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Barb Finneman and Donna Sorensen won’t forget the first time they met Michael LeBeau, M.D. They had rushed their mom, Darlene Huber, to Sanford Bismarck after an emergency room visit in their hometown of Hazen, North Dakota, revealed that her kidneys were failing, and she wouldn’t make it without intervention. Huber knew who could give […]

For Jennifer Moser, Sept. 2, 2016, started like any other day. The 27-year-old went to work teaching art to elementary school students in Brookings and then left town for the weekend to visit family in Miller, South Dakota. She only made it 10 miles when a car crossed the center line and hit Moser’s vehicle […]

When Anu Gaba, M.D., and her family moved to Fargo, North Dakota, in June 2004, just after the inaugural Fargo Marathon, they kept hearing so much about the race that they started running as a family. Dr. Gaba first started running the 5K and has been running the full marathon since 2014. This year will […]

If you ever watch a medical drama television show, you often see a patient being rushed into the emergency department and the medical staff immediately caring for the person. But how does the patient get there? For rural states like those served by Sanford Health, an air ambulance service is crucial to transport patients needing […]

Mental health benefits of exercise start with just getting started

It's a tough job. Self-care plays a role in well-being for long-distance drivers.

On his 7th birthday, Ben Wieman was supposed to be home in Madison, South Dakota, celebrating his special day with friends and family. Instead, he was in a hospital bed at Sanford Children’s undergoing treatment for leukemia. Just two weeks earlier, Ben woke up with a headache, fever and stomach pain. Later that day – after […]

Learn to balance carbs with protein and healthy fats while training and racing

The men’s and women’s basketball teams from South Dakota State University are among the schools for which Sanford Health is the exclusive sports medicine provider. Chad Kurtenbach, M.D., is one of the Sanford Orthopedics and Sports Medicine doctors who’s also a team physician for the Jacks. He offers some insight into injuries the teams have […]

Ken Sorlie was a salt of the earth, hardworking and humble Midwesterner, and more than anything, he wanted to live out his life in dignity and comfort, surrounded by his family. Because of Ava’s House by Sanford, a state-of-the-art hospice facility that opened last October in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Sorlie was able to reach […]