Health Care

Sanford Health’s Rx for opioid crisis: Fewer prescriptions

Providers at Sanford Health have reduced opioid prescriptions by almost 20 percent over the past year in an effort to have fewer pills in circulation. Here’s how they did it.

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Sanford’s new board chairman hails from small Minnesota town

Sanford Health’s new board chairman is a family medicine physician from Perham, Minn., a town of 3,000 in Otter Tail County.

8 years ago

From Army to Avera, plastic surgeons find niche in Sioux Falls

These former Army officers are building a plastic surgery practice at Avera — and encountering plenty of nice surprises about working in Sioux Falls along the way.

8 years ago

ChiroSport to expand to fourth town

A chiropractic practice that specializes in sports medicine is expanding to a fourth Sioux Falls-area town. 

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Six weeks = weight loss and healthier lifestyle. Here’s how to get involved

You’ve heard it before: Becoming more active and eating more nutritiously is a lifestyle, not a quick fix. But how do you start? That’s where the GreatFIT Challenge can help.

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Major expansion brings Sanford into five new countries

 Sanford Health will enter five new countries and expand its presence in two this year.

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S.D. draws interest at major health care conference

This exclusive event is a “who’s who” of the medical research world — and South Dakota took advantage of a chance to promote its bioscience industry there.

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Avera to enroll world’s first patients in new lung cancer trial

Avera will be the first in the world to enroll lung cancer patients in a clinical trial that is part of an international collaboration.

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SAB: First MERS treatment appears safe in clinical trial

The anti-MERS immunotherapy developed by Sioux Falls biotech company SAB Biotherapeutics Inc. appears safe in phase 1 clinical trials, the company announced.

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Employee assistance is now just a click away

Connecting to a therapist who can listen and provide support is now as easy as chatting on your smartphone.

8 years ago

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