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Experts Say Fit Sleep into Your Finals Schedule

Sleep may help you get a better grade on that test

FARGO, ND — Before you hit the books all night to study for finals, you may want to consider this. A study done by Harvard University suggests that dreaming can help boost your memory. Sacrificing sleep to study is an age old ritual of finals week, but experts say it may leave you dragging. A local sleep doctor says it’s…

Health Matters: The Long Term Effects of Athletics

These brothers share their story of how sports helped shape their career path

One brother helps athletes get back on their feet. You know the other as a star on the NDSU football team. Most of us were more active before graduation. The chance to play eventually comes to end, but these brothers found another way to pursue their passion of living a healthy life. “Our dad was a huge wrestler so we…

Motorcycle Driver Dies From Injuries One Week After Crash

Ran Into Flatbed Trailer On Interstate 94 Last Week

A 26-year-old motorcycle driver has died from her injuries after hitting a flatbed trailer on I-94 last week. The highway patrol says Danika Murphy died Tuesday at Essentia Hospital in Fargo. It was Monday, April 3 when the West Fargo woman was on her motorcycle and merging onto the interstate from the 25th Street South loop ramp around 1:30 in…

Ronald McDonald House Charities Family Room Coming to Essentia

Essentia Health and Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley are creating a space for support

FARGO, N.D. — When a loved one is in the hospital, it can be just as hard on the family. Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley is teaming up with Essentia Health to create a family room program at the hospital. The current NICU will be moved to the fourth floor of the hospital that will be…

Harwood Man Dies From Injuries In Friday Morning Crash

Rolled his vehicle near Reile's Acres

A  Harwood man has died from injuries suffered after a rollover near Reile’s Acres. A Highway Patrol Sergeant says Charles Gad,49, passed away at Essentia Health in Fargo. On Friday morning, Gad was driving north on a gravel road west of Reile’s Acres when he hit the ditch and rolled. He was found that morning around 6:30 lying outside of…

Health Matters: Preparing for Daylight Saving Time

The effects of daylight saving time may be more than you might think

HEALTH MATTERS — We are quickly approaching another Daylight Saving Time. This time around, we are springing forward and that means we are losing an hour of sleep! March 12th marks the day we change our clocks and with it being over a week away, a sleep medicine doctor said you can prepare for the change. Whether it’s not being…

Essentia Nutrition:The Greek Diet

The Greek Diet is said to be one of the healthiest in the entire world

KVRR’s Shiina LoSciuto talks with registered and licensed dietician Marsha Parker from Essentia Health about the greek diet. Tags: Essentia, ESSENTIA HEALTH, Essentia Nutrition, fruit, greek diet, Health Matters, vegetables

Lynnette’s Story: Surviving a Heart Attack She Didn’t Know She Was Having

Lynnette went through the whole weekend without realizing she was having a heart attack.

The Go Red for Women luncheon in Fargo highlights a local heart attack survivor. We heard from someone who didn’t even realize she was at risk. “I loved taking care of the patients, I loved the families, I loved the adrenaline rush that you’d get working in the critical care,” said Lynnette Anderson, who lives in Page. “I took care…