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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
Therapists help girl with rare disorder walk on her own
Chromosomal syndrome causes lower muscle tone, requires therapy in young children
⋅ 4 min read
Understanding and treating ACL injuries
Sports medicine specialist Anthony Kasch, MD, shares signs, symptoms and treatments
⋅ 8 min read
Same day surgery center offers more ways to care for you
Bismarck location handles procedures that would otherwise be performed in a hospital
⋅ 4 min read
Sanford Health, state & local officials: Mask up, vaccinate
'Preventable' COVID-19 hospitalizations expected to peak again in coming weeks
⋅ 6 min read
Sanford Health physician also serves as ND state surgeon
Dr. Todd Schaffer served four tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan
⋅ 8 min read
Health care ‘hero’ is a complicated title, providers say
Superheroic expectations make it harder for caregivers to ask for help
⋅ 9 min read
Lilah Newton, 10-year-old stroke survivor
ND family traveled 3 states to save daughter’s life and continue her recovery
⋅ 15 min read
Doctor and heart disease survivor leads annual heart walk
Bismarck-Mandan fundraiser returns after one year as a virtual event
⋅ 4 min read
Sanford partners with school to support students in need
Systems of Support program encourages positive behavior in middle schoolers
⋅ 4 min read
Sanford sees ‘baby boom’ as nationwide birth rates fall
Sanford Health OB/GYNs are pleased with birth numbers here at home
⋅ 8 min read
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Weight loss surgery Q&A with an expert
⋅ 7 min read
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Senior Services
- Administrator sets standard with positive leadership
- Retired Minnesota nurse and her dog fetch volunteer award
- Nursing leader shines with cheer, fiery commitment to care
- Compassion at the cornerstone of Minnesota caregiver’s gifts
- Anti-gravity treadmill promotes healing with weightlessness
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Sanford Health Foundation
- 2026 Pours for a Purpose Raises nearly $415,000 for Bemidji Emergency Department Remodel
- Lexi’s Story: Emergency Patient to Emergency Advocate
- 2026 Blueway Events Raise $380,980 for Cancer Care in Bismarck
- Big Stars & Pink Guitars Event Raises $1,156,100 for Breast Cancer
- Erin’s Story: A Fighter’s Fight Against Cancer
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- Emotion‑Safe Conversation Swaps: Simple Ways to Help Kids Feel Seen, Heard, and Supported
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