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Video: Heart-healthy recipes shake up Heart Month menu

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

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
Athletic sudden collapse could be serious heart condition

Athletic sudden collapse could be serious heart condition

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is common genetic heart condition
Jane Thaden Lawson 10 min read
Hometown boy’s plight moves NICU nurse to donate kidney

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
Thanks to hands-only CPR, anyone could help save a life

Thanks to hands-only CPR, anyone could help save a life

It only takes two steps: Call 911, and do chest compressions until help arrives
Jane Thaden Lawson 8 min read
Navigating the murky world of cholesterol control

Navigating the murky world of cholesterol control

Cholesterol is a necessary cellular building block. However, too much of the wrong kind causes health issues.
SHN Staff 4 min read
Heart walks promote community awareness

Heart walks promote community awareness

Man with heart condition celebrates walking — from 200 feet, he's up to 3 miles.
SHN Staff 6 min read
Outreach heart care: Patient found help close to home

Outreach heart care: Patient found help close to home

"I couldn’t believe Sanford Health would be able to get me in so quickly."
Ashley Schwab 5 min read
Good Samaritan Society home health nurse helps baby, family

Good Samaritan Society home health nurse helps baby, family

“He was my little rock star,” says LaToya Buzalsky of her infant patient Murphy.
Vanessa Carlson Bender 6 min read
Heart health: RN uses her title to spread awareness

Heart health: RN uses her title to spread awareness

Jessica Pergande, a Sanford RN, lost her mother to heart disease last year.
Taya Ordahl 10 min read