[CNN, January 09, 2013]
An early flu season is being felt across the country this year, but perhaps nowhere more than southern Minnesota. Hospitals there, including New Ulm Medical Center , part of Allina Health, have put into effect visitor restrictions because of the outbreak.
January 09, 2013
[WCCO-TV, January 07, 2013]
Southern Minnesota is described as the epicenter of the flu outbreak this year. At New Ulm Medical Center , Dr. Joan Krikava , medical director, says the numbers are staggering.
January 08, 2013
[Sleepy Eye Online, October 06, 2012]
Fans were out in full force September 7th when the Sleepy Eye Indians High School football team traveled to St. Mary’s to do battle. The atmosphere quickly turned sour when seven minutes into the game Sleepy Eye’s Brandon Polesky didn’t get up after making a tackle.
October 24, 2012
[Mankato Free Press, October 08, 2012]
A federal grant of $204,275 for a new project to help improve the overall health of residents in Brown County (Minnesota) has been awarded to the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation . Brown County Public Health will work with organizers of the successful “Hearts Beat Back: The Heart of New Ulm Project" to create policies, systems and an environment that promotes healthy lifestyles that will lead to the prevention of chronic disease.
October 08, 2012
[New Ulm Journal, January 01, 0001]
Making people "joyful" and excited about healthy activities was the focus of Saturday's speech by U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin during the New Ulm Area Day of Play held at Martin Luther College. The Day of Play event is part of a world-wide event started by the children's channel Nickelodeon to get kids outside and away from televisions through fun activities.
October 03, 2012
[New Ulm Journal, August 26, 2012]
The New Ulm Medical Center is planning a massive overhaul of its birth center to create new, expansive facilities for taking care of families during births. The $1.2 million dollar project will restructure NUMC's existing four-room space to six rooms.
August 27, 2012
[Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch, November 23, 2011]
New Ulm Medical Center (NUMC) opened the doors to their new Cancer Center recently, allowing patients their first opportunity to begin treatment at the new facility. Besides the updated facility, the new center is also bringing an expanded partnership with the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute.
November 23, 2011
[KEYC-TV, April 06, 2011]
Allina Hospitals & Clinics' Heart of New Ulm project is already showing results. KEYC-TV in Mankato reports that the heart attack rate in the southern Minnesota community has already been cut by 24 percent.
April 07, 2011
[Mankato Free Press, April 05, 2011]
A 10-year community initiative to prevent the occurrence of heart attacks in New Ulm has produced some early encouraging results. The Heart of New Ulm Project is sponsored by Allina Hospitals & Clinics' Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation .
April 06, 2011
[Scientific American, April 03, 2011]
The town of New Ulm, Minn., some 90 miles outside of Minneapolis, is small. With a population of about 15,000, the self-proclaimed polka capital of the U.S. might not seem like the most obvious locale to roll out an aggressive, unconventional attack on heart disease.
April 04, 2011