1140 KSOO - Live Local Radio in Sioux Falls, SD » Health http://ksoo.com The talk of Sioux Falls Thu, 23 May 2013 03:02:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Governor Daugaard Part of National Health Task Force http://ksoo.com/governor-daugaard-part-of-national-health-task-force/ http://ksoo.com/governor-daugaard-part-of-national-health-task-force/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 09:29:38 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=101515 South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard is part of a National Governors Association task force looking at ways states can improve the quality of health care and cut the cost of public health programs.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/governor-daugaard-part-of-national-health-task-force/feed/ 0 Clipart Grants to Help South Dakota Residents Find Health Insurance http://ksoo.com/grants-to-help-south-dakota-residents-find-health-insurance/ http://ksoo.com/grants-to-help-south-dakota-residents-find-health-insurance/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 09:27:42 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=97356 About $554,000 in federal funding is being made available to six South Dakota health centers so they can help uninsured people find health insurance coverage under the federal health overhaul law.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/grants-to-help-south-dakota-residents-find-health-insurance/feed/ 0 Need a Nurse? No problem! Leave the Classroom and Go to the Clinic http://ksoo.com/need-a-nurse-no-problem-leave-the-classroom-and-go-to-the-clinic/ http://ksoo.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://ksoo.com/need-a-nurse-no-problem-leave-the-classroom-and-go-to-the-clinic/feed/ 0 Sioux Falls School District Health Department Issues New WIC Guidelines http://ksoo.com/health-department-issues-new-wic-guidelines/ http://ksoo.com/health-department-issues-new-wic-guidelines/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 15:25:13 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=94016 The South Dakota Department of Health has released new WIC Program income guidelines.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/health-department-issues-new-wic-guidelines/feed/ 0 Clipart Double Lung Transplant Celebrates 2 Birthdays http://ksoo.com/double-lung-transplant-celebrates-2-birthdays/ http://ksoo.com/double-lung-transplant-celebrates-2-birthdays/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:46:27 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=93107 A South Dakota woman says she is going to be celebrating two birthdays from now on: Her actual birthday and the day she received a double lung transplant.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/double-lung-transplant-celebrates-2-birthdays/feed/ 0 Clipart Hospital Executives Support Expanding Medicaid http://ksoo.com/hospital-executives-support-expanding-medicaid/ http://ksoo.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://ksoo.com/hospital-executives-support-expanding-medicaid/feed/ 0 Clipart Madison Takes Steps to Help New Hospital in Madison http://ksoo.com/madison-takes-steps-to-help-new-hospital-in-madison/ http://ksoo.com/madison-takes-steps-to-help-new-hospital-in-madison/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:14:47 +0000 Associated Press http://ksoo.com/?p=90448 City commissioners in Madison have approved the annexation of land for a $34 million hospital.

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]]> http://ksoo.com/madison-takes-steps-to-help-new-hospital-in-madison/feed/ 0 Health Fair in Sioux Falls Tuesday Evening http://ksoo.com/health-fair-in-sioux-falls-tuesday-evening/ http://ksoo.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://ksoo.com/health-fair-in-sioux-falls-tuesday-evening/feed/ 0 Clipart Column: Willful Ignorance Unlikely to Result in Bliss http://ksoo.com/willful-ignorance-unlikely-to-result-in-bliss/ http://ksoo.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://ksoo.com/willful-ignorance-unlikely-to-result-in-bliss/feed/ 0 Combat Stress Felt Far from Front Lines http://ksoo.com/combat-stress-felt-far-from-front-lines/ http://ksoo.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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