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"This winter is proving to be yet another challenge to already depleted resources. When I say resources I mean all: monetary, feed, mental, physical, the list goes on."
"I had a reader inform me that “Americans are spoiled.” If spoiled means I’m stressing over trying to run a successful business instead of having the government do it for me, I’ll wear that badge."
Recovering from hip surgery, Jaclyn is told to take it easy for a month? Is that even possible?
In spring 2020, we heard terrible stories of overburdened hospitals leading to preventable deaths in Italy. Soon after, these stories started …
In spring 2020, we heard terrible stories of overburdened hospitals leading to preventable deaths in New York City. Now, as the COVID-19 virus…
CUMMING, Iowa — Dan Hanrahan states it simply: “To me, mental health is just health,” he says. “We can all learn how to do things better.”
Those with a little down time and a desire to help health care workers as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic have taken to their sewing machines.
History has its eyes on you. That is a quote from the popular musical “Hamilton,” but as we are dealing with a global pandemic it also applies…
In South Dakota, ready access to primary care physicians is available only to residents along the Interstate 29 corridor, a few areas in the central region and around the Black Hills . Most other areas have a shortage of access to primary medical care.
Olaf Tuntland, whom I have often referred to as my second dad, had open heart surgery at Mayo Clinic in 1977, which was about two years before…
The U.S. Congress is currently debating whether to repeal the Affordable Care Act and start over with new legislation or to fix the shortcomings of the ACA while continuing its useful parts.
The U.S. Congress is currently debating whether to repeal the Affordable Care Act and start over with new legislation or to fix the shortcomin…
Our son Booker was pretty sick when he was little. There were a number of times when my husband, Bryon, and I had this conversation: “It’s mid…
Rural communities of South Dakota lack access to cancer treatments and care facilities, and Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Fal…
Providing health care in rural areas is challenging in a number of ways – from finding and keeping trained medical staff to reaching remote ar…
As the nation’s first and oldest state farm organization, Missouri Farm Bureau celebrated at its 100th annual meeting and conducted the more s…
DES MOINES — The Nov. 20 celebration of National Rural Health Day acknowledges the “power of Rural America,”
Garrison Memorial Hospital sees 1,400 to 1,500 people in its emergency room annually. That is up about 20 percent over the last three to four years.
With South Dakota marking its 125th year of statehood this year, the state Department of Health has put together a historical look at pioneers…
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