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alcohol use: two men, three women in party setting

Alcohol use: Will you start the new year hung over?

Effects of alcohol on New Year's Eve can go far beyond the Jan. 1 headache

SHN Staff ⋅ 7 min read

meth drug addiction: row of bottles and pills on a chemists counter

Meth epidemic poses health dangers across lifespan

SHN Staff ⋅ 7 min read

Andrea Theis and "Kindness Is Contagious" authorNicole Phillips pose, heads touching.

Breast cancer survivor’s kindness at event changes her life

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 30 min read

opioid crisis: medication assisted therapy group session

Opioid crisis: Sanford Bemidji clinic steps up fight

SHN Staff ⋅ 6 min read

Dr. Rohit Mahajan

Sanford Health doctor on front lines of opioid battle

Jacqueline Palfy ⋅ 17 min read

one male doctor one female doctor

Sanford Health’s Rx for opioid crisis: Fewer prescriptions

Providers at Sanford Health have reduced opioid prescriptions by nearly 20 percent over the past year in an effort to have fewer pills in circulation. In 2016, the health system based in the upper Midwest took a hard look at how providers talked to patients and how they wrote prescriptions and looked for ways to […]

Jacqueline Palfy ⋅ 6 min read

opioid pills and doctor

Opioids – Local effort against the crisis: Podcast

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 90 Americans die from an opioid overdose every day. “Opioids are pain pills that you can be prescribed for chronic pain or pain after surgery or an acute injury,” said Allison Suttle, M.D., senior vice president and chief medical officer at Sanford Health. “Unfortunately, they […]

Alan Helgeson ⋅ 3 min read