FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Runners on your mark, and get ready to go for this year’s 22nd Annual Fargo Marathon. “Start hydration today, don’t wait till tomorrow morning. Most people that are going to be running tomorrow are well prepared and have been training for a long time, so they know their bodies. So listen to your body while on…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Summer has finally arrived, bringing backyard gatherings, pool parties, and more. But with the warmer weather also comes one pest: ticks. “So in the walk-in clinic, we see, especially in the summer, spring-summer months, we see a lot of ticks. We see a lot of patients coming in after removing a tick. We sometimes have patients…
FARGO (KFGO/KVRR) – Four people suffered injuries in a multi-vehicle crash in Fargo Thursday night. The crash happened around 11:45 p.m. at the intersection of 42nd Street and 52nd Avenue S. The Highway Patrol says a car heading south on 42nd Street and driven by a 21-year-old Fargo man went through a red light and t-boned a westbound SUV. The…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – May is Hyperbaric Medicine Awareness Month, and Essentia Health wants to make sure you know about the potential life-changing treatments. As part of the treatment, patients are placed in a chamber where they breathe pure oxygen at higher than normal air pressure. The treatment can help to promote healing for a wide variety of injuries and…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – While many around the country might be shocked at heavy snowfall in April, it’s pretty much business as usual for those in Fargo-Moorhead. Also commonplace is the act of clearing that snow from your property. But health experts at Essentia say it can be far more dangerous than you might think. “We have to be really…
(Courtesy Essentia Health)FOSSTON, Minn. (KVRR) — Essentia Health has planned a groundbreaking next Wednesday for a new emergency department in Fosston, Minnesota. The $12 million project will add more than 5,500 square feet of space. Essentia says it marks another significant investment in its campus and the Fosston community. The city and Essentia Health have battled for years over claims…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — For the last several years, health care professionals have started to recommend that both men and women at the age of 45 receive a routine colorectal cancer screening. A procedure that will check a person’s colon for any risks of colon cancer and other risks. “Right now, colorectal cancer is on the rise in young patients,…
NORTH DAKOTA (KVRR) — Thousands of North Dakota residents have been experiencing long wait times or are simply unable to receive mental health care when they need it. “We do have people that are waiting weeks or months without receiving care. So their conditions get worse, and it becomes more costly when they are able to receive care,” said Caitlin…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – For many people, seeing that extra hour vanish into thin air is dispiriting – but it’s a bummer that is mostly forgotten as we try and adapt to the new normal. But Erin Jirak, a sleep medicine specialist with Essentia Health based in Wahpeton, says that our bodies aren’t so quick to move on. Shifting the…
Essentia HealthFARGO (KVRR) — Essentia Health is sending a letter to the Department of Education, urging them to reconsider a rule that would affect student loan availability for students in graduate nursing programs by capping borrowing limits on student loans. The rule being considered by the department of education would classify certain higher education degrees as either professional or not…
