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CALS Program of MN announces new Executive Director
Ann Gihl, MA, RN, recently has been promoted to Executive Director for Comprehensive Advanced Life Support Program of Minnesota. Gihl, who was the Education Manager at CALS for more than 2 years, replaced Paul Lakeman, FACHE, in the head position in October. Lakeman led the Minneapolis-based CALS for 3 years and retired Sept. 30. “I’m… -
Free play explores end-of-life conversations
Dr. Ann McIntosh, a CALS instructor and end-of-life care professional, together with The Theater of Public Policy help bring end-of-life conversations to life in a smart and funny way to learn about something we all will deal with eventually. It is free, but you do need a ticket. Two shows on Nov. 14 in Rochester,… -
Far from care: Life with a sick baby in a rural state
By Katheryn Houghton – Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff Writer It’s not hard for them to stay awake while most everyone else sleeps. What could happen is enough. The home nursery was dark on a recent evening other than the glow from the machine keeping the Samuelsons’ newborn alive. Bozeman’s late August heat had arrived and… -
Daytime naps could help you avoid heart attacks, strokes, study says
September 19, 2019 •| Written By: Najja Parker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Need an excuse to squeeze in a midday snooze? Occasional napping could help you maintain a healthy heart, according to a new report. Researchers from University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland, recently conducted a study, published in the Heart journal, to explore the association between napping and cardiovascular… -
DEA data shows unusually high shipments of opioids to small-town Minnesota
By Paul Scott/Post Bulletin In late 2016, Minnesota’s office of the attorney general released an exhaustive, 67-page report on the opioid crisis in the state. Though Minnesota had been spared the worst of the epidemic — the pill mills and soaring death rates in Appalachian states, southeastern US and Ohio River Valley — opioid deaths… -
2 Nurses In Tennessee Preach ‘Diabetes Reversal’
August 28, 2019 •By Blake Farmer/WPLN Chains, saws and old logging equipment litter the back field of Wendy Norris’ family farm, near the county seat of Altamont, Tenn. Norris used to be part of the local timber industry, and the rusted tools are relics from a time when health woes didn’t hold her back from felling hardwoods. “I… -
Medica to cap insulin costs for Minnesotans at $25
Written By: Paul Scott | Duluth News Tribune Beginning in January of 2020, the 6,500 diabetic patients with Medica insurance plans in Minnesota will see their insulin costs capped at $25 for every 30-day supply of insulin, the Minnetonka-based insurer announced Monday, Aug. 5. “This program is just one example of how Medica works to address the… -
Johns Hopkins locates American Indian health research hub in Duluth
Written By: John Lundy | Duluth News Tribune A prominent American Indian health researcher has left the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Duluth campus for Johns Hopkins University along with her staff of 12 people. But Melissa Walls and her team aren’t moving to Baltimore, where Johns Hopkins is based. Johns Hopkins is coming to… -
Strong medicine is needed to solve America’s rural health crisis
By TRACI MARQUIS-EYDMAN/STAT NEWS Growing up in the rural community of Fort Kent, Maine (population just shy of 4,000), I watched my parents struggle to find and keep a primary care physician. When I was young, this town in Aroostook, the state’s northernmost county, had a few die-hard general practitioners and surgeons, but as they retired… -
Rural Hospitals Find Ways to Survive, Expand
By Katelyn Newman, Staff Writer – US News & World Report IN NOVEMBER 2017, A Southern town that was home to the nation’s first 911 call was hit with hard news: Its local hospital would close its doors by year’s end. With Lakeland Community Hospital gone, the closest emergency room for residents of Haleyville, Alabama – a town of about 4,000 people –…