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  • Mankato Clinic Foundation Announces Grant Recipients During Quarter Four

    October 26, 2020 MANKATO (November 13, 2020) — To support organizations that share its mission, the Mankato Clinic Foundation has approved $21,625 in grants to community organizations during quarter four.   Receiving grants for quarter four are: Camp Sweet Life Adventures – 2020-21 High School, College Diabetes Network, CSL Connects ($2,500) Lutheran Social Service of…

  • Don’t Delay Routine Cancer Screenings

    October 27, 2020by Sagan Dobie, PA-C According to a survey from the Prevent Cancer Foundation, more than a third of American adults have skipped scheduled cancer screenings during the pandemic. Cancer isn’t waiting for COVID-19 to end. So don’t let it delay your routine cancer screenings. Screenings are tests to find cancer before symptoms show up.…

  • Mankato Clinic Adds Pain Management Services to Specialty Care

    November 29, 2020 MANKATO (December 28, 2020) — The Mankato Clinic is proud to announce that Advanced Pain Management-Mankato is now part of the Mankato Clinic and will continue to provide innovative pain management services in this region. Mankato Clinic and Advanced Pain Management have been in partnership from the very beginning. The Advanced Pain…

  • Choose Joy

    November 30, 2020by Greg Nelson, MS, LP When life gets difficult – and we know life has been difficult in 2020 – we can still find joy in our everyday lives. And sometimes, joy actually finds us. So how do we boost the joy factor in our lives? Joy is more than a feeling. It’s like…

  • Mankato Clinic gives COVID-19 Vaccine to Frontline Healthcare Workers

    January 3, 2021 MANKATO (January 6, 2020) — The Mankato Clinic began administering the COVID-19 vaccine this week to more than 300 physicians, providers, nurses and staff who are working on the frontlines of this virus. Katie Smentek, MD, lead COVID-19 physician, was among staff who received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today.…

  • Your Non-Diet New Year’s Resolution

    January 4, 2021by Erin Gonzalez, MS, RD, LD It’s natural to start thinking about ways to make changes for the New Year ahead.  How many years have you vowed to cut out all the sugar, exercise every day, and lose weight once and for all?  Maybe you have had the experience of starting a new diet…

  • Are you Ready to Let Go?

    January 27, 2021by Katie Wojtalewicz, Psy.D, LP Imagine you are in a tug-of-war with a monster who represents all of your anxieties and bad feelings. You are on opposite cliffs. Between you is a bottomless drop off. You strategize. If you pull hard, the monster can fall into the abyss. If you pull too hard, the…

  • Think Wellness Magazine – Winter 2021

    February 8, 2021 Click here to view Think Wellness, Winter 2021.  Think Wellness, Mankato Clinic’s quarterly magazine, brings you the story of Beckie Swanson who is living out her passion in her career and personal life thanks to happy feet! You will also meet our Respiratory Clinic healthcare heroes and get some great tips on…

  • Let’s have a Heart-to-heart on Cardiovascular Disease

    February 9, 2021by Nicole Fischbach, APRN, CNP, FNP Did you know cardiovascular disease is the number 1 killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year?  You have the power to change that. Nearly 80 percent of cardiac events can be prevented says the American Heart Association. Here’s how. Cardiovascular disease is all types of…

  • Mankato Clinic Foundation Announces Grant Recipients During Quarter One

    February 18, 2021 MANKATO (February 23, 2021) — To support organizations that share its mission, the Mankato Clinic Foundation has approved $87,000 in grants to community organizations during quarter one.   Receiving grants for quarter one are: Greater Mankato Area United Way – First Steps ($35,000) Mankato Youth (MY) Place ($10,000) The Lake Crystal Area…