Telling stories. Sharing ideas. Healthy advice.

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Don’t eat that!

Babies and toddlers often explore their world using their mouths, placing fingers, toes, dog food, toys, insects and other benign objects.

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Find your ‘me time’

Everyone feels and reacts to stress in different ways. Stress is the way your mind and body react to a threat or a challenge.

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Voices of Hennepin Healthcare: Aida Strom

Aida Strom envisions a collaborative healthcare model built with the histories and hopes of those it serves.

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two young residents in clinic, HERE film series, A residents’ story, journey of two young doctors, dr brandi gorden klukas, dr ka bao vang

HERE film series continues with Episode 4: A Residents’ Story

The latest episode is a bit of a departure from the previous three, though is equally as heart-warming and compelling as its predecessors.

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Healthy Matters podcast off to healthy start

The Healthy Matters Podcast is now live on all podcast platforms! After launching just two weeks ago, it has reached over 1,400 downloads.

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Voices of Hennepin Healthcare: Rebecca Thomas

Rebecca Thomas shares the importance of holistic and trusted programs that are guided by community conversations.

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A new chapter: Healthy Matters leaves WCCO Radio, launches podcast

All good things don’t have to come to an end. Healthy Matters – the program hosted by Dr. Hilden, is not ending but making an exciting change.

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Grieving during the holidays – the 4 R’s

The holidays are an emotional and often stressful time for most of us, which are often further intensified for the bereaved.

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Healthcare that gives adolescents and young adults a voice

Adolescence is an important time when young people are developing physically, emotionally, and socially. Their brains are developing rapidly.

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Voices of Hennepin Healthcare: Akhmiri Sekhr-Ra

The Chief Family Development Officer shares her harmonious vision for wellness – and why we need the community to enjoy health.

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Walk with a Doc

The Integrative Health team has joined the international non-profit organization Walk with a Doc to promote healthy movement.

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Voices of Hennepin Healthcare: Semora Murrell

When you walk into Hennepin Healthcare, you may be lucky enough to meet Semora Murrell, a welcome services representative.

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Exciting news and milestone: COVID vaccines available for children ages 5–11 years

Children have been infected with COVID-19 . Cases have increased dramatically since the arrival of the Delta variant.

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Voices of Hennepin Healthcare: Jennifer DeCubellis, CEO

Hennepin Healthcare recently launched a planning process to advance health equity  within its system to improve care for the entire region.

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East Lake Clinic opened October 4, joining many clinic October birthdays

After the destruction of the original East Lake Clinic, we welcome the new clinic located in the Hennepin County Service Center.

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What’s a parent/guardian to do when their student “hates school”?

It’s that time of year when the kids are back in school and they love it. Well, some kids might not love it.

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Hennepin EMS Paramedics reunite with a grateful patient

When Jerry Martin got on his bike for his morning ride from Victoria to Shorewood this past June, it seemed like another routine bike ride.

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50 years later and 14 midwives strong, our first-of-its-kind Nurse Midwife Service

In 1971, Margaret used her knowledge as a Certified Nurse Midwife to develop the first hospital nurse midwife practice​ in Minnesota at HCMC. 

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Back to school and back to extracurricular activities

It’s early September and that means it’s time for back to school and also back to extracurricular activities.

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What is lifestyle medicine?

Your behavior and lifestyle play a very important role in your health and can have a great impact on how your body deals with diseases.

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