Rounding up Essentia media coverage from December

Media coverage of Essentia Health in December focused on seasonal topics. They included tips for eating healthy around the holidays, navigating seasonal affective disorder and staying safe amid extreme cold.

Reporters also shined a light on Essentia's collaboration with Deer River High School on a virtual access point, as well as a tour of St. Mary’s Medical Center by lawmakers and Minnesota business leaders, who came together to discuss rural health care.

Each month, we share some of our favorite Essentia-related stories on the Newsroom. Here are a few of the highlights from December; please note that some of these stories require log-in credentials and thus may not be accessible for all.

KVRR (Fargo): Don’t bring the ‘SAD’ indoors with you

Northern News Now (Duluth): How to help treat Seasonal Affective Disorder

Hometown Focus (Virginia): Essentia Health brings the clinic to the classroom at Deer River High School

WDIO (Duluth): Minnesota lawmakers are developing policies for legislative session

Duluth News Tribune: Lawmakers tour St. Mary’s ahead of legislative session

KVRR: Deadly cold warning: Risks indoors and out

Lakeland PBS (Brainerd): Essentia Health in Brainerd hosting ‘Tree of Life’ ceremony for lost loved ones

Fox 21 (Duluth): Duluth East Choralaires treat Essentia patients to Christmas carols

WDIO: Northland medical leaders concerned over federal reclassification of nursing degrees

WDAY (Fargo): Christmas Day most deadly for heart attacks, doctors say

WDIO: Holiday eating doesn’t have to be hard

Brainerd Dispatch: Midweek Motivator: Mindful alcohol consumption during the holidays

The Woman Today (Duluth): Mary’s Mission: A menopause lifeline at Essentia Health (pgs. 32-33)

Destination Duluth: Destined for Duluth — Dr. Krista Skorupa brings care from exam room to boardroom

Destination Duluth: Destined for Duluth — Essentia’s Tonya Loken is an extrovert with a capital ‘E’