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Chronic wounds specialized care: Focus on long-term healing

Chronic wounds specialized care: Focus on long-term healing

Specially trained nurses can help you get back to your daily activities, pain-free
SHN Staff 4 min read
Faces of Fargo: Meet Brad Hintermeyer

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 […]
Jacqueline Palfy 5 min read
Chronic bronchitis: What you need to know

Chronic bronchitis: What you need to know

The condition is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), part of a group of lung diseases
Stephanie Canham, MD 5 min read
Training plans: From Hal to Hanson to Pfitz

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 […]
Jacqueline Palfy 8 min read
Nursing assistant travels to Bangladesh for medical mission

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 […]
SHN Staff 1 min read
Faces of Fargo: Becky Moch and her first 5K

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 […]
Jacqueline Palfy 4 min read
A biobank’s purpose and how it helps research

A biobank’s purpose and how it helps research

Sanford Health uses biobanks to store samples and health information for study
SHN Staff 2 min read
Stroke team innovates new procedure to save college student

Stroke team innovates new procedure to save college student

"He could have said, 'No, it's not going to work'"
Emily Fink 3 min read
Sanford Health doctor on front lines of opioid battle

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 […]
Jacqueline Palfy 17 min read
Temperament screening helps parents guide and encourage kids

Temperament screening helps parents guide and encourage kids

Nine genetic traits contribute to how kids interact with the world
Lauren Peters Erling 4 min read

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