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Risk of death in athletes identified with $88 heart scan

[Chicago Daily Herald, March 15, 2010] Screening for heart defects in high school and college athletes should be expanded after an $88 heart scan detected life-threatening conditions in Harvard University athletes, researchers said.

The biggest drawback was the number of young athletes who were incorrectly identified as having a risk. False readings require expensive follow-up tests and "would unavoidably promote inappropriate disqualifications, unnecessary anxiety, and possibly chaos in a national program," said Barry Maron, MD, director of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Read the full story on dailyherald.com...

Moms, kids bond, benefit from yoga

[Shakopee Valley News, March 15, 2010] Yoga bonding pairs mothers and their infants in a yoga-for-two workout that incorporates exercise, toning and fitness while helping mom bond with baby.

Susan Colvin fell in love with yoga bonding after the birth of her son four years ago. She liked the classes so much she became a certified instructor. She now teaches classes at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee, Minnesota. Read the full story on shakopeenews.com...

Interview: specialist talks about insomnia and sleep

[KSTP-TV, March 11, 2010] How many times have you woken up in the morning and wished for more sleep? Dr. Michael Schmitz runs the Insomnia and Behavior Sleep Medicine Program at Abbott Northwestern Hospital’s Sleep Center. He discusses this topic and more in during National Sleep Awareness week. Read the full story on kstp.com...

Non-traditional pain management techniques found to be effective in acute care hospital

[Personal Liberty Digest, March 12, 2010] Results of a recent study have suggested that non-traditional therapies are capable of significantly relieving pain among a range of hospitalized patients.

"Roughly 80 percent of patients report moderate to severe pain levels after surgery," said study author Gregory Plotnikoff, medical director of the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. The study found that natural therapies, such as acupuncture, acupressure, massage therapy, healing touch, music therapy, aromatherapy and reflexology, effectively reduced pain levels by more than 50 percent across. Read the full story on personalliberty.com...

AACN announces fall Beacon Awards

[Midwest Nursing News, March 8, 2010] The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) recently named 54 units recipients of the fall 2009 Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence. Honorees include two patient care units at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, Minnesota:

  • intensive care unit (ICU) for in adult care
  • critical care step down unit for progressive care.

Read the full story on nurse.com...


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