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Every morning, people get up early, drink their coffee and get ready for the day. But as they review their to-do list and head for the door, they seldom plan on having two heart attacks.

When Connie Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer, she felt numb and afraid. And she worried about how to tell her family, especially husband Lonnie, who had gone through cancer treatment himself a d...

Renee Wininger thought she’d simply contracted the common cold late last month; what she didn't know was that it would lead to emergency brain surgery.

Before football season officially started this fall, 14-year-old Grant Borgschatz found himself sidelined. A concussion took him out of play for nearly a month. Baseline concussion testing helped him ...

When North Mankato resident Dan Burk went to Russia to visit his daughter, who is there teaching English, he took his doctor, Joel Gordon, M.D., with him. But Dr. Gordon never got on a plane. Find out...

Pain from an irreparable rotator cuff tear kept Fern Rediger from many of her favorite activities. But a reverse shoulder replacement procedure has her back gardening, quilting and playing with her gr...

When Diane Gerhardt found a lump in her breast, she knew it was breast cancer. Learn how her care team and support system helped her get through it.

Imagine living with debilitating pain so severe you can’t work — or do anything else — for three or four days every single month. That’s what Yvonne Blum was facing.

Yvonne Rands did her research and chose to have a hysterectomy, double mastectomy and breast reconstruction enabling her to continue her life journey as healthy as possible.

Caring for a newborn can be a challenge. Caring for a premature newborn who is hospitalized 90 miles away from home is even more of a challenge. Just ask Mankato resident Callie Vanderhoof.