Press Releases

Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital and Kohl’s Department Store in Duluth are teaming up to give kids free life jackets just before Memorial Day Weekend. Thanks to a $45,277 grant from Kohl’s Cares for Kids, the two organizations are working together on “Alive with Life Jackets,” a campaign to reduce accidental drownings....

You might not want to put it in your scrapbook, but Essentia Health patients who have a colonoscopy can now go home with images from the procedure. It’s part of a new computer program that benefits patients who have endoscopic procedures at Essentia hospitals in the Twin Ports....

Children are invited, with their parents, to the Bike Challenge on Saturday, May 12 from Noon-3 p.m. at the Brainerd High School’s lower parking lot. And don’t forget to bring your bike and helmet!...

These days, it seems you can do just about anything with a smartphone – from making a restaurant reservation to managing your checking account and retirement investments....

Through a partnership and grant dollars provided by the North Dakota Department of Health Division of Injury Prevention and Control, Essentia Health is pleased to offer “Stepping On,” a research-based fall prevention program that empowers older adults to reduce the risks of falling. Research has shown that participants completing the “Stepping On” program have a 31% reduced rate of falls....

The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) has granted its Outstanding Achievement Award to the Cancer Center at Essentia Health – St. Joseph’s Medical Center as a result of surveys performed during 2011. The Cancer Center is one of a select group of 106 accredited cancer programs across the United States....