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See articles and videos featuring our patients and care team members, plus watch how Allina Health experts add context to health stories in local news reports.

Allina Health incision-less surgery calms essential tremor

[Allina Health Newsroom, April 25, 2025] Cindy Lais has essential tremor, a condition that’s always present and gets worse at the most inopportune times.

 

“The more I’m wanting to be detailed, the more the tremor wiggles,” Cindy said.

It turns simple things like pouring coffee, jotting a note or unlocking a door into stressful moments.

“Not that it’s life-threatening,” Cindy said. “It’s just annoying.”

Cindy, a retired pathologist, tried medication but didn’t feel relief. Last fall, she saw a TV report about how ultrasound treatment is being used to ease tremors. It gave her hope.

Then, an email from Allina Health changed her life.

“We are starting focused ultrasound,” Cindy said about the news in the email. “At that point, I’m jumping up and down and saying, ‘I think I just won the lottery.’”   

Cindy has since undergone focused ultrasound treatment at Allina Health Neuroscience, Spine and Pain Institute, the only facility in the Twin Cities region where the procedure is offered.

Relief from her tremor was immediate. She left Allina Health within an hour of the procedure with a steadier hand and hope in her heart.

The purchase of the focused ultrasound equipment was made possible by the generosity of donors to the Allina Health Foundation.

 

Watch the video below to meet Cindy and see her undergo focused ultrasound treatment.

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[KMSP Fox 9 News, April 15, 2025] A sports medicine physician with Allina Health Orthopedics explains the importance of choosing the correct shoes for outdoor exercise.
April 15, 2025
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[Fox 9 News, April 13, 2025] Allina Health allergist Pramod Kelkar, MD explains why spring allergy symptoms may feel more intense and how to manage them.
April 13, 2025
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[WCCO-TV News, April 13, 2025] A rare life-threatening complication called amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) almost killed Annie Sterle and her son back in 2020. Now she's working to raise awareness about the condition.
April 13, 2025
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[Allina Health Newsroom, April 11, 2025] An Abbott Northwestern Hospital parking ramp is being topped off with a massive community solar garden that will soon help people in the Phillips neighborhood bring down their energy costs.
April 11, 2025
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[CCX Media, April 08, 2025] Susan Hagel, a retired Allina Health employee, is a 2025 nominee for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame. Susan is a pioneer in women’s adaptive sports, specifically adaptive archery and wheelchair basketball.
April 08, 2025
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[Allina Health Newsroom, April 03, 2025] Abbott Northwestern Hospital leaders accept 100-year Membership Award from American Hospital Association representative.
April 03, 2025
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[WCCO-TV News, April 03, 2025] The owner of Venture Bikes and Coffee MN and an Allina Health employee team up to inspire people to ride their bicycles to work.
April 03, 2025
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[WCCO, March 28, 2025] WCCO-TV shares the story of Bilal, a quintuplet, who is believed to be the second smallest baby in the world. Watch the story to hear his family describe the joy of bringing their fifth baby home a year after giving birth at the Mother Baby Center, a partnership between Allina Health and Children's Minnesota.
March 28, 2025
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[Fox 9 News, March 25, 2025] Michael Broeker, MD, is an Allina Health family physician in Eagan, a marathoner and a living donor. Dr. Broeker shows what it means to care for others. He's donated a kidney and part of his liver to strangers. He's now training for his first marathon post-liver donation.
March 25, 2025
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[KSTP-TV News, March 20, 2025] A $5 Million gift will help Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation in its effort to train as many new cardiologists as possible.
March 20, 2025

News releases

When we’re making news, you can find details here. Read on to learn about the innovative ways we deliver expert care for people in Minnesota and western Wisconsin and celebrate inspiring milestones

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Beginning April 28, 2025, Ridgeview and Allina Health Mental Health Services team will provide services for adolescents and adults aged 18 or over at Two Twelve Medical Center in Chaska.
April 16, 2025
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Allina Health and St. Francis Regional Medical Center, which is jointly owned by Allina Health, HealthPartners Park Nicollet and Essentia Health, are grateful for the partnerships that have led to today’s groundbreaking of the Scott County Integrated Health Center.
April 16, 2025
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Allina Health now scheduling FREE skin cancer screenings for Melanoma Monday
April 15, 2025
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