[Minnesota Public Radio, June 1, 2013] Allina Health employees and their families planned to pack 200,000 healthy meals on Saturday morning for local food shelves, shelters and schools. It’s important for low-income patients to nourish their bodies well to remain healthy or heal from illness — but not everyone knows how to do that on [...]
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[Brainerd Dispatch, May 14, 2013] Few people get enough physical activity to benefit their health. It’s a mere 20 percent, said Susan Masemer, an exercise physiologist. To offer a few tips in how to reap the most benefits, the Minneapolis Heart Institute held a seminar Tuesday at Heartwood in Crosby. Speakers were Masemer and Gail [...]
Read summary - May 15th, 2013
[Brainerd Dispatch, May 1, 2013] Minneapolis Heart Institute, part of Allina Health, invites the public to Physical Activity: The Unfilled Prescription at 5:30 p.m. May 13 at Arrowwood Lodge. Susan Masemer, M.S., an exercise physiologist, will provide an overview of the science of exercise. Gail Ericson, M.S., PT, a physical therapist, will provide practical advice [...]
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[KMSP-TV, April 8, 2013] New research suggests a chemical found in red meat may be the culprit when it comes to clogged arteries. For decades, doctors have said it’s all about fat and cholesterol when it comes to red meat; however, this new study shows a compound called “carnitine” is what thickens the walls of [...]
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[KARE-TV, April 13, 2013] Author and Allina Health physician Dr. Greg Plotnikoff has a new book, Trust Your Gut, a medical page-turner featuring new mind-body solutions to chronic intestinal distress. The book is aimed for the tens of millions of people that suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, gastric acid reflux disease, and other gastrointestinal miseries [...]
Read summary - April 13th, 2013
[Star Tribune, March 30, 2013] A new book, “Trust Your Gut,” explores the relationship between human health and the trillions of microbial cells that live in the gut, as well as the stresses in life that can disrupt those cells and cause serious health problems. If the book sounds complex, don’t worry, said Dr. Greg [...]
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[Star Tribune, February 10, 2013] Minnesota legislators rekindled the debate over tobacco taxes on Thursday as a House committee considered a proposal to vastly increase the cost of cigarettes. “This bill will ensure that I will deliver less bad news to my patients,” said Dr. Courtney Jordan Baechler, a cardiologist and vice president of the [...]
Read summary - February 11th, 2013
[WCCO TV, Jan. 7, 2013] Vitamin D is critical to our good health. And we know sunshine is the key to D. So, do we get enough vitamin D from the sun, especially in the winter? Dr. Greg Plotnikoff, a vitamin D evangelist at the Allina Health Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, says [...]
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[KMSP Fox 9 News, Oct. 26, 2012] Researchers at Loyola University-Chicago calculate 78.7 million adults once considered to have insufficient vitamin D levels now have sufficient levels under the new guidelines. An Allina Health doctor, Greg Plotnikoff at the Penny George Institute for Health & Healing, says that is “garbage” based on his own research [...]
Read summary - October 29th, 2012
[The Line, October 17, 2012] Illness is not just physical. That’s hardly a new idea, but for years, techniques like acupuncture, aromatherapy, and healing touch–which treated symptoms but also patients’ mental and spiritual well-being–got little respect from hard-nosed medical professionals. Prescription drugs and surgery, with more demonstrable effects and corresponding research, took center stage as [...]
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