Heart Archives - Sanford Health News

Healthy food on a heart shape cutting board on a rustic wooden table.

Heart doctor: Maintaining a healthy heart starts with you

First, get good information. Then make heart health a lifestyle

Mick Garry ⋅ 9 min read

Dr. Adam Stys, in surgical mask and gown, consults a computer screen during a heart procedure.

Cardiologist’s math skills help keep patients off dialysis

Carson Walker ⋅ 7 min read

A parked semi trailer bears the words Heart & Vascular Screening on the side to advertise Sanford Health's mobile service.

Heart screening ‘means my life was saved’

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 9 min read

Older man in glasses and plaid shirt sits in chair and smiles.

Patient breathes ‘100 percent better’ after TAVR procedure

Jon Berg ⋅ 7 min read

Dr. Michelle Baack and Dr. Randy Raustino sit at a table with a laptop open as they look over heart research information.

Heart research: Two lab leaders share common goal, spirit

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 18 min read

Pat Kelly speaking into a microphone in front of Jacqueline Palfy

Podcast: Ex-engineer now designs for heart patients

28 min ⋅ February 18th

Sanford Health vascular surgeon Patrick Kelly talks medical innovations

bemidji heart center construction begins 2020

Sanford announces new Bemidji heart center

Construction set to begin on $25 million expansion

Stacey Kaslon ⋅ 4 min read

heart attacks in women: standing in park yoga instructor

Yoga instructor’s scare an example of heart attack in women

'I’m like, there’s no freaking way I’m having a heart attack.'

Jon Berg ⋅ 6 min read

Vascular age calculator: How old is your heart?

Find out in less than eight minutes with this simple online test

SHN Staff ⋅ 5 min read

Roasted carrots, turnips and squash with herbs in a white bowl on a marble countertop.

Video: Heart-healthy recipes shake up Heart Month menu

Watch step-by-step tutorials for four healthy dishes. Your heart will thank you

SHN Staff ⋅ 7 min read

Dave and Eric Van Dusen

Heart screenings protect against disease, save lives

Cardiovascular disease accounts for nearly 1 of every 3 deaths in the U.S.

Hannah Nieman ⋅ 8 min read

Healthy 20-year-old suffers stroke due to a common condition

Doctors discovered a patent foramen ovale — and closed the hole in her heart

Jon Berg ⋅ 6 min read

A line of cross country runners' legs are shown in this illustration for a story about hypertrophic cardiomyopathy/

Athletic sudden collapse could be serious heart condition

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is common genetic heart condition

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 10 min read

habits: blur of people at a dinner party in a dining room

Healthy holiday habits: Eat what you love

"The journey of a healthy lifestyle is learning about how to deal with the ups and downs along the way."

Tiffany Krogstad ⋅ 5 min read

Jan Germundson stands next to Ashton Hanson, who received a kidney from Germundson, in his hospital room.

Hometown boy’s plight moves NICU nurse to donate kidney

Jan Germundson didn't know Ashton Hanson, but she felt called to help young teen

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 22 min read

Family thanks football coaches, Sanford EMTs for saving life

Triston Sauerbrei's rescue and recovery inspire a community

Mick Garry ⋅ 18 min read

Heart walks promote community awareness

SHN Staff ⋅ 6 min read

Aortic stent graft named FDA ‘breakthrough’ device

SHN Staff ⋅ 6 min read

Heart screenings protect against disease, save lives

Hannah Nieman ⋅ 8 min read

Outreach heart care: Patient found help close to home

Ashley Schwab ⋅ 5 min read

Vascular age calculator: How old is your heart?

SHN Staff ⋅ 5 min read