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Avera Medical Minute
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|By Beth Warden
During the pandemic, it can be a pretty good feeling to help others by donating blood. Blood drive numbers are low right now because many employers have their staff working at home.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2020 at 10:39 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
A medical team member can support school systems by being their virtual school nurse, freeing up teachers and staff to focus on other things.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2020 at 2:02 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
"A bottleneck at the level of the wrist, where there's nine flexor tendons and the median nerve all trying to fit through a small space called the carpal tunnel," said Dr. Drexler.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2020 at 11:03 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Avera Child Life Specialist Twila Perkinson offers insight on the transition back to school, processing the concerns and questions during the pandemic, and simple ideas to make the adjustment to having a schedule again.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2020 at 10:55 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Before the clinical trial in Pierre, Marlene would have had to commit to over 150 visits to Sioux Falls over a year.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2020 at 9:02 AM CDT
As we all learn more about back to school plans for our kids and prepare them to return to class, largely in-person, COVID-19 may be front and center. But there are a few other medical concerns you may still need to address. Carleen Wild spoke with Dr. Shari Eich, an Avera Family Medicine Physician about immunizations.
Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 at 10:46 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Law enforcement is trained for mental health situations. Having an Avera eCARE behavioral health professional-just one click away provides the next level of care.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 10:42 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“And we try to give them another lease on life so that they’re, they’re healthy they’re happy. Their quality of life is high, and they can see their family and do the things like what she’s doing, which is taking care of her great-grandchildren,” said McCaul.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2020 at 10:14 AM CDT
|By Beth Warden
"And you're feeling alone and isolated. And now that they're able to see their families, there's a smile on their face. They seem much more peaceful there. They see a reason to just keep going," said Ronk.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2020 at 10:56 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Although Phil could have chosen to watch and wait, he decided to have his prostate removed.
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Updated: Jul. 22, 2020 at 9:07 AM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
Orthopedic urgent care
Updated: Jul. 20, 2020 at 8:04 AM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Each baby has a different path. breathing, body temperature regulation, and eating are all the focus until the day they graduate.
Updated: Jul. 17, 2020 at 12:52 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
"So it's caused by the varicella-zoster virus, and it lives in somebody's nerve root and for whatever reason, it gets activated," said Doctor McElroy.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2020 at 10:40 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
"We continue the screening. We try to continue as much as possible, the six feet distancing... in all of this there's handwashing you know there's good hygiene, to try to make sure that we don't have spread during the summer," said Kueter.
Updated: Jul. 12, 2020 at 10:54 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Wearing a mask is important, but it can irritate your skin. Two Avera dermatologists share their insight.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2020 at 10:58 PM CDT
A Sioux Falls woman was able to get rid of her aches and pains by changing her diet.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2020 at 9:03 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Doctors notice the anxiety melting away when their little patients have a child life specialist by their side.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2020 at 9:03 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
The Big Grape is an annual fundraiser for pediatric care at Avera Children’s Hospital. This year's date is September 11th at the Prairie Center on the main Avera McKennan campus.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2020 at 8:22 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Avera Behavioral Health is marking a milestone. For the first time since an EF-2 tornado directly hit the facility on September 10th of last year, all of the services have been reopened.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2020 at 12:16 PM CDT
Avera family medicine physician Dr. Mark List tells us what changes you'll see during a visit to the doctor's office in tonight's Avera Medical Minute.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2020 at 11:20 AM CDT
Doctor's appointments have been altered a bit because of the presence of Coronavirus, but screenings are still important.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2020 at 10:46 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
When kids' vaccinations are up to date, parents and their pediatricians have peace of mind.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2020 at 10:53 AM CDT
Dr. Jennifer McKay with Avera spoke to Dakota News Now about how to keep your family safe during that summer vacation.
Updated: Jun. 12, 2020 at 8:24 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
This is eCARE's shining moment, bringing the best medical knowledge available to any size community.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2020 at 7:29 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
This is a story of my procrastination, and finally getting a mammogram.
Updated: Jun. 5, 2020 at 7:27 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
"Being able to come here, just really is exciting to be able to eventually go back to what I love."
