Mix 97-3: Today's Best Mix of the 80s, 90s and Today » Health News http://mix97-3.com Sioux Falls best mix, Mix FM! Fri, 24 May 2013 13:50:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Need a Nurse? No problem! Leave the Classroom and Go to the Clinic http://mix97-3.com/need-a-nurse-no-problem-leave-the-classroom-and-go-to-the-clinic/ http://mix97-3.com/need-a-nurse-no-problem-leave-the-classroom-and-go-to-the-clinic/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 20:56:51 +0000 Madeline Shields http://ksoo.com/?p=94797 For some families, getting their children treated for minor illnesses means taking time off from work and spending time in clinic waiting rooms waiting to be seen by a doctor. But families at Hayward Elementary in Sioux Falls are benefitting from a newly opened clinic located right in the school.

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]]> http://mix97-3.com/need-a-nurse-no-problem-leave-the-classroom-and-go-to-the-clinic/feed/ 0 Sioux Falls School District Hospital Executives Support Expanding Medicaid http://mix97-3.com/hospital-executives-support-expanding-medicaid/ http://mix97-3.com/hospital-executives-support-expanding-medicaid/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:36:45 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=90837 South Dakota hospital executives say expanding the Medicaid program to provide health insurance to thousands of additional low-income people would reduce the amount of people unable to pay their bills for medical care.

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]]> http://mix97-3.com/madison-takes-steps-to-help-new-hospital-in-madison/feed/ 0 Health Fair in Sioux Falls Tuesday Evening http://mix97-3.com/health-fair-in-sioux-falls-tuesday-evening/ http://mix97-3.com/health-fair-in-sioux-falls-tuesday-evening/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:04:00 +0000 Madeline Shields http://ksoo.com/?p=86829 If you want to find out what your kids are doing in gym class or sample the school lunch you can do that until 7 pm Tuesday night at the Career and Technical Education Academy in Sioux Falls.

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]]> http://mix97-3.com/health-fair-in-sioux-falls-tuesday-evening/feed/ 0 Clipart Column: Willful Ignorance Unlikely to Result in Bliss http://mix97-3.com/willful-ignorance-unlikely-to-result-in-bliss/ http://mix97-3.com/willful-ignorance-unlikely-to-result-in-bliss/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:30:12 +0000 John Gossom http://ksoo.com/?p=75488 PIERRE - Teen pregnancy is on the decline nationally, but is still stubbornly high in rural areas. This should be cause for more concern in South Dakota, given that very little of state qualifies as being non-rural.

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]]> http://mix97-3.com/willful-ignorance-unlikely-to-result-in-bliss/feed/ 0 Poison Prevention Starts at Home http://mix97-3.com/poison-prevention-starts-at-home/ http://mix97-3.com/poison-prevention-starts-at-home/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:44:27 +0000 Tony Wright http://easy1001.com/?p=81622 Nearly 1 million children under the age of 5 are exposed to potentially poisonous medicines and household chemicals. There is no better time than now to learn more about preventing accidental and unintentional poisonings.

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]]> http://mix97-3.com/poison-prevention-starts-at-home/feed/ 0 Brandpoint Combat Stress Felt Far from Front Lines http://mix97-3.com/combat-stress-felt-far-from-front-lines/ http://mix97-3.com/combat-stress-felt-far-from-front-lines/#comments Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:56:12 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=73679 LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. - The gritty combat in Afghanistan is thousands of miles away. But the analysts in the cavernous room at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia relive the explosions, the carnage and the vivid after-battle assessments of the bombings over and over again.

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]]> http://mix97-3.com/combat-stress-felt-far-from-front-lines/feed/ 0 Column: Senate Unwilling to Approve 'Any Willing Provider' http://mix97-3.com/column-senate-unwilling-to-approve-any-willing-provider/ http://mix97-3.com/column-senate-unwilling-to-approve-any-willing-provider/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:56:25 +0000 John Gossom http://ksoo.com/?p=72987 PIERRE - After passing the house, the bill to force insurers to accept free patient choice in healthcare providers was voted down resoundingly in the South Dakota Senate.

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]]> http://mix97-3.com/column-senate-unwilling-to-approve-any-willing-provider/feed/ 0 A New Concern: Superbugs http://mix97-3.com/a-new-concern-superbugs/ http://mix97-3.com/a-new-concern-superbugs/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:51:03 +0000 Gene Hetland http://ksoo.com/?p=72536 I know we already have enough to worry about, but now there's something new, and some experts are calling them a "nightmare."

USA Today carried a story about superbugs, something new to be infected with that can't be treated but can be fatal

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]]> http://mix97-3.com/a-new-concern-superbugs/feed/ 0 Scientists are warning of new, antibiotic-resistant superbugs, that have turned up in hospitals and nursing homes. Study Shows Declining Life Span for Some US Women http://mix97-3.com/study-shows-declining-life-span-for-some-us-women/ http://mix97-3.com/study-shows-declining-life-span-for-some-us-women/#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:42:46 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=71970 NEW YORK - A new study offers more compelling evidence that life expectancy for some U.S. women is actually falling, a disturbing trend that experts can't explain.

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