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Do You Have Air Travel Anxiety? We Have Tips
Most of us have heard about the two Boeing 737 Max 8 jets that crashed, killing all passengers. The most recent happened Sunday. With the story receiving so much publicity, it can give travelers anxiety.
Our Malique Rankin sat down with a psychologist today who made a great point. We don't have news stories about every plane that lands safely. So when one crashes, it’s a big story, and it seems much more likely to occur than it really is.
Dr. Tara Feil with CHI St. Alexius says the first thing you should do is pinpoint your fears. Determining if it's the turbulence or the confined space can help you learn how to cope. Feil says to also ask your flight attendants any questions that may help you feel more comfortable.
“This week, CHI St. Alexius Health nurses voted to be exclusively represented by the Minnesota Nurses Association. While we would have preferred a different outcome that allowed us to maintain our direct working relationship with our nurses, CHI St.
New mammography machine at CHI St. Alexius Bismarck will improving breast cancer screening
CHI St. Alexius in Bismarck is the latest to bring in a new 3D mammography machine, which doctors say could save lives with better imaging.
CHI St. Alexius is celebrating heart month, one step at a time.
Heart-pumping competition raises heart health awareness. CHI St. Alexius is celebrating heart month, one step at a time. Cardiac Rehab patients and employees each walked or ran on a treadmill for 20 to 40 minutes today, to spread awareness of cardiovascular disease. It's part of a friendly competition with other medical facilities in South Dakota and Montana - total miles are added up and compared.
Visitor Restrictions in Effect at CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington
Effective immediately: CHI St. Alexius Health, Carrington along with its Medical Clinic and Urgent Care has implemented visitor restrictions as precautionary measures to decrease the spread of influenza.
A 'revolution in medicine': New technology at CHI St. Alexius helps stroke patients
When Nicholas Bradbury was in medical school 15 years ago, treatment options were limited for stroke patients. When Bradbury went with a neurologist to visit stroke patients, they'd take note of the functions patients lost - such as vision or speech - and then put them on baby aspirin and that was it.
"That was all the treatment you had," said Bradbury, now an interventional radiologist at CHI St. Alexius Health in Bismarck. Over the past 10 years, treatment for stroke patients has changed drastically. Strokes occur when a clot gets stuck in a person's brain and blocks blood flow, which can cause brain damage, a long-term disability or death.
CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington Named as a 2019 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital
For the seventh time since 2012, CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington Medical Center has been named one of the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. Regarded as one of the industry’s most significant designations of performance excellence, the annual Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals award is based upon the results of the Hospital Strength INDEX® from iVantage Health Analytics.
