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Avera Medical Minute
Updated: Oct. 18, 2020 at 11:16 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“This new intracapsular technique I would never go back and I think it’s been one of the better gifts I could give to my patients with tonsil problems. And it’s been a game-changer,” said Dr. Cihak.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2020 at 3:37 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
There is a 12% lifetime risk in this country of getting breast cancer here in South Dakota our numbers actually run a little higher than the national average.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2020 at 4:37 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“You should be able to rely on your agent and your health insurance carrier to speak to you in your plain language, and to explain it to you all those things that maybe you don’t quite understand,” said Reitzel.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2020 at 4:15 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“It’s proven that the shots help them fight the diseases that we’ve already learned about and prevent them from getting ill. So, as a mom you just want them to be safe and try to keep worry-free So one last thing we have to worry about,” said Edwards.
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Updated: Oct. 8, 2020 at 9:41 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“They really got to know us and our wishes for this natural birth. But we also liked that we would still be in the hospital,” said Wuestewald.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2020 at 1:26 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
It’s often said you know who your friends are when you go through a rough time and it turns out Marlys Thompson had a lot of friends praying for her as she went through breast cancer treatment.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 at 12:42 AM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“That’s the beauty about cardiology and interventional cardiology is you can see real-time you know changes and how a patient feels and how well they do you know right in front of your eyes,” said Wagener.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2020 at 4:37 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“When I looked around and saw how the machinery was all spaced out, the lockers were spaced out, the classes were spaced out. I lost that anxiety right away. I felt really safe in this environment,” said Wallenberg.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2020 at 5:02 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
"We have so many ways in which we can enhance the quality of life and, and then the feeling of hope for all these patients and let them know that it's not necessarily the end of everything," said Parameswaran.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2020 at 10:21 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“It just made everything easier for us. And so we’re very, very blessed to be able to have that in our home and be able to stay in our home. His condition changes, and this is something that we can keep stable for him,” said Niemann-Priest.
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Updated: Sep. 20, 2020 at 11:15 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
This new intracapsular technique, I would never go back and I think it’s been one of the better gifts I could give to my patients with tonsil problems.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2020 at 11:33 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“If you look at the literature, the patients that are going to be at the highest risk of developing, you know, severe COVID infection are going to be the patients that are older than 65 and patients with the chronic medical illnesses,” said Paa.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2020 at 11:15 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“The intensity of the storm was significant, but it was no match for the resolve, courage, and the teamwork, of the people within the building,” said Gibbs.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2020 at 7:18 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Avera is hosting the fund drive online this year, including a silent auction. The final day is Friday, September 11th. Visit Avera.org to donate or place a bid for The Big Grape, Reimagined: Fund drive for the Avera Children’s Hospital.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2020 at 9:58 AM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“It is a calling you know it’s something because a lot of people say I can’t help with kids at the hospital must be so sad. But indeed it is not always sad. So it’s a great place to be,” said Perkinson. “I’d say, it probably fills my cup that the kids are able to be successful.”
Updated: Sep. 3, 2020 at 6:27 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“We want to practice what we preach so we brought it right here so that you don’t have to go to a crowded supermarket you can buy everything you need to eat fresh, wonderful meals,” said Cornay.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2020 at 10:38 AM CDT
|By Beth Warden
For those participating in the study, a lab-created antibody cocktail can be administered by a one time IV infusion. IV therapy could be used for those who have tested positive for COVID-19 who are currently hospitalized or at home.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2020 at 10:58 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
“We intervene on people having heart attacks. And so that made a huge difference in the amount of muscle we can salvage when people have heart attacks, reduce the death rate significantly,” said Carpenter.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 9:30 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
I'm always a promoter of food first, because you're going to get more things than just protein and carbohydrates, you're going to also be getting some great things like calcium zinc, iron, which are really important to our teenagers actually right now because they're growing so much.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2020 at 11:45 PM CDT
|By Brian Allen
South Dakota has been caught in the grips of a multi-day heat wave. Tonight we look at the warning signs for both Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2020 at 11:06 PM CDT
|By Beth Warden
Avera Medical Minute: New Athletic Trainer at McCook Central helps protect students from injuries and COVID exposure
Updated: Aug. 21, 2020 at 7:15 AM CDT
|By Vanessa Gomez
Health professionals offer advice to families as kids go back to school amid so much uncertainty during the pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2020 at 11:37 AM CDT
|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.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2020 at 9:07 AM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
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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.