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Thinking of using mail-order meal programs? Here’s a dietitian’s guide

By Submitted | June 9, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Avera Health. By Lauren Cornay, registered dietitian with Avera Heart Hospital. Whether you are looking for a way to avoid crowds at the grocery store or spend less time […]

Thanks to Mom, baby Stanley has COVID antibodies

By Submitted | June 2, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Avera. You might think the decision to get vaccinated for COVID-19 would be easy for a registered nurse. For Jennifer Stearns, it was not. Her ultimate decision to get […]

This 7-year-old was granted one wish. He made it for other kids

By Submitted | May 12, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Avera Health. As a South Dakota farm boy, 7-year-old Koen knows all about calves, kitties and dogs, as well as the hard work that goes into agriculture. Koen also […]

The COVID-19 vaccine and her mammogram: One patient’s story

By Submitted | April 28, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Avera Health. With the year we’ve just lived through, you may have decided to postpone some of your yearly health screenings because of COVID-19. Now that vaccines are available, […]

How prebiotic, probiotic foods affect your gut health

By Submitted | April 14, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Avera. You keep hearing about probiotics, and now prebiotics, but what exactly are these foods? What do they do? “The key to a healthy gut is nourishing the microbiome […]

I’m under 50. Should I worry about colon cancer?

By Submitted | March 31, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Avera Health. You may think if you’re younger than 50 it’s too early to start thinking about colon cancer. But the number of diagnoses continues to rise, and colon […]

Stronger one year later: COVID-19 reflections from first-year nurse

By Submitted | March 22, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Avera Health. When you dive into a career like intensive care nursing, you expect it to be hard. But the reality for Brianna Erickson, RN, BSN, was spending the […]

A year in photos: How COVID-19 brought us together

By Submitted | March 11, 2021

Enjoy this powerful look back on the pandemic from Avera Health.

How heart screening led fitness trainer to lifesaving surgery

By Submitted | February 15, 2021

This paid piece is sponsored by Avera Health. What are the chances that a couple would act on something they heard in polite conversation at a New Year’s Eve party? What are the chances it […]

Remember flu season? It’s basically gone this year

By Jodi Schwan | February 1, 2021

February typically means we’re dealing with the flu. For the past several years, influenza cases have peaked in South Dakota in the third week of February. But if that’s the case this year, the “peak” […]

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