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Initiative aims to boost medication compliance
Seeks to give North Dakota pharmacists more active role
FARGO – Caregivers’ best efforts to treat costly chronic diseases can suffer when patients fail to take their medications as prescribed.
Supporter hopes abortion ban linked to fetal heartbeat will change minds
FARGO - Young women have told Bette Grande that they didn’t go through with an abortion because they saw an ultrasound of their unborn child. She was the sponsor of a law four years ago requiring that ultrasound images be available for women considering an abortion.
RELATED CONTENTTechnology to detect heartbeats has been around since 1972
FARGO – It might seem startling to learn that doctors can detect a fetal heartbeat as early as six weeks or slightly less. That capability has been highlighted in the ongoing debate about North Dakota’s new law banning abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat. But fetal heart monitoring is nothing new to medicine; the methodology has been available through ultrasound since 1958.
Sanford Health withdraws from Fairview merger talks
Move followed staunch criticism from Minnesota AG
FARGO – Sanford Health’s top executive, who recently termed a presence in the Twin Cities an “inevitability,” announced Wednesday that the health system is withdrawing from merger talks with Fairview Health Services.
Sanford suspends Fairview merger negotiations
FARGO – Sanford Health, faced with sharp political opposition from the Minnesota capitol, is suspending merger talks with Twin Cities-based Fairview Health Services.
Sanford-Fairview merger faces an uncertain future 
FARGO – The possible merger of Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services faces an uncertain path forward after a rocky meeting Sunday exploring the union and a competing offer by the University of Minnesota.
RELATED CONTENTEfforts to improve Red River water quality underway
Although areas impaired, quality is good overall, officials say
FARGO – The Red River has long had problems with cloudiness, mercury contamination in fish and, in spots, fecal bacteria pollution.
Expansions at Essentia Health reflect patient growth
FARGO – The $50 million hospital tower planned for Essentia Health is designed to cope with the trends of increased outpatient treatments and rising inpatient complexity.
RELATED CONTENTEssentia plans $80 million expansion in Fargo
Centerpiece of plan is new $50M hospital wing
FARGO – Essentia Health is embarking on an $80 million construction initiative highlighted by a new wing on its hospital.
‘Healthy play’ area coming to West Acres
FARGO – Children visiting the West Acres Shopping Center soon will have a new indoor “healthy play” area with opportunities to climb, slide and explore tunnels.
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Cobbers push to playoffs
The Concordia men’s basketball team is making a serious push for the playoffs. Only a year removed from a 4-21 season, the Cobbers have clawed their way into the top tier of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
UND nickname is hot topic
After years of heated debate and legal wrangling, the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname issue finally received an expiration date in 2007.
Dragons’ Garland a legend
In the 1960s, Moorhead State wrestling coach Bill Garland made his team king of the campus. Hundreds of fans packed into the fieldhouse to watch the NAIA Dragons take on the NCAA Division I elite.
NSIC’s limits revisited
The rumor floating around Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference schools is that new members Minnesota-Duluth, Minnesota State-Mankato, Augustana and St. Cloud State have already started lobbying for increased scholarship limits.
Cobbers flattered as No. 1
Concordia volleyball coach Tim Mosser expected to be ranked as low as fourth in the preseason Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference coaches poll this season.
More Cobbers deserve Hall honor
Legendary Concordia coach Jim Christopherson became the first player or coach from Concordia to be elected into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame earlier this month.
Guida plays role in landing recruits
Buffalo High School boys basketball coach and former Concordia guard Nick Guida doesn’t meddle in his players’ collegiate courtship. But he’s not above making a suggestion.
Cobber savoring his tennis
Concordia senior Jordy Kamerling is proof that sports can be more than just recreation.
Siverson finally has his day at Augusta
It might have been the worst day in Duane Siverson’s recreational life.
NSIC’s future still murky
As expected, the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference voted to accept Augustana, St. Cloud State, Minnesota State Mankato and Minnesota-Duluth this week.
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