Updated: Tuesday, February 21 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-02-22 04:15:41 GMT
Jesse Luce has MS and finds exercising in the warm water therapy pool on the campus of Avera St. Luke's in Aberdeen has helped manage his condition.
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Updated: Sunday, February 19 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-02-20 04:15:54 GMT
Avera Heart Hospital has installed a new 4-D Flash CT scanner that boasts speed and less radiation.
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Updated: Thursday, February 16 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-02-17 04:15:56 GMT
Avera Heart Hospital's Mission Nutrition. The final week's goal is on eating out and losing sight of our mission.
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Updated: Thursday, February 16 2012 10:20 AM EST 2012-02-16 15:20:46 GMT
Most every child will have RSV by the time they are two. How do you know when you should see a doctor?
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Updated: Sunday, February 12 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-02-13 04:15:44 GMT
Avera St. Luke's offers a class called Osteo-Cise designed specifically for women with osteoporosis.
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Updated: Thursday, February 9 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-02-10 04:15:41 GMT
Peggy Friedrich can finally enjoy life without constant pain thanks to the American Pain Relief Institute on the campus of Avera Sacred Heart in Yankton.
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Updated: Wednesday, February 8 2012 9:16 AM EST 2012-02-08 14:16:14 GMT
Week 5 of the Avera Heart Hospital's Mission Nutrition focuses on portion control.
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Updated: Wednesday, February 8 2012 9:15 AM EST 2012-02-08 14:15:07 GMT
Avera Heart Hospital Registered Dietitians are each taking a group of volunteers and teaching them to eat and live healthier.
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Updated: Monday, February 6 2012 8:20 AM EST 2012-02-06 13:20:03 GMT
A Spencer, Iowa family took advantage of the Prairie Heart Guest House while the matriarch of the family recovered at the Avera Heart Hospital.
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Updated: Thursday, February 2 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-02-03 04:15:49 GMT
How 14 year old David Bakke recovered from a concussion he suffered while playing hockey in December.
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Updated: Tuesday, January 31 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-02-01 04:15:27 GMT
Dakota King is a member of Avera Health Plans and took advantage of the free annual wellness screenings offered by Avera.
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Updated: Sunday, January 29 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-01-30 04:15:22 GMT
Avera Heart Hospital Dietitian Nikki Ver Steeg tells us what makes a good snack and when we should be eating them.
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Updated: Thursday, January 26 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-01-27 04:15:50 GMT
Sioux Falls Representative Manny Steele found out in December he has colorectal cancer.
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Updated: Tuesday, January 24 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-01-25 04:15:49 GMT
We are on week 3 of the Avera Heart Hospital's Mission Nutrition Challenge. This week's focus is exercise.
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Updated: Sunday, January 22 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-01-23 04:15:49 GMT
Avera McKennan added a new position and hired Tom Bosch as the VP of Hospitality Services.
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Updated: Thursday, January 19 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-01-20 04:15:54 GMT
Scott Holzer performed CPR when his friend Mel Imbery went in to cardiac arrest.
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Updated: Sunday, January 15 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-01-16 04:15:27 GMT
Avera McKennan partners with the Catholic Schools to do hearing and vision screenings on 4 and 5 year olds.
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Updated: Friday, January 13 2012 8:29 AM EST 2012-01-13 13:29:06 GMT
Sam and Laura Ellyson from Columbia, SD had trouble getting pregnant with their second child. After a miscarriage they starting meeting with a Fertility Care Practitioner at Avera St. Luke's.
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Updated: Tuesday, January 10 2012 11:15 PM EST 2012-01-11 04:15:56 GMT
Two seniors at Hanson High School in Alexandria raise money for breast cancer awareness and screenings.
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Updated: Monday, January 9 2012 8:21 AM EST 2012-01-09 13:21:47 GMT
The trainers with Athletic Republic at the Avera Sports Institute are now using exclusive state of the art equipment to train athletes' bodies as well as their minds.
