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    February 11, 2019
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    Health officials promote higher rates of childhood vaccination to prevent measles spread
    GRAND FORKS -- In North Dakota, the rate of measles vaccination in infants is higher than the national average, but lower than the desirable...
    business/healthcareFebruary 11, 2019 - 9:24pm
    February 9, 2019
    With supervision and the help of a walker, a Wisconsin man participating in spinal cord injury research at Mayo is able to step independently. Results of the research project were published last fall in a paper coauthored by Peter Grahn, Ph.D., far left, a Willmar High School graduate and researcher at Mayo.
    Life-changing injury leads to research career for Willmar graduate
    WILLMAR – A diving accident the summer after he graduated from Willmar High School changed Peter Grahn’s life. The spinal cord injury he...
    business/healthcareFebruary 9, 2019 - 3:44pm
    February 8, 2019
    Sick of winter? Local experts say to pay attention to your health
    Weather got you down? You aren’t alone. But there are things you can do to help battle winter fatigue. Local fitness, mental health and nutrition experts say all wellness areas need attention, no matter how depressing the weather may be. The key is to focus on what’s possible,...
    business/healthcareFebruary 8, 2019 - 6:44pm
    February 6, 2019
    JRMC among top rural hospitals in North Dakota
    The Chartis Group/iVantage has named Jamestown Regional Medical Center among nine Critical Access Hospitals in North Dakota that are all listed among the top 100 in the United States.The Wednesday announcement said the list recognizes top performing rural hospitals across the country....
    business/healthcareFebruary 6, 2019 - 3:41pm
    February 3, 2019
    Megan Bah of Hutchinson, Minn., shows some of the breast milk she has collected and donated to a mother in need in St. Paul. Bah and her fiance lost their baby just days before it was due last month. Special to Forum News Service
    After losing baby just before birth, Minnesota mother coping with grief by donating breast milk
    HUTCHINSON, Minn. — One late evening last month, Megan Bah noticed that her baby, Eleanor, was not moving as much in her womb as she usually...
    business/healthcareFebruary 3, 2019 - 6:33pm
    February 1, 2019
    North Dakota sends team to aid in Washington measles outbreak
    BISMARCK — North Dakota has sent an emergency health response team to Washington to help control a measles outbreak in the state. Five officials...
    business/healthcareFebruary 1, 2019 - 6:53pm
    January 18, 2019
    North Dakota Department of Health issues first medical marijuana cards
    BISMARCK — The North Dakota Department of Health has printed and issued more that 70 medical marijuana identification cards to qualifying patients...
    business/healthcareJanuary 18, 2019 - 5:12pm
    January 15, 2019
    Essentia Health's Cardiac and Intermediate Care unit at its Fargo campus at 3000 32nd Ave. S. Forum file photo
    Sanford, Essentia publish procedure prices, but it won't be much help for patients
    FARGO — A new federal rule requires all hospitals to post out-of-pocket procedure cost data online, but it may not do much good for patients...
    business/healthcareJanuary 15, 2019 - 9:33am
    January 14, 2019
    Luke Diekman of JLG Architects leads a tour Monday, Jan. 14, through a mock-up of a hospital room for the new Altru hospital. Eric Hylden / Forum News Serviceplay button
    Altru unveils mock-ups of new Grand Forks hospital rooms
    GRAND FORKS -- Residents of Grand Forks got a bare-bones look at Altru’s new hospital Monday, Jan. 14, as Altru staff showcased a dozen patient...
    business/healthcareJanuary 14, 2019 - 10:34pm
    January 10, 2019
    Dispensary licensing process for medical marijuana in ND beginning
    JAMESTOWN, N.D. -- A medical marijuana dispensary could be licensed in the Jamestown area in the next month, according to Jason Wald, director of the Division of Medical Marijuana for the North Dakota Department of Health. The department is seeking applications for dispensaries in...
    business/healthcareJanuary 10, 2019 - 6:00am
    January 9, 2019
    Applications for North Dakota’s last medical marijuana dispensaries available soon
    BISMARCK — Potential medical marijuana dispensaries soon can apply to open in the Devils Lake, Jamestown, Dickinson and Minot regions. The...
    business/healthcareJanuary 9, 2019 - 3:43pm
    January 8, 2019
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    Sanford joins nonprofit generic drug collective
    FARGO — Sanford Health has joined a collective of health care providers working together to manufacture generic versions of crucial drugs used...
    business/healthcareJanuary 8, 2019 - 3:53pm
    January 6, 2019
    'Culture of practice' explains ND’s widely varied opioid Rx rates
    FARGO — Prescription opioid use in North Dakota has a distinctive geography. Use intensity of the narcotic painkillers varies considerably...
    business/healthcareJanuary 6, 2019 - 6:00am
    January 5, 2019
    Hospitals post prices online after new federal regulation
    GRAND FORKS — A new federal regulation requires U.S. hospitals to post a list of prices on their websites, and North Dakota hospitals are following...
    business/healthcareJanuary 5, 2019 - 11:07am
    December 29, 2018
    Katie Ryan-Anderson, marketing manager of Jamestown Regional Medical Center, looks over blueprints Thursday inside what will be the new cancer center. John M. Steiner / The Sunplay button
    JRMC expects to open cancer center this summer
    Officials say construction of the new cancer center at Jamestown Regional Medical Center is ahead of schedule. “We are on target for early...
    business/healthcareDecember 29, 2018 - 6:51am
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