Archives for September 2015

[Star Tribune, September 27, 2015]   Doctors at Abbott Northwestern Hospital have had success treating brain aneurysms with new, thicker "Pipeline" stents that direct blood past the potentially deadly bulges in blood vessels in the brain. And they’re studying a spherical WEB stent that does the same for tricky aneurysms that form at the junctures of these vessels.
September 27, 2015
[Pioneer Press, September 27, 2015]   The Rev. Diane Nelson of Cambridge, Minn., was walking around with a golf-ball-sized bomb inside her head.
September 26, 2015
[KMSP-TV, September 22, 2015]   If you thought a little hard work never hurt anyone, think again. There's a new study in the British medical journal the Lancet that you should see.
September 24, 2015
[KMSP-TV, September 16, 2015]   A CDC study says men's hearts are eight years older than their owner's biological ages, and women's are about five years older. Cardiologist Elizabeth Grey , MD, from Minneapolis Heart Institute® at Abbott Northwestern Hospital , explains how heart ages are calculated and what people can do to keep their hearts young.
September 16, 2015
[KMSP Fox 9, September 15, 2015]   In the wake of a tragic accident between an Allina ambulance and an SUV on a snowy night in January 2014, Allina Health EMS has been on a mission to make ambulances safer for the paramedics, their patients and the motorists they share the road with. The results has been new policies and procedures, and a new ambulance design.
September 15, 2015
[KSTP TV, September 15, 2015]   A government task force says a daily low-dose aspirin could help certain people in their 50s and 60s prevent a first heart attack or stroke - and they might get some protection against colon cancer at the same time. United Heart & Vascular Clinic cardiologist Dr. Kenneth Baran says the new guidelines will focus aspirin therapy on individuals who will experience the most benefit and weed out those who might experience harmful side effects.
September 15, 2015
[Twelve News, September 15, 2015]   At Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, the emergency department sees its fair share of injuries related to falls. "Probably four or five times a week we're down in the emergency room seeing patients who have had a fall but probably didn't hurt themselves bad enough to get admitted," said Chris Wellner, manager of acute therapy services at Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute at Abbott Northwestern.
September 15, 2015
[WCCO-AM, September 12, 2015]   A new study by the Center for Disease Control says men's hearts are about eight years older than they are. Women's are about five years older than they really are.
September 12, 2015
[Isanti County News, September 09, 2015]   Since his diagnosis of stage 4 brain cancer in February 2014, Tim Elliott, of Isanti, hasn’t been able to walk on his own, but wanted to remain active with his wife, Amanda, and their two young sons. A couple of months ago, the Elliotts decided to visit Outdoor Edge in Cambridge and met with owner K.C. Bohn about purchasing a recumbent bike so he could take bike rides with his family.
September 09, 2015