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Updated: Monday, January 9 2012 8:19 AM EST 2012-01-09 13:19:48 GMT
Avera McKennan Fitness Center longtime member Carol Brown tells us why she has always enlisted the help and support of personal trainers.
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Updated: Monday, January 9 2012 8:17 AM EST 2012-01-09 13:17:25 GMT
Not only did Jan Bredenhoeft go into cardiac arrest, it happened while she was driving.
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Ashley Burk gets Botox injections in her armpits for excessive sweating and she swears by it.
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The Avera Cancer Institute now offers an Artist-in-Residence program to help patients in treatment tap into their creative inner-self.
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Updated: Tuesday, December 27 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-12-28 04:15:46 GMT
It's been a year since Mary Spoelstra had lap band surgery at Avera McKennan. Take a look at her now!
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Updated: Sunday, December 25 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-12-26 04:15:56 GMT
Margie Streitz from Parkston says she made the right decision to have her right shoulder totally replaced.
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Updated: Thursday, December 22 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-12-23 04:15:44 GMT
17th Annual Heroes Behind the Badges Blood Drive runs December 27 - January 7th.
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Updated: Tuesday, December 20 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-12-21 04:15:47 GMT
Superfood Showdown: Chia vs Flax. Both seeds are good for your blood vessels, but dietitians at the Avera Heart Hospital tell us one takes the lead.
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Updated: Thursday, December 15 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-12-16 04:15:58 GMT
Breast Cancer Survivor Yvette VanDerBrink, also known as "The Lil' Nordstrom's Gal", wrote the book "My Mom Looks Like a Turtle" to help parents explain cancer to their children.
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Updated: Tuesday, December 13 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-12-14 04:15:54 GMT
Darrell Sundleaf went through Planet Heart and Vascular Screening at Avera Sacred Heart and they found an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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December and January at the deadliest months for heart disease.
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Updated: Friday, December 9 2011 9:02 AM EST 2011-12-09 14:02:55 GMT
American Heart Association recognizes the Avera Heart Hospital for the 4th year in a row as a Fit Friendly Company.
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Updated: Thursday, December 8 2011 9:25 AM EST 2011-12-08 14:25:17 GMT
Skin to Skin contact is the practice of placing a newborn baby on the mother immediately after birth, with no bedding or clothing between them for at least 30 minutes uninterrupted.
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Updated: Sunday, December 4 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-12-05 04:15:43 GMT
Joyce Marvel from Huron had Whipple surgery in August followed by an aggressive combination of chemo and radiation in October.
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Updated: Thursday, December 1 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-12-02 04:15:49 GMT
Dr. Michael Bacharach evaluates and asses an abdominal aortic aneurysm on a patient in the new robotic hybrid lab at the Avera Heart Hospital.
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Updated: Tuesday, November 29 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-11-30 04:15:55 GMT
Avera McKennan's Home Hospice Care allows terminally ill patients to stay in their home, but still get weekly care by a number of individuals.
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Updated: Sunday, November 27 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-11-28 04:15:38 GMT
A Nebraska woman is pain free in her left foot after she had reconstructive surgery on it to fix what rheumatoid arthritis had done to it.
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Avera McKennan provides all the fixings for families-in-need to eat Thanksgiving in their own homes.
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Updated: Tuesday, November 22 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-11-23 04:15:59 GMT
Registered Dietitians at the Avera Heart Hospital provide medical nutrition therapy to patients in 6 rural communities through electronic consultations.
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Updated: Sunday, November 20 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-11-21 04:15:57 GMT
Matt Ellefson has lung cancer and is taking a new gene therapy drug recently approved by the FDA that is working to shrink his tumor.
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Updated: Thursday, November 17 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-11-18 04:15:53 GMT
Certified Therapy Dog Duncan makes stops in the Avera St. Luke's Behavioral Health Unit.
