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.More >>
Uninvited bugs can spoil any picnic, but it's the bugs you don't see that will make you sick. Food borne illnesses peak in the summer time. Here are some tips on safe grilling that keep bacteria at bay. RegisteredMore >>
How to avoid food borne illnesses this grilling season.More >>
Monday, May 14 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-05-15 03:15:30 GMT
In their quest to be the best, Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton earned yet another Top Performing Hospitals Award in the National QUEST Collaborative. Nancy Naeve Brown explains why being a QUESTMore >>
Avera Sacred Heart was recognized as a 2011 Top Performing Hospitals in the nation.More >>
Sunday, May 13 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-05-14 03:15:33 GMT
If you were having chest pain, hopefully you know by now how crucial it is to get to emergency intervention, but if you were having leg pain when you walk would you see a doctor for it? As Nancy NaeveMore >>
Understanding Peripheral Artery Disease and then modifying your risk factors for it.More >>
Thursday, May 10 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-05-11 03:15:24 GMT
When an emergency strikes: be prepared. As Nancy Naeve Brown reports the Avera Marshall Emergency Department is and it's thanks in part to thrifty shoppers and hundreds of volunteers. The Avera MarshallMore >>
Technology and equipment purchases made possible by Avera Marshall Auxiliary dollars raised by The Thrift Store and Gift Shop sales.More >>
Tuesday, May 8 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-05-09 03:15:39 GMT
The brand new Avera St. Luke's Therapy Center in Aberdeen is the result of years of planning and 3 million dollars of work. And with its completion the 14,000 square foot addition for outpatient rehabilitationMore >>
Avera St. Luke's has consolidated all of its outpatient rehabilitation services onto one site in the new Therapy Center. More >>
Sunday, May 6 2012 11:16 PM EDT2012-05-07 03:16:05 GMT
Every Wednesday on KSFY News at 5 we highlight different attractions at the Sioux Falls Washington Pavilion. In this Avera Medical Minute we want to spotlight an exhibit that is shining a light on recoveryMore >>
A new photo exhibit at the Washington Pavilion celebrates life in recovery from addiction.More >>
Thursday, May 3 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-05-04 03:15:40 GMT
Mary Poppins sang that a teaspoon of sugar helps the medicine go down unfortunately almost 50 years after that movie was made; Americans are eating 30 teaspoons of sugar a day. As Nancy Naeve Brown reports,More >>
Americans are in a sugar coma. We are consuming 5 times more than the recommended amount of added sugar a day.More >>
Few would argue it was a long winter and it's been a wet cold spring so when it finally starts feeling like summer most of us want to take off layers and head outside. One Sioux Falls woman will tell youMore >>
Kristin Aeilts almost waited too long to get an ugly mole checked. It turned out to be melanoma, but Avera doctors caught it before it spread.More >>
Sunday, April 29 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-04-30 03:15:51 GMT
If you needed surgery to survive and you had the option of getting that surgery without any incisions you'd choose that right? Nancy Naeve Brown introduces you to a Tea man who loved being one of the firstMore >>
Harlan Phelps suffers from acute pancreatitis and was treated without getting an incision.More >>
Thursday, April 26 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-04-27 03:15:28 GMT
April is donate life month and the Avera Transplant Institute wants to get the word out about the importance of donors, dead or alive. Nancy Naeve Brown met a Sioux Falls woman who got a kidney transplantMore >>
Beth Ericson got the gift of life when she got a kidney transplant at Avera McKennan Hospital in Feb. 2012.More >>
Tuesday, April 24 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-04-25 03:15:25 GMT
We have a follow-up story on a state legislator from Sioux Falls who wants to put a face on colorectal cancer. Nancy Naeve Brown has more on Manny Steele and his very personal battle with rectal cancer. MannyMore >>
A follow-up on Manny Steele who had surgery to remove cancer in his rectum.More >>
Thursday, April 12 2012 8:56 AM EDT2012-04-12 12:56:56 GMT
Of the 21,000 new cases of a cancer called multiple myeloma diagnosed in the U.S. in 2010, two happened around the end of the year, to South Dakota men with the same last name. More >>
Thursday, April 5 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-04-06 03:15:46 GMT
Avera St. Luke's was the first hospital in the state to implement a computer based program called Interactive Metronome for kids with focus and behavioral issues.More >>
Tuesday, April 3 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-04-04 03:15:25 GMT
Avera Prince of Peace Retirement Community has developed an apartment numbering system so firefighters now how many people live in each apartment.More >>
Wednesday, March 28 2012 9:16 AM EDT2012-03-28 13:16:52 GMT
Joyce Olson's son died at the age of 28 from cancer. The family appreciates Avera Hospice Mitchell for allowing him to spend the last 3 weeks of his life at home. More >>
Tuesday, March 13 2012 11:15 PM EDT2012-03-14 03:15:26 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.More >>
Thursday, March 8 2012 11:15 PM EST2012-03-09 04:15:50 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.More >>
Thursday, March 1 2012 11:15 PM EST2012-03-02 04:15:52 GMT
Troy Magnuson is a Type 2 Diabetic but has learned to control his blood sugar with the help of the diabetes care team at Avera Queen of Peace in Mitchell.More >>
Tuesday, February 21 2012 11:15 PM EST2012-02-22 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.More >>
Thursday, February 9 2012 11:15 PM EST2012-02-10 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.More >>
Friday, January 13 2012 8:29 AM EST2012-01-13 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.More >>
