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Safe, convenient mammograms: Tour a mobile screening unit

Sanford Health continues to offer mammograms-on-the-go to many rural areas

Simon Floss ⋅ 4 min read

A Sanford patient and a teammate smile and put their arms around each other's shoulders at a baseball game.

Colonoscopy becomes lifesaver for baseball player, publisher

Mick Garry ⋅ 17 min read

Sanford Health offers COVID-19 antibody testing to public

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 10 min read

Sanford hosts ‘Thank You Drive Through’ ice cream socials

Simon Floss ⋅ 4 min read

A heart painted on a window bears the message, "Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud," in the #aworldofhearts movement.

Sanford Health joins #AWorldOfHearts movement

Simon Floss ⋅ 4 min read

Two women walk on treadmills in the background with a row of dumbbells prominent in the foreground.

Personal trainers add expertise and fun to exercise plan

Hiring a personal trainer is an investment in an effective workout regimen

Mick Garry ⋅ 10 min read

Lisa MacFadden stands in front of a Sanford Sports Science Institute sign. She serves as director of the institute.

Lisa MacFadden makes research look like a game

Biomechanical engineer oversees studies on golf, other sports for Sanford Health

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 16 min read

Shelly Thiewes stands with three other women at a Sanford Cancer Center booth.

Nurse supervisor grateful for clinic’s mammogram reminder

Planning a screening day prompted Shelly Thiewes and led to cancer discovery

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 8 min read

Rural Health Day: Dianne Karlstad and Troy Grassel laugh during physical therapy

Health care in your hometown? It’s about family, community

Rural Health Day recognizes care providers and patients

Michelle Erpenbach ⋅ 7 min read

Two trainers kneel next to a seated SDSU football player on the field with a referee in the background.

Sanford Health doctors ready for ESPN’s GameDay

Friendly rivalry on display as both SDSU and NDSU have Sanford team physicians

Mick Garry ⋅ 9 min read

Pentagon basketball academy going through drills

Basketball academy spotlight: Pat Coughlin

"We are able to bring a level of consistency as far as a place to train, practice and get better."

SHN Staff ⋅ 6 min read

A young man sits on a cough between his parents. Family photos and a sign that says "Olson" are displayed on the wall behind them.

Sanford AirMed: A crucial health service in rural Midwest

“He wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the air ambulance."

Jon Berg ⋅ 5 min read

Nurse Eskedar Yimer at Sanford Health doing a checkup on a newborn

Eskedar Yimer’s trek from Ethiopian engineer to S.D. nurse

She went from being a grateful patient to treasured Sanford Health employee.

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 20 min read

South Dakota State University player Paiton Burckhard posts up against an opposing team member

SD native Paiton Burckhard excited to make history with SDSU

SDSU women play Friday night in NCAA Division I tournament's Sweet 16

Charlie Schuknecht ⋅ 6 min read

Mike Daum competing at the Sanford Pentagon

2 Sanford Health doctors keep close eye on Mike Daum

Verle Valentine and Chad Kurtenbach provide care for SDSU athletes.

Charlie Schuknecht ⋅ 6 min read