Telling stories. Sharing ideas. Healthy advice.

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Worry monsters

When the COVID pandemic began, volunteers began making masks. They were in high demand and gratefully accepted.

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Young, healthy – and at risk for a heart attack?

John Grudnowski is a 44-year-old marketing executive who works out 3-4 times a week. He had no apparent risk factors for a heart attack.

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The Fatherhood Experience: Bruce Murray

Fatherhood looks different to every dad. We’re taking an in-depth look at fatherhood with key experts, parents, and everyone in between.

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Children and water safety

As a Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, our role is to care for children who are injured or ill and provide education to prevent injuries.

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Paramedics re-unite with 5-year old Cora, a lucky girl

Cora Stabler is a sweet, normal 5 year old little girl. On May 8th of 2021, Cora took a fall down 15 steps and was seriously injured.

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Ready to respond to life’s emergencies

Josh Nichols was driving to work on June 1 when he experienced a medical emergency, his truck hit a tree, and rolled in a ditch.

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New paramedics closer to graduating

These 23 EMTs have now passed their written exams, called the FISDAP – well known in the paramedic community.

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The Fatherhood Experience: Dr. Krishnan Subrahmanian

Dr. Subrahmanian is a former high school teacher, a husband and father of three children and a pediatrician.

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Stroke recovery challenges 83-year-old marathon runner

He’s been on the run since he was 12 years old – and had no plans to slow down until a recent illness brought him to Hennepin Healthcare.

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Why are childhood vaccines so important?

As we emerge from this COVID haze, it is a great time to get your children caught up on their routine immunizations.

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Skull fracture causes frightening TBI – but nothing scary about seamless care

As a nurse at a local hospital, Jeanne Leach has worked with families caring for loved ones with a health emergency.

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Telehealth, teamwork, and other silver linings during a pandemic

Every year, May is identified as Mental Health Awareness Month. The past year has been extremely difficult.

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Donate to women and girls in need for National Women’s Health Week. Period.

EMS is collecting feminine hygiene products for women’s shelters, homeless shelters, and other community programs to support women and girls.

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What is Integrative Physical Therapy? How is it different from just regular PT?

At Hennepin we have physical therapists who specialize in an integrative and holistic approach to healing.

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Donate Life

In the case of someone having a traumatic life-ending event, are you ready to donate your organs to save someone’s life?

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Viruses do what they do. That’s why we need to be ready.

“Mutating viruses” sounds like a punk-rock band from the 1980s or the subject of a sci-fi movie. But it describes the very nature of viruses.

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Staying healthy…while staying inside

With many of us staying inside most days, especially during the winter months, managing a healthy weight can be more challenging than ever.

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Go red for women or just wear red day, which is it?

Remember when the first Friday of February was designated as Go Red for Women and they had the little red dress pin?

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Moving beyond opioids to complementary and integrative services for chronic pain care

In 2018, two million people in the US suffered from an opioid use and more than 130 people died every day from opioid-related drug overdoses.

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New faces in Hennepin EMS

Because of a shortage of emergency medical technicians on a state and national level, Hennepin EMS has had to get creative to recruit.

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