Archives for March 2015

[KSTP TV, March 29, 2015]   Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie revealed last week that she has undergone more preventive surgery, having her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed in hopes of reducing her risk of cancer. Writing in The New York Times, the filmmaker and philanthropist said a recent blood test showed a possible early sign of cancer.
March 30, 2015
[KARE-TV, March 28, 2015]   Each year 1.6 million women have breast biopsies. For one in ten, the results are unclear - leading many of the women to have unnecessary breast cancer surgery or treatments.
March 30, 2015
[KSTP TV, March 27, 2015]   Six months into Heidi Holthaus' pregnancy, surgeons made an incision in her abdomen and another in her uterus. The doctors then removed her unborn baby girl’s backside from the womb, repaired an opening on the lower part of her spine, and placed her back into the womb where she would stay for another two months.
March 27, 2015
[KARE-TV, March 20, 2015]   Mental wellness is a top public health priority and to help address the issue, Allina Health has a free online resource for teens called Change to Chill™ . This month, Change to Chi ll is launching the Chiller Challenge – a contest that invites teens to create Chillers for the website.
March 27, 2015
[WCCO-AM and KSTP-TV, January 01, 0001]   Cancer experts agreed with actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie's decision to have her ovaries and Fallopian tubes removed because she carries a genetic mutation BRCA1 that significantly increases the risk of ovarian cancer. In Minnesota, Michaela Tsai , MD, a breast cancer researcher and hematologist and oncologist with the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital , said surgery is the best way to prevent ovarian cancer.
March 26, 2015
[Owatonna People's Press, March 10, 2015]   Becoming a philanthropist wasn’t something Penny George had set out to do. “I was a psychologist,” George said.
March 25, 2015
[Twelve News, March 10, 2015]   Amid the hustle and bustle of everyday life, the day-to-day routine can sometimes become overwhelming. Just ask Linda Shay of Minneapolis.
March 25, 2015
[MINNPOST, March 24, 2015]   On Change to Chill , a new online resource for teens created by Minneapolis-based Allina Health , young people can learn how to meditate , practice guided imagery or live a more balanced life . The site, launched this month, was inspired by findings of Allina’s tri-annual Community Health Needs Assessment , a federally mandated study designed to assess and address pressing community health needs.
March 25, 2015
[New York Times, March 18, 2015]   Breast biopsies are good at telling the difference between healthy tissue and cancer , but less reliable for identifying more subtle abnormalities, a new study finds. The new findings, reported Tuesday in JAMA, challenge the common belief that a biopsy is the gold standard and will resolve any questions that might arise from an unclear mammogram or ultrasound .
March 24, 2015
[Star Tribune, March 15, 2015]   An 85-year-old Minneapolis woman lies on the operating room table at Abbott Northwestern ­Hospital and waits for the future of heart valve medicine. The diseased aortic valve in Anna Schu’s chest is threatening her health, but she’s not a good candidate for open-heart surgery.
March 19, 2015