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Sanford Health President and CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft announced a gift of $10 million to North Dakota State University and the athletic department. Sanford’s gift is the cornerstone for the Building the Competitive Edge for Bison Athletics $32 million campaign. A 5,700-seat basketball and wrestling arena and an eight-lane indoor track highlight this initiative. The gift […]

Early research of Dr. Alex Rabinovitch, Principal Investigator of the trial and Associate Director of The Sanford Project, supported by Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, led to the discovery of a treatment that can regenerate insulin-producing pancreatic islet beta cells and showed promise in type 1 diabetes in mice. The Sanford Project has begun a clinical trial […]

Sanford Health, the largest not-for-profit rural healthcare provider in the United States, and WebMD Health Corp. (Nasdaq: WBMD), the leading source of health information, today announced an educational collaboration on children’s health, nutrition and fitness. The partnership’s online destinations will provide parents, children and healthcare professionals with personalized resources and support to help promote and […]

World’s Largest Breast Cancer Organization Investing More Than $1.1 Million into South Dakota’s Economy for Research and Community Programs (Sioux Falls, SD) – July 20, 2010 – Scientists from Sanford Research/USD will see whether the drug metformin, used to treat everything from obesity to diabetes, can be used to fight breast cancer, with funding announced […]

Sanford Health based in Sioux Falls, SD and MeritCare based in Fargo, ND merged in 2009. Beginning today, the entire organization will bear the name Sanford Health, as well as a new, unified wordmark. (Sioux Falls, SD and Fargo, ND) – Sanford Health & MeritCare unified its organization today under one name, mission, vision, values […]

On July 2, 1990, MeritCare Roger Maris Cancer Center opened in Fargo N.D. as a tribute to baseball great Roger Maris, who died of cancer. Now, 20-years later, the center continues to improve the lives of cancer patients throughout the region. Contact: MeritCare Media Relations (701) 234-2000 or (800) 437-4010, ask for media pager #1715 […]

Sanford Health-MeritCare’s research efforts, once spread out in multiple locations across Sioux Falls, are now located together inside the new Sanford Center. Sanford Health recently converted the former Hutchinson Technology building in northern Sioux Falls into corporate offices and space for all Sanford research centers. The Sanford Center was unveiled during a ribbon cutting celebration […]

Children in northwest San Diego County will soon have their own Castle of Care™. Sanford Health recently announced plans to open a Sanford Children’s Clinic in Oceanside, CA. Children in northwest San Diego County will soon have their own Castle of Care™. Sanford Health recently announced plans to open a Sanford Children’s Clinic in Oceanside, […]

The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma recently announced Sanford as the first and only verified Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in the region. The team at Sanford USD Medical Center’s Trauma 5 Emergency Department has always been dedicated to treating patients, young and old, especially those in traumatic situations. As a result, for […]

Central America is one step closer to having more pediatric healthcare closer to home after the groundbreaking on May 4 of the first Sanford Children’s international clinic. The clinic in Belize City, Belize will open by the summer of 2011. It will provide pediatric care to the growing population and be designed in a castle […]