Updated: Jun. 4, 2020 at 8:49 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
The 605-day challenge doesn't just help local businesses with a gift card purchase, the next step honors those who have helped during the pandemic.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2020 at 8:10 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
"It's miraculous that my life was saved. It's miraculous that they saved my foot," said Blackburn.
Updated: May. 27, 2020 at 11:12 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
He was treated for a-fib at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton and after a concerning stress test, Kelly was booked for an angiogram at North Central Heart Institute in Sioux Falls.
Updated: May. 27, 2020 at 10:48 AM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Within hours of the positive COVID test, and "At-home monitoring kit" was dropped off at his place.
Updated: May. 27, 2020 at 8:54 AM CDT
Erik Thorstenson talks with Dr. Joseph Rees from Avera about how testing is being done in long team care facilities.
Updated: May. 23, 2020 at 11:15 AM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Jeff had heart surgery, then cardiac rehab. He set a lofty goal for a year after his heart attack. "I want to be, hiking to camp near, on Mt. Rainier," said Kretchman.
Updated: May. 19, 2020 at 11:07 PM CDT
In tonight's Avera Medical Minute a closer look at two medications that may show promise in the fight against COVID-19: Hydroxychloroquine and Remdesivir.
Updated: May. 15, 2020 at 8:40 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
When a COVID-19 testing event was facilitated by Avera Health recently in Sioux Falls, interpreters were arranged for many languages.
Updated: May. 14, 2020 at 8:22 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Member health advocates are available anytime to those who have their health care coverage through Avera Health plans.
Updated: May. 13, 2020 at 10:54 AM CDT
Erik Thorstenson speaks with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas Ambrose about what patients should expect when going in for non-essential medical procedures.
Updated: May. 9, 2020 at 4:12 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
She thought a nagging pain in her shoulder was from lifting all those grocery bags. Her husband Paul remembers when her pain became unbearable.
Updated: May. 8, 2020 at 9:40 AM CDT
Erik Thorstenson talks with Malia Holbeck from Avera on what people should do to help their mental health in tonight's Avera Medical Minute.
Updated: May. 5, 2020 at 8:21 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Having a baby during the pandemic has challenged Hannah Entenman and her husband to adjust their plans with the arrival of their baby Theo.
Updated: May. 3, 2020 at 12:27 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
The virtual visits have other benefits, including less time traveling or time in the clinic waiting room.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2020 at 10:59 PM CDT
For the past several weeks now we've heard the term "Surge Modeling" from local and state health leaders in reference to how they are able to track the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2020 at 11:03 PM CDT
The 32nd annual Avera Race Against Cancer will be held just not in its normal form.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2020 at 5:43 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Avera eCARE Senior Care just celebrated a milestone of surpassing it's 100th facility, spanning across eleven states.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2020 at 12:18 AM CDT
Long hours. Little sleep. A high workload and little room for error. These are just a few of the stressors for medical professionals on any given day.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2020 at 4:18 PM CDT
The COVID-19 virus is particularly dangerous for those who have underlying medical conditions. For those with a history of heart issues, this pandemic has been a troubling time.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2020 at 9:42 PM CDT
Dr. Jason Knutson, a young, family medicine physician, knows all too well how important and life-saving the work is that he and his colleagues do. It was only a year-and-a-half ago that he needed them to save his own life.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2020 at 10:14 AM CDT
People who have recovered from COVID-19, could help others who have it, and are in a dire situation.
Avera has joined a coalition of more than one thousand hospitals across the country, to test the effectiveness of convalescent plasma therapy as a treatment for some cases of COVID-19.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2020 at 9:41 PM CDT
Dr. Kevin Post with Avera Health tells Dakota News Now that no one should be complacent about the basics of preventing a COVID-19 infection.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2020 at 4:50 PM CDT
For Avera, their doctors' ability to treat patients with cancer has not changed, but the way they treat their patients and even more so, how to keep them safer has changed.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2020 at 6:51 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Aquatic therapy can help patients with balance and coordination issues, as well as those with spinal cord injuries and patients struggling with pain.