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Secrets of memory loss, according to a brain specialist
Podcast: Understanding Alzheimer’s as a form of dementia and how to spot it early
Homing in on your breast health
Podcast: Family medicine provider promotes regular screenings and family history
Support the physical needs of your ‘mental load’
Podcast: Understanding the brain, how it functions and ways to keep it healthy
Managing weight as a chronic medical condition
Podcast: Weight management specialist on factors, medications, lifestyle changes
Tips for finding senior care, from a senior care nurse
Podcast: Nursing director shares lessons from moving her own grandparents into a nursing home
Varicose veins may be more than surface-level problems
Podcast: Heart specialist warns vein changes can point to deeper medical issues
What does a heart attack feel like?
Podcast: Pain or tightness in the chest, neck, jaw, arm are all signs to call 911
We ask a lactation specialist all your breastfeeding questions
Podcast: Samantha Zeeb, RN, answers how the body makes milk, how to get support and more
Rural doctor and farmer relates to her patients
Podcast: ‘I know the sacrifices they make to get here,’ says Dr. Elizabeth Brown
Mammography vs. thermography for detecting breast cancer
Podcast: Only mammograms can detect breast cancer and reduce your chance of dying from it
Recent Stories
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'
⋅ 6 min read
Health care in your hometown? It’s about family, community
Rural Health Day recognizes care providers and patients
Sanford Health timeline: Rented house to regional network
Starting as Sioux Falls' only hospital, system marks 125 years of patient care
⋅ 14 min read
Postpartum mental health: Caring for moms in-house
Clinical psychologist Lea Berentson's own adversity has fueled her work
⋅ 11 min read
Child life program launches in Bismarck
"We are bringing smiles to kids during potentially traumatic times"
Child life specialists help patients like 7-year-old Carson
Virtual reality, songwriting among ways to help ease anxiety over IV insertions
Less invasive heart procedure TAVR ‘like winning lottery’
Patients with aortic stenosis can be helped by a minimally invasive procedure.
⋅ 10 min read
Male breast cancer: Pink stands for men, too
“I was speechless. How can a male have breast cancer? How could this happen to me?"
⋅ 9 min read
Sanford Health and Augustana Univ. team up on concussions
"Not only can we contribute to this field of research, but hopefully we put tools in their hands to help care for student athletes."
⋅ 5 min read
Donors improve patient care at Bismarck
Sanford Bismarck Same Day Surgery patient rooms now equipped with fixed digital vital sign monitors.
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Weight loss surgery Q&A with an expert
⋅ 7 min read
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Heart
- Innovative nurses, sisters invent new device for heart patients
- ‘Miracle’ baby home and healthy after extended PICU stay
- Preparation key to preventing injury while shoveling snow
- Nurse discovers risk for heart disease through DNA screening
- ND woman first in state with new implantable defibrillator
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Orthopedics
- World of adventure awaits after hip replacement surgery
- Baby with clubfoot deformity gets specialty care from start
- Marshfield Children’s helps girl heal from kickball injury
- New orthopedic hospital opens with emphasis on hospitality
- Preparation key to preventing injury while shoveling snow
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Pregnancy & Childbirth
Research
- Aspire program gives students a closer look at Sanford jobs
- Sanford names transformation chief, health plan leader
- Early screenings make a difference to family facing diabetes
- Clinical trial gives cancer survivor a chance to help others
- Two international hospitals join genomic medicine group
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Sanford Health Foundation
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- Maci’s Story: Finding Joy in the Journey
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- Claire’s Story: Living Beyond Limits Thanks to Sanford Children’s in Bismarck
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Sanford fit
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- Conversation Starters to Help Kids Build Confidence for Back-to-School
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