctor on front lines of opioid battle
Every day, Dr. Rohit Mahajan watches his patients leave, knowing he tried to ease their pain. What he doesn’t know is if he turned them into addicts instead. Every decision he makes — every patient he sees, every procedure he performs, every prescription he writes — is colored with this question. He’s an interventional pain […]

Temperament screening helps parents guide and encourage kids
Nine genetic traits contribute to how kids interact with the world