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Updated: Tuesday, November 15 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-11-16 04:15:45 GMT
November 17th is a day to "butt out" and the Avera Heart Hospital wants to help you quit for good.
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Updated: Tuesday, November 15 2011 3:57 PM EST 2011-11-15 20:57:35 GMT
For many smokers lighting up is an everyday habit. Something so routine many probably don't think twice when they're picking up another pack of cigarettes at the store. Soon the FDA and American Cancer Society are hoping that's about to change in September of 2012 with new warning labels.
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Updated: Sunday, November 13 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-11-14 04:15:46 GMT
Occupational Medicine at Avera Queen of Peace has seen an increase in their Substance Abuse Program.
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Updated: Thursday, November 10 2011 11:16 PM EST 2011-11-11 04:16:06 GMT
Dr. Erik Topol is the keynote speaker at the Gala for a Century for Avera McKennan. He talks to employees the day before the gala.
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Updated: Sunday, November 6 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-11-07 04:15:25 GMT
Osteoporosis is a silent epidemic. Be proactive and get your bone density checked before you lose bone mass.
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Updated: Thursday, November 3 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-11-04 03:15:53 GMT
Avera McKennan gets ready to celebrate it's "First Century of Caring".
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Updated: Tuesday, November 1 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-11-02 03:15:46 GMT
Avera opened an Urgent Care Clinic in Mitchell.
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Updated: Sunday, October 30 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-10-31 03:15:40 GMT
The Avera Heart Hospital shows us how a hypothermia procedure helps cardiac arrest patients who needed CPR for a significant amount of time maintain brain function.
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Updated: Thursday, October 27 2011 11:16 PM EDT 2011-10-28 03:16:11 GMT
Avera McGreevy adds a clinic with only children in mind on the south end of Sioux Falls.
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Updated: Wednesday, October 26 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-10-27 03:15:55 GMT
Avera St. Luke's has a comprehensive Wound Care Team that works to help patients with chronic wounds.
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Updated: Sunday, October 23 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-10-24 03:15:30 GMT
We follow up with Renee who had her torn rotator cuff repaired in August and is now going through rehab at CORE Orthopedics.
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Updated: Wednesday, October 19 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-10-20 03:15:40 GMT
Avera Sacred Heart, HyVee and the Yankton School District have partnered to educate 4th graders about eating 5 to 9 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.
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Updated: Tuesday, October 18 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-10-19 03:15:38 GMT
A Brookings man found relief for leg and back pain after going to the Avera Neuroscience Institute Spine Center in Sioux Falls.
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Updated: Sunday, October 16 2011 11:16 PM EDT 2011-10-17 03:16:34 GMT
Lorraine Wise in Mitchell is 98 years old and is living the good life!
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Updated: Thursday, October 13 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-10-14 03:15:46 GMT
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. Meet a woman who is a survivor.
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Updated: Tuesday, October 11 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-10-12 03:15:30 GMT
Avera Marshall hosted "Scrubs Camp" for kids grades 6th through 8th who want to experience what it's like to be in the health care profession.
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Updated: Thursday, October 6 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-10-07 03:15:44 GMT
October is Fire Prevention Month and for the last 25 years Avera McKennan has partnered with Sioux Falls Fire Rescue to teach pre-schoolers about burn awareness.
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Updated: Tuesday, October 4 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-10-05 03:15:52 GMT
Talk about your full service vet. A Dells man went into cardiac arrest at the Dells Veterinary Services Clinic and was revived.
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Updated: Sunday, October 2 2011 11:15 PM EDT 2011-10-03 03:15:39 GMT
An estimated 125,000 deaths occur each year due to medication non-adherence.
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Updated: Wednesday, January 19 2011 11:15 PM EST 2011-01-20 04:15:24 GMT
How do you know when your child needs ear tubes?
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Updated: Wednesday, January 19 2011 7:10 PM EST 2011-01-20 00:10:20 GMT
How to prevent getting the flu and the other bug that's going around